Gentle Giant - Isn't It Quiet and Cold?

      

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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 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

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 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

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 This tab is based on a transcription by Christof Munoz, available at:
 Gentle Giant's official site.