Paul McCartney – Average Person (Guitar)
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Average Person – Paul McCartney
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Written by: Paul McCartney
From: "Pipes of Peace" (1983)
Tabbed by: maguri
I added some split chords (the bass does amazing things on this recording!).
But it is of course possible to play the regular shapes as well for the
sake of convenience. ;)
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C/D x-x-0-0-1-0
G/B x-2-0-0-0-x
Em7 0-2-2-0-3-0
E7 0-2-2-1-3-0
Emadd11(no5) x-x-2-2-5-3 or (easier but works, too): x-x-x-0-5-3
A/C# x-4-2-2-2(0)
Dm/B x-2-x-2-3-1 or (= Bm7b5): x-2-3-2-3-x
Fmaj7 1-x-2-2-1-0
Cmaj7 x-3-2-0-0-0
E7sus4 0-2-2-2-3-0
F(add9) (t)1-x-3-2-1-3---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
C/D | G | % | A | % | (fade in)
[Chorus]
A D A Look at the average person Em7 E7 Speak to the man in the street A D A G/B [ C ] Can you imagine the first one you'd meet?
[Post-Chorus]
| C | C G/B | A | A G/B |
| C | C G/B | A | % | % | % |
| A | % | % | % |
[Verse 1]
A Dm A Well, I'm talking to a former engine driver (Dri-ver) A | A Dm A | Trying to find out what he used to do Dm Emadd11 Dm Tells me that he always kept his engine (En - gine) A Spit and polished up as good as new Em7 E7 But he said his only great ambition A Dmaj7 Was to work with lions in a zoo A Dmaj7 Oh, to work with lions in a zoo
[Bridge]
Dm A/C# Dm/B A Yes dear, you heard right Dm A/C# Bm E A told me his ambition was to work with lions every night
[Bridge]
| Dm A/C# | Dm/B A | (instrumental) | Dm A/C# | Bm E | A | (instrumental)
| A | % |
[Chorus]
A D A Look at the average person Em7 E7 Speak to the man in the street A D A G/B [ C ] Can you imagine the first one you'd meet?
[Post-Chorus]
| C | C G/B | A | A G/B |
| C | C G/B | A | % | % | % |
[Verse 2]
A Dm A Well, I met a woman working as a waitress (Waitress) A | A Dm A | I asked exactly what it was she did Dm Emadd11 Dm Said she worked the summer crowd at seasides (Sea - sides) A Winter time she ran away and hid Em7 E7 Once she had a Hollywood audition A Dmaj7 But the part was given to a kid A Dmaj7 Yes, the part was given to a kid
[Bridge]
Dm A/C# Dm/B A Yes, Sir, you heard right Dm A/C# Bm E A Hollywood ambition made a starlet grown up overnight
[Bridge]
| Dm A/C# | Dm/B A | (instrumental) | Dm A/C# | Bm E | (instrumental)
[Interlude]
| Fmaj7 | % | Cmaj7 | % | (solo) | Gm7 | % | Fmaj7 | % | (solo) | E7sus4 | % | (I know someone, an engine driver) | E | % | (I know someone who'd been a boxer) | E7sus4 | % | (I know for sure, I know, I know that they are super!) | E | E | [break]
[Verse 3]
A Dm A Well, I bumped into a man who'd been a boxer (Bo-xer) A | A Dm A | Asked him what had been his greatest night Dm Emadd11 Dm He looked into the corners of his mem'ry (Mem' - ry) A Searching for a picture of a fight Em7 E7 But he said he always had a feeling A Dmaj7 That he lacked a little extra height A Dmaj7 (Could have used a little extra height)
[Bridge]
Dm A/C# Dm/B A Yes mate, you heard right Dm A/C# Bm E A He always had a feeling that he might have lacked a little height
[Bridge]
| Dm A/C# | Dm/B A | (instrumental) | Dm A/C# | Bm E | A | (instrumental)
[Solo]
= Bridge
| Dm A/C# | Dm/B A |
| Dm A/C# | Bm E |
[Chorus]
A D A Look at the average person Em7 E7 Speak to the man in the queue A D A G/B [ C ] Can you imagine the first one is you?
[Post-Chorus]
| C | C G/B | A | A G/B |
| C | C G/B | A | A G/B |
[Coda]
| C | C G/B | A | A A/G | (half-time)
| Fadd9 | % |
A D A Look at the average person
(ritardando)