This hit was written by the great song writer Graham Gouldman and made famous by The Hollies.
I wrote an alternate Intro and Outro to make the song a little more interesting (the
Intro and Outro are also included). Also, you will see that I merely supplied the chords
along with the lyrics instead of tabbing them. Enjoy.
Tabbed by: BASSteve
Tuning: EADGBE
Time signature: 4/4
r = rest (listen for duration)
{}= note inside pointed parenthesis still ringing from previous measure
*My tabs are meant to be read in conjunction with listening to the song.
In other words, there are no specific notations to account for note/rest duration.
However, you will find that I’ve made an attempt to strategically space the notes
and rests within their respective measures in order to represent the appropriate durations.
INTRO
[............................. 2 x .............................]
E|8---7---5---3---5---------------|5---------------3---------------|
B|--------------------------------|3---------------3---------------|
G|--------------------------------|4---------------4---------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
or
ALTERNATE INTRO
(bar 7th fret)
[................................... 2 x ..............................]
|8-------7-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------10-----------10-------|--------10---------------8-------|
|----9-------9--------9---7------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|----9--------9-------9-------9---|
|--------------------------------------|7----------------7---------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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 Em Am
That umbrella, we employed it. By August, she was mine.
CHORUS
C/G B7
Every morning I would see her
Em D C
Waiting at the stop,
Am
Sometimes she'd shopped and she would
(small letters as single notes)
B7 e/Em d/Em c/Em b/Em
Show me what she bought.
C/G B7
Other people stared as if we
Em D C
Were both quite insane.
Am
Someday my name and hers are
B7 Em
Going to be the same.
VERSE 2
Am
That's the way the whole thing started,
Silly but it's true.
Thinkin' of a sweet romance,
G
Beginning in a queue.
C G Am/E
Came the sun the ice was melting,
Dm Em
No more sheltering now.
Am
Nice to think that that umbrella
Em Am
Led me to a vow.
GUITAR SOLO
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|13---------------------------------|13---12---10---9-------------------|
|--------------------------12-------|-------------------9-------9-------|
|-----------------12----------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|10---9---10---12---13---12---13-------|13---10---9---------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------9-------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------15---13---12---10---13---|12---13---12---10----------------------|
|10---9---10----------------------------|--------------------13---12---10-------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|10---r-------9---13---10---9-------|10---r-----------10-------------|
|---------9-------------------------|---------9---r---9--------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
CHORUS
VERSE 1
GUITAR SOLO (to fade) or alternate ending:
(bar 7th fret)
[................................... 4 x ..............................]
|8-------7-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------10-----------10-------|--------10---------------8-------|
|----9-------9--------9---7------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|----9--------9-------9-------9---|
|--------------------------------------|7----------------7---------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0-------------------------------|{0}-----------------------------|
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