Paul McCartney - Average Person

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                   Average Person – Paul McCartney
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Written by: Paul McCartney
From: "Pipes of Peace" (1983)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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