Biography:
Graham Gouldman (born Graham Keith Gouldman, 10 May 1946, Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, England) is an English songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc and teamed up in the 80s with Andrew Gold to form Wax.
By 1968 at the time of his debut album Gouldman had already written hit singles for Herman's Hermits (No Milk Today and Listen People), The Yardbirds (For Your Love), the Hollies (Bus Stop) and Wayne Fontana (Pamela
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Artist: Graham Gouldman
Song: Bus stop - live acoustic
Composer; Graham Gouldman
Tabbed by: DJ
2nd May 2014
Based on Graham's acoustic performances
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in key of F#m)
Chord shapes and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Em = 022000 Cmaj7 = x32000 Em6 = 022020
E5 = 0799xx F#7 = x44320 B = x24442
E7sus4 = 0777xx Bm = x24432 Em7 = 020000
Emadd9 = 024000 Bm/A = x04432 E4/B = x22200
D = xx0232 Gmaj7 = 3x443x E7sus4/B = x20230
G = 320033 Gmaj7/F# = 2x443x
*************************************************************
[Intro]
Em E5 E7sus4
e |---0------------------|-----------------------| [x4]
B |---0--8--7------------|-----------------------|
G |---0--------9--7------|-------9-----------7---|
D |---2--------------9---|-------9-----------7---|
A |---2------------------|-----7----7-----7------|
E |---0------------------|---0---------0---------|
[Verse 1]
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
"Please, share my um - brel - la!"
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
Bus stops, bus goes, she stays, love grows...
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
...Under my um - brel - la!"
[Verse 2]
D G D Em Cmaj7 D
All that summer we enjoyed it, wind and rain and shine,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9 Em D Em
That um - brella, we em - ployed it, by August she was mine!
[Verse 3]
G F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7
Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop,
Gmaj7/F# Em6
Some - times she'd shopped,
F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7 Gmaj7/F#
And she would show me what she'd bought-----, | / / / / |
G F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7
All the people stared, as if we were both quite in - sane,
Gmaj7/F# Em6
Some - day, my name, and hers,
F#7 Bm B
Are going to be the same! | / / / / |
[Verse 4]
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
That's the way the whole thing started,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
Silly, but it's true,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9 Em
Thinking of a sweet ro - mance be - ginning in a queue!
[Verse 5]
D G D Em Cmaj7 D
Came the sun, the ice was melting, no more sheltering now,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9 Em D Em
Nice to think that that um - brella led me to a vow!
[Verse 6]
G F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7
Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop,
Gmaj7/F# Em6
Some - times she'd shopped,
F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7 Gmaj7/F#
And she would show me what she'd bought------,| / / / / |
G F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7
All the people stared, as if we were both quite in - sane,
Gmaj7/F# Em6
Some - day, my name, and hers,
F#7 Bm B
Are going to be the same! | / / / / |
[Verse 7]
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
"Please, share my um - brel - la!"
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
Bus stops, bus goes, she stays, love grows...
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
...Under my um - brel - la!"
[Verse 8]
D G D Em Cmaj7 D
All that summer we enjoyed it, wind and rain and shine,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9 Em D Em
That um - brella, we em - ployed it, by August she was mine!
