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Jan 28, 2024

Bus Stop by The Hollies

Tab: in word document format Video: Bus Stop- The Hollies - 1966

Instructional video: Bus Stop - The Hollies Guitar Lesson Intro | Quick Licks - How To Play

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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Bus Stop
By:   The Hollies

[intro:]   |Am    |G    |Am   |G    |
 
{riff}
e|--8--7--5--5--|--7------7----|--8--7--5--5--|--7------7----|
B|--5--5--5--8--|--10-----8----|--5--5--5--8--|--10-----8----|
G|--5--5--5--5--|--7------7----|--5--5--5--5--|--7------7----|
D|--------------|--9------9----|--------------|--9------9----|
A|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
   Am              G              Am             G

[verse: 1]
It's all Am    
Am        Asus9    Am           Asus9  Am           Asus9
Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say, please share my
Am        Asus9
umbrella_______
Am        Asus9     Am         Asus9       Am    Asus9
Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows, under my
             /  / 
Am          Am  G   
umbrella____

|C         G    |Am            |Dm/F              |Em        {Dm/F = xx3231 = F6  or use Dm }
 All that summer we enjoyed it, wind and rain and shine__
Am       Asus9   Am      Asus9         Am     Asus9   Am
That um__brella, we emp__loyed it, by August, she was mine
 
 
[bridge:]  { +back vocals }
                              |/  /    /   /
|C            |B7             |Em      D     |C             {D is an implied here, it's a passing note} 
 Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop
               |Am                    |B7
sometimes she'd shopped and she would show me what she'd
|Em     {  desc bass line here E D C B }
 bought__
                               |/  /      /   /
|C             |B7             |Em        D     |C           {D is an implied here, it's a passing note} 
 All the people stared as if we were both quite insane
          |Am                |B7            |Em       |Em  
someday my name and hers are going to be the same__
 
[verse:2]
 Am         Asus9   Am          Asus9    Am        Asus9
That's the way the whole thing started, silly but it's
Am   Asus9
true__
Am       Asus9  Am      Asus9   Am      Asus9   Am
Thinking of a   sweet romance beginning in   a queue__

|C        G       |Am                |Dm              |Em
 Came the sun the ice was melting, no more sheltering now__
Am      Asus9      Am      Asus9  Am     Asus9   Am
Nice to think that that umbrella  led me to  a   vow__
 
[solo: guitar]
               |Am    |G    |Am   |G    |
               |Am    |G    |Am   |G    |
               |Am    |G    |Am   |G    |
                             / /   /
               |Am    |G    |Am    G   |

[bridge:]  { +back vocals }
|C            |B7             |Em      D     |C    
 Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop
               |Am                    |B7
sometimes she'd shopped and she would show me what she'd
|Em     {  desc bass line here E D C B }
 bought__
|C             |B7             |Em        D     |C       
 All the people stared as if we were both quite insane
          |Am                |B7            |Em       |Em  
someday my name and hers are going to be the same__

[verse: 3]
Am        Asus9    Am           Asus9  Am           Asus9
Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say, please share my
Am        Asus9
umbrella___
Am        Asus9     Am         Asus9       Am    Asus9
Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows, under my
             /  / 
Am          Am  G   
umbrella____

|C         G    |Am            |Dm/F              |Em    
 All that summer we enjoyed it, wind and rain and shine__
Am       Asus9   Am      Asus9         Am     Asus9   Am
That um__brella, we emp__loyed it, by August, she was mine__
 
[coda: guitar]
               |Am    |G    |Am   |G    |
               |Am    |G    |Am   |G    |
               |Am    |G    |Am   |G    |
               |Am    |G    |Am   |G    |A   {finish}

chords:

Am      002210
Asus9   x00000
C       032010
C/G     322010
Dm      000231
Dm7/F   xx3231
E       022100
Em      022000
Em7     022030 
F6      xx3231
G       320003