----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISN'T IT QUIET AND COLD? - Gentle Giant ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- This tab is based on a transcription by Christof Munoz, available at: Gentle Giant's official site.