Em E5 E7sus4
e |---0------------------|-----------------------| [x4]
B |---0--8--7------------|-----------------------|
G |---0--------9--7------|-------9-----------7---|
D |---2--------------9---|-------9-----------7---|
A |---2------------------|-----7----7-----7------|
E |---0------------------|---0---------0---------|
Em7
e|-----0----||
B|-----0----||
G|-----0----||
D|-----0----||
A|-----2----||
E|-----0----||
*************************************************************
An alternative way to play the intro and coda riff:
Em Emadd9 Em Em7 Esus4/B E7sus4/B
e|--------3---2---0---0----|-----0-------0----| [x4]
B|-----0--0---0---0---3----|-----0-------3----|
G|-----0--0---0---0---0----|-----2-------2----|
D|-----2-------------------|-----2-------0----|
A|-----2-------------------|---2-------2------|
E|---0---------------------|------------------|
Song: Bus stop - live acoustic
Composer; Graham Gouldman
Tabbed by: DJ
2nd May 2014
Based on Graham's acoustic performances
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in key of F#m)
Chord shapes and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Em = 022000 Cmaj7 = x32000 Em6 = 022020
E5 = 0799xx F#7 = x44320 B = x24442
E7sus4 = 0777xx Bm = x24432 Em7 = 020000
Emadd9 = 024000 Bm/A = x04432 E4/B = x22200
D = xx0232 Gmaj7 = 3x443x E7sus4/B = x20230
G = 320033 Gmaj7/F# = 2x443x
*************************************************************
[Intro]
Em E5 E7sus4
e |---0------------------|-----------------------| [x4]
B |---0--8--7------------|-----------------------|
G |---0--------9--7------|-------9-----------7---|
D |---2--------------9---|-------9-----------7---|
A |---2------------------|-----7----7-----7------|
E |---0------------------|---0---------0---------|
[Verse 1]
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
"Please, share my um - brel - la!"
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
Bus stops, bus goes, she stays, love grows...
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
...Under my um - brel - la!"
[Verse 2]
D G D Em Cmaj7 D
All that summer we enjoyed it, wind and rain and shine,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9 Em D Em
That um - brella, we em - ployed it, by August she was mine!
[Verse 3]
G F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7
Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop,
Gmaj7/F# Em6
Some - times she'd shopped,
F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7 Gmaj7/F#
And she would show me what she'd bought-----, | / / / / |
G F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7
All the people stared, as if we were both quite in - sane,
Gmaj7/F# Em6
Some - day, my name, and hers,
F#7 Bm B
Are going to be the same! | / / / / |
[Verse 4]
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
That's the way the whole thing started,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
Silly, but it's true,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9 Em
Thinking of a sweet ro - mance be - ginning in a queue!
[Verse 5]
D G D Em Cmaj7 D
Came the sun, the ice was melting, no more sheltering now,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9 Em D Em
Nice to think that that um - brella led me to a vow!
[Verse 6]
G F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7
Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop,
Gmaj7/F# Em6
Some - times she'd shopped,
F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7 Gmaj7/F#
And she would show me what she'd bought------,| / / / / |
G F#7 Bm Bm/A Gmaj7
All the people stared, as if we were both quite in - sane,
Gmaj7/F# Em6
Some - day, my name, and hers,
F#7 Bm B
Are going to be the same! | / / / / |
[Verse 7]
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
"Please, share my um - brel - la!"
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
Bus stops, bus goes, she stays, love grows...
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9
...Under my um - brel - la!"
[Verse 8]
D G D Em Cmaj7 D
All that summer we enjoyed it, wind and rain and shine,
Em Emadd9 Em Emadd9 Em D Em
That um - brella, we em - ployed it, by August she was mine!
Em E5 E7sus4
e |---0------------------|-----------------------| [x4]
B |---0--8--7------------|-----------------------|
G |---0--------9--7------|-------9-----------7---|
D |---2--------------9---|-------9-----------7---|
A |---2------------------|-----7----7-----7------|
E |---0------------------|---0---------0---------|
Em7
e|-----0----||
B|-----0----||
G|-----0----||
D|-----0----||
A|-----2----||
E|-----0----||
*************************************************************
An alternative way to play the intro and coda riff:
Em Emadd9 Em Em7 Esus4/B E7sus4/B
e|--------3---2---0---0----|-----0-------0----| [x4]
B|-----0--0---0---0---3----|-----0-------3----|
G|-----0--0---0---0---0----|-----2-------2----|
D|-----2-------------------|-----2-------0----|
A|-----2-------------------|---2-------2------|
E|---0---------------------|------------------|
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