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Isn't It Quiet and Cold?  Gentle Giant

 
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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]3 [A]3 [Dm]3 [Dm]3 ===> number of strums
[Gm] [A] [Dm] [D]  
[3] [3] [3] [3]  
VERSE 1
Gm Bb E Am Am7 (x2)
[3]Isn[3]'t [3]it [3]qui[3]et 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]Wha[4]t wa[4]s t[3]hat? 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]Wis[3]hed[3] I [3]liv[3]ed 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]Mov[4]emen[4]t. [3]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]2 [F]2 [Bb]2 [A4]2 [A4/9-]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]I u[3]sed[3] to[3] 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]Loo[3]k a[3]t t[3]hat[3] 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]Wal[3]king all [3]alo[1]ne
Walking all alone
 
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CHORDS
C 33555x
D x00232
D* x5423x
Dm x00231
Dm7 x00211
E 022100
[F] [133211]  
[F#]F#m [244322]x4422x
[G]Gm [355433]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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