Paul McCartney – Average Person (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Person – Paul McCartney --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ;) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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)