Hollies

Hollies - Bus Stop guitar chord

"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-------

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Verse 1:

Am

Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say

Please share my umbrella

Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows

                   G

Under my umbrella

C        G     Am/E

All that summer we enjoyed it

Dm                Em

Wind and rain and shine

Am

That umbrella, we employed it

           Em       Am

By August, she was mine

Chorus:

C/G           B7               Em     /D      C

Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop

                 Am/C                  B7                Em  /D /C /B

Sometimes she'd shopped and she would show me what she bought

C/G           B7              Em        /D      C

Other people stared as if we were both quite insane

           Am/C               B7              Em

Someday my name and hers are going to be the same

Verse 2:

That's the way the whole thing started

Silly but it's true

Thinkin' of a sweet romance

Beginning in a queue

Came the sun the ice was melting

No more sheltering now

Nice to think that that umbrella

Led me to a vow

Instrumental break:

guitar I (12-string, perhaps octave guitar):

Am                

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

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-----5-----------|-----------------

-5-------7---4---|-5-4-------------

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-----------------|---------7---7---

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(1)               (2)

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

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-------4-5-4-5---|-5---------------

-7-6-7-----------|---7-6-----------

-----------------|---------7---7---

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(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---

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(5)               (6)

                           A

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

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-6-----6---7-6---|-7-----5-7-------

-----7-----------|-----------------

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(7)               (8)

guitar II (12-string):

Am

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

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-----------------|-5-------7---4---

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(1)               (2)

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

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-5-4-------------|-------4-5-4-5-7-

-----7-5---------|-7-6-7-----------

---------7---7---|-----------------

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(3)               (4)

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

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-5---8---6-------|-5---------------

--------------7--|---7-5-4---------

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(5)               (6)

                           A

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

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-6---------7-7---|-7-------7-------

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(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

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