Biography:
Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band founded in London, United Kingdom active between 1970 and 1980. The band was known for the complexity and sophistication of its music and for the varied musical skills of its members. All of the band members, except the first two drummers, were multi-instrumentalists. Although not commercially successful, they did achieve a cult following.
The band's onetime stated aim was to "expand the frontiers of contemporary popular music at the risk of becoming very unpopular
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ISN'T IT QUIET AND COLD? - Gentle Giant
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Band: Gentle Giant
Song: Isn't It Quiet And Cold?
Album: Gentle Giant (1970)
Tabbed by: Pascual Rambert (Chasco-Mousse, Argentina)
Tuning: Standard
INTRO
Gm A Dm Dm
3 3 3 3 ===> number of strums
Gm A Dm D
3 3 3 3
VERSE 1
Gm Bb E Am Am7 (x2)
3 3 3 3 3
Isn't it quiet and cold walking all alone, alone?
Happened I missed the bus and found I had to walk, alone.
PRE-CHORUS 1
D D D (x2)
3 3 3
CHORUS 1
D Dm7 G D (x2)
4 4 4 3
What was that? Only me. Hear the echo of my feet.
Footsteps. Are they mine? Hear the echo of the stree
POST-CHORUS 1
C F Bb A (x2)
3 3 3 3
VERSE 2
Gm Bb E Am Am7 (x2)
3 3 3 3 3
Wished I lived near at hand although I live alone, alone
At least I'll find company, so why should I moan, alone.
PRE-CHORUS 2
D (x6)
3
CHORUS 2
D Dm7 G D (x2)
4 4 4 3
Movement. By my feet. Paper wind across the street.
Curtains closed. Sleepy heads. Wrapped together in their beds.
POST-CHORUS 2
C F Bb A (x2)
3 3 3 3
BRIDGE
G A7 D* F#m Bm* B2/A
4 4 2 2 2 2
G F Bb A4 A4/9-
2 2 2 2 8
I used to walk with someone else
I didn't seem to notice sights and sounds of the lonely street
POST-CHORUS 3
C F Bb A (x2)
3 3 3 3
I used to talk with someone else
Now the only answers are the calls of the night
SOLO XYLOPHONE
Gm Bb7 E Am Am7 (x2)
3 3 3 3 3
Gm Bb7 E
3 3 3
VERSE 3
Am C F# Bm Bm7 (x2)
3 3 3 3 3
Look at that alley cat, it's winding home to rest, alone
Half-past four and daylight shows itself once more
OUTRO
Am B (x3) Am B
3 3 3 1
Walking all alone
Walking all alone
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CHORDS
C 33555x
D x00232
D* x5423x
Dm x00231
Dm7 x00211
E 022100
F 133211
F# 244322
F#m x4422x
G 355433
Gm 35533x
A x02220
A7 x02020
Am x02210
Am7 x02010
A4 x02230
A4/9- x02330
Bb x13331
Bb7 x1313x
B x24442
Bm x24432
Bm7 x24232
Bm* 75440x
B2/A 54440x
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This tab is based on a transcription by Christof Munoz, available at:
Gentle Giant's official site.
ISN'T IT QUIET AND COLD? - Gentle Giant
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Band: Gentle Giant
Song: Isn't It Quiet And Cold?
Album: Gentle Giant (1970)
Tabbed by: Pascual Rambert (Chasco-Mousse, Argentina)
Tuning: Standard
INTRO
Gm A Dm Dm
3 3 3 3 ===> number of strums
Gm A Dm D
3 3 3 3
VERSE 1
Gm Bb E Am Am7 (x2)
3 3 3 3 3
Isn't it quiet and cold walking all alone, alone?
Happened I missed the bus and found I had to walk, alone.
PRE-CHORUS 1
D D D (x2)
3 3 3
CHORUS 1
D Dm7 G D (x2)
4 4 4 3
What was that? Only me. Hear the echo of my feet.
Footsteps. Are they mine? Hear the echo of the stree
POST-CHORUS 1
C F Bb A (x2)
3 3 3 3
VERSE 2
Gm Bb E Am Am7 (x2)
3 3 3 3 3
Wished I lived near at hand although I live alone, alone
At least I'll find company, so why should I moan, alone.
PRE-CHORUS 2
D (x6)
3
CHORUS 2
D Dm7 G D (x2)
4 4 4 3
Movement. By my feet. Paper wind across the street.
Curtains closed. Sleepy heads. Wrapped together in their beds.
POST-CHORUS 2
C F Bb A (x2)
3 3 3 3
BRIDGE
G A7 D* F#m Bm* B2/A
4 4 2 2 2 2
G F Bb A4 A4/9-
2 2 2 2 8
I used to walk with someone else
I didn't seem to notice sights and sounds of the lonely street
POST-CHORUS 3
C F Bb A (x2)
3 3 3 3
I used to talk with someone else
Now the only answers are the calls of the night
SOLO XYLOPHONE
Gm Bb7 E Am Am7 (x2)
3 3 3 3 3
Gm Bb7 E
3 3 3
VERSE 3
Am C F# Bm Bm7 (x2)
3 3 3 3 3
Look at that alley cat, it's winding home to rest, alone
Half-past four and daylight shows itself once more
OUTRO
Am B (x3) Am B
3 3 3 1
Walking all alone
Walking all alone
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CHORDS
C 33555x
D x00232
D* x5423x
Dm x00231
Dm7 x00211
E 022100
F 133211
F# 244322
F#m x4422x
G 355433
Gm 35533x
A x02220
A7 x02020
Am x02210
Am7 x02010
A4 x02230
A4/9- x02330
Bb x13331
Bb7 x1313x
B x24442
Bm x24432
Bm7 x24232
Bm* 75440x
B2/A 54440x
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This tab is based on a transcription by Christof Munoz, available at:
Gentle Giant's official site.
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