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Average Person – Paul McCartney
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Paul McCartney
Average Person (1983)
(McCartney)
From: "Pipes of Peace"
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
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
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INTRO (fade in: C/D - G)
| A | % |
CHORUS
A D A
Look at the average person
Em7 E7
Speak to the man in the street
A D A /B [C]
Can you imagine the first one you'd meet?
INTERLUDE
| C | C /B | A | A /B |
| C | C /B | A | A | A | % |
| A | % | % | % |
VERSE
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
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
INTERLUDE
| Dm A/C# | Dm/B A |
| Dm A/C# | Bm E | A |
| A | % |
CHORUS
A D A
Look at the average person
Em7 E7
Speak to the man in the street
A D A /B [C]
Can you imagine the first one you'd meet?
INTERLUDE
| C | C /B | A | A /B |
| C | C /B | A | A | A | % |
VERSE
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
Dm A/C# Dm/B A
Yes, Sir, you heard right
Dm A/C# Bm E A
Hollywood ambition made a starlet grow up overnight
INTERLUDE
| Dm A/C# | Dm/B A |
| Dm A/C# | Bm E |
PART
| Fmaj7 | % | Cmaj7 | % |
| Gm7 | % | Fmaj7 | % |
| E7sus4 | % | E | % |
| E7sus4 | % | E | E [break] |
VERSE
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)
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
INTERLUDE
| Dm A/C# | Dm/B A |
| Dm A/C# | Bm E | A |
SOLO
| 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 /B [C]
Can you imagine the first one is you?
INTERLUDE
| C | C /B | A | A /B |
| C | C /B | A | A /B |
(half-time)
| C | C /B | A | A /G |
| Fadd9 | % |
CODA (ritardando)
A D A
Look at the average person
