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James Henry – A Bus That Never Comes Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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 [Intro]
Em

[Verse 1]
    Em
The frost on
this December
           B
 night is biting
And feasting on my
                Em
fingers and my thumbs
  E
I try to think of life
             Am    G   F
 that’s more exciting
        Em
As I am waiting for
   B
 a bus that never
 Em     Em
 comes

[Verse 2]
    Em
The lights of every late
                B
 night shop are glaring
They deafen us with
             Em
neon-vested hums
  E
I ponder how I left
          Am   G   F
you so despairing
        Em
As I am waiting for
      B           Em
a bus that never comes

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[Bridge]
E   Am
  A fleeting flash
               Em
of madness descended
   B
We laughed and sang
                   Em
believing we were free
   F
As soon as it began,
         C
 it was ended
    F#
For what we had was
                   B
all that it could be
      A     Bm Bb Am
Brief ecstasy

[Verse 3]
    Em
But now I hear a motor
        B
 in the distance
Soon I see a van of
         Em
 drunken bums
   E
It passes on a path
            Am   G   F
of least resistance
        Em
As I am waiting for a
    B           Em    Em
bus that never comes

[Instrument]
(Whistling)
Em       B
 B       Em

E    Am  G  F

Em    B
 Em    E

[Bridge]
     Am
It’s hard to understand
          Em
 what is happening
   B
To cool it when the
                  Em
 whole world is ablaze
  F
Dividing, like a zip
            C
that is unfastening,
   F#
We know we’ll have to
                 B
 go our separate ways
        A   Bm Bb Am
And not return

[Verse 4]
    Em
The frost on
 this December
          B
night deceives me
It does not cut the
               Em
bone, it only numbs
   E
My guilty feeling
              Am    G   F
rises up and leaves me
        Em
As I am waiting for
   B              Em    Em
a bus that never comes

[Outro]
Em         B
Oh,oh,oh   wo,wo
            Em
Oh, oh, wo, wo
  E
I try to think of
life that’s
      Am   G   F
 more exciting
        Em
As I am waiting for a
  B              Em    F
 bus that never comes
         Em
And I am waiting for
   B              Em    F
 a bus that never comes
         Em
And I am waiting for
   B              Em   Em
 a bus that bever comes

How to play A Bus That Never Comes: key, chords and progression

These are A Bus That Never Comes chords by James Henry on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

A Bus That Never Comes by James Henry is in the key of E minor (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 11 chords: Em, B, E, Am, G, F, C, F#, A, Bm and Bb.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Em – B – Em – E (i – V – i – I in E minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: on guitar, B, F, F#, Bm and Bb need a barre or movable shape. Take the change into them slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.