"Bus Stop" (Graham Gouldman) Intro [2X; bass plays eighth notes as indicated] (Am) (G/B) v v v v v v v v -8-7-5---5---5---|-5-------3------- -------8---------|-3-------3------- -----------------|-4-------4------- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- Verse 1:
Am Bus stop, wet day, .... Please share ... Bus stop, bus goes, she ... G Under my ... C G Am All that ... Dm Em Wind and ... Am That umbrella, ... Em Am By August, she ... Chorus: C/G B7 Em /D C Every morning I would see her ... Am B7 Em /D /C /B Sometimes she'd shopped and she ... C/G B7 Em /D C Other people stared as if we were .. Am B7 Em Someday my name and ... Verse 2: That's the way the .... Came the sun the ice was ..... Instrumental break: guitar I (12-string, perhaps octave guitar): Am v v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -----5-----------|----------------- -5-------7---4---|-5-4------------- -----------------|-----7-5--------- -----------------|---------7---7--- -----------------|----------------- (1) (2) v v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- -------4-5-4-5---|-5--------------- -7-6-7-----------|---7-6----------- -----------------|---------7---7--- -----------------|----------------- (3) (4) v v v v v v v v -8-7-5-----------|----------------- -------8-5-----5-|-5-6---6--------- -----------7-----|-----7---5-4----- -------------6---|-------------7--- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- (5) (6) A v v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- ---------5-------|---5-4---6------- -6-----6---7-6---|-7-----5-7------- -----7-----------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- (7) (8) guitar II (12-string): Am v v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -----------------|-----5----------- -----------------|-5-------7---4--- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- (1) (2) v v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- -5-4-------------|-------4-5-4-5-7- -----7-5---------|-7-6-7----------- ---------7---7---|----------------- -----------------|----------------- (3) (4) v v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -5---8---6-------|-5--------------- --------------7--|---7-5-4--------- -----------------|---------7---7--- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- (5) (6) A v v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- ---------5-------|---5-4---6------- -6---------7-7---|-7-------7------- -------7---------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- (7) (8) ^ note clash between G# and A here [repeat chorus] [repeat verse 1] [repeat instrumental; fade] -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers I have Bus Stop in a different key. I don't have a recording of it to verify. Anyway, here it is: (Graham Gouldman) Intro [2X; bass plays eighth notes as indicated] (Am) (G/B) v v v v v v v v -8-7-5---5---5---|-5-------3------- -------8---------|-3-------3------- -----------------|-4-------4------- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- Verse 1: Am Bus stop, wet day, she's ..... G Under my u.... C G Am All that .... Dm Em Wind and rain .... Am That umbrella, we ... Em Am By August, .... Chorus: C/G B7 Em /D C Every morning I would .... Am B7 Em /D /C /B Sometimes she'd shopped and ... C/G B7 Em /D C Other people stared as if we ... Am B7 Em Someday my name and hers are ... Verse 2: That's the way the .... Came the sun the ice was .... Instrumental break: guitar I (12-string, perhaps octave guitar): Am v v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -----5-----------|----------------- -5-------7---4---|-5-4------------- -----------------|-----7-5--------- -----------------|---------7---7--- -----------------|----------------- (1) (2) v v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- -------4-5-4-5---|-5--------------- -7-6-7-----------|---7-6----------- -----------------|---------7---7--- -----------------|----------------- (3) (4) v v v v v v v v -8-7-5-----------|----------------- -------8-5-----5-|-5-6---6--------- -----------7-----|-----7---5-4----- -------------6---|-------------7--- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- (5) (6) A v v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- ---------5-------|---5-4---6------- -6-----6---7-6---|-7-----5-7------- -----7-----------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- (7) (8) guitar II (12-string): Am v v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -----------------|-----5----------- -----------------|-5-------7---4--- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- (1) (2) v v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- -5-4-------------|-------4-5-4-5-7- -----7-5---------|-7-6-7----------- ---------7---7---|----------------- -----------------|----------------- (3) (4) v v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -5---8---6-------|-5--------------- --------------7--|---7-5-4--------- -----------------|---------7---7--- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- (5) (6) A v v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- ---------5-------|---5-4---6------- -6---------7-7---|-7-------7------- -------7---------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- (7) (8) ^ note clash between G# and A here [repeat chorus]…[repeat verse 1]…[repeat instrumental; fade]
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Bus Stop by The Hollies