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POWER TO THE PEOPLE

As recorded by John Lennon
(From the 1975 Album SHAVED FISH)

Words and Music by John Lennon

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Bobby Keys - Tenor Sax'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Billy Preston - Piano'


 Intro
  Q=112
  N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr I (Sax. arr. for Gtr.)
  Wx8
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
   Chorus
    Chord diagramDbDb       GbDb                     Chord diagramGbGb
    W                   Chord diagramE MajorE Q     Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE S S Chord diagramE MajorE
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---6-----6-6-6-4-4---|
||--------------------|-------------------6-|
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
|
|   Gtr II (Piano arr. for Gtr.)
|   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q     Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +H        Q
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-6-6-(6)--7-6-(6)--|-6-6-(6)-------7-----|
||--6-6-(6)--6-6-(6)--|-6-6-(6)-------6-----|
||--6-6-(6)--8-6-(6)--|-6-6-(6)-------8-----|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|


  Chord diagramDbDb     GbDb                   Chord diagramGbGb
  W               Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S
|---------------|---------4-4------------|
|---------------|---6--6------6-6-4------|
|---------------|-------------------6-3--|
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|
| Chord diagramE MajorE Q.   Chord diagramE MajorE Q.     Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +H        Q
|---------------|------------------------|
|-6-6----7-6----|-6-6-(6)-------7--------|
|-6-6----6-6----|-6-6-(6)-------6--------|
|-6-6----8-6----|-6-6-(6)-------8--------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
  Chord diagramDbDb       GbDb                     Chord diagramGbGb
  W                   Chord diagramE MajorE Q     Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE S S S S
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|---6-----6-6-6-6-------|
|-------------------|-----------------8-6---|
|-------------------|---------------------8-|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q     Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +H        Q
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-6-6-(6)--7-6-(6)--|-6-6-(6)-------7-------|
|-6-6-(6)--6-6-(6)--|-6-6-(6)-------6-------|
|-6-6-(6)--8-6-(6)--|-6-6-(6)-------8-------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|


  Chord diagramDbDb       Chord diagramCbCb         Chord diagramDbDb
  W                   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE S S +S  S Chord diagramE MajorE
|-------------------|---4---4---4------------||
|-------------------|-6---6---6---4-(4)-4----||
|-------------------|---------------------6--||
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------||
|
| Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q     Q   H          Q
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-6-6-(6)--4-4-(4)--|-6---6----------6-------||
|-6-6-(6)--4-4-(4)--|-6---6----------6-------||
|-6-6-(6)--4-4-(4)--|-6---6----------6-------||
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------||


 1st - 3rd Verses
  Chord diagramEbmEbm
   Q.      Chord diagramE MajorE  +Q    Q      Q.      Chord diagramE MajorE  +H
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--6-------6--(6)-------|--8-------8--(8)-------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
|  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--8--8-8--8---8--8-8-8-|--8--8-8--8---8--8-8-8-|
|--9-------9--(9)-------|--9-------9--(9)-------|
|-11------11-(11)-------|-11------11-(11)-------|
   Q.      Chord diagramE MajorE  +H           Q.      Chord diagramE MajorE  +H


   W                       Q.      Chord diagramE MajorE  +H
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|--8-------8--(8)-------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
|  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--8--8-8--8---8--8-8-8-|--8--8-8--8---8--8-8-8-|
|--9-------9--(9)-------|--9-------9--(9)-------|
|-11------11-(11)-------|-11------11-(11)-------|
   Q.      Chord diagramE MajorE  +H           Q.      Chord diagramE MajorE  +H


   W                   Q.      Chord diagramE MajorE +Q    Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  3x
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------o||
|-------------------|--8-------8-(8)---8-6--||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------o||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|
|  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  3x
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------o||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|--8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-|--8--8-8--8--8--8-8-8--||
|--9------9---------|--9-------9-----------o||
|-11-----11---------|-11------11------------||


 Chorus
  Chord diagramDbDb       GbDb                     Chord diagramGbGb
  W                   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE S S Chord diagramE MajorE
|-------------------|------4--4---4--------|
|-------------------|---6-------6---6-4----|
|-------------------|-------------------6--|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|
| Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q     Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +H        Q
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-6-6-(6)--7-6-(6)--|-6-6-(6)-------7------|
|-6-6-(6)--6-6-(6)--|-6-6-(6)-------6------|
|-6-6-(6)--8-6-(6)--|-6-6-(6)-------8------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|


  Chord diagramDbDb       GbDb                           Chord diagramGbGb
  W                    Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE  +Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|----9--9--11-(11)-11-11-9-|
|-------------------|-10-----------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q      Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +H              Q
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-6-6-(6)--7-6-(6)--|--6-6-(6)-------------7---|
|-6-6-(6)--6-6-(6)--|--6-6-(6)-------------6---|
|-6-6-(6)--8-6-(6)--|--6-6-(6)-------------8---|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|


  Chord diagramDbDb       GbDb                       Chord diagramGbGb
  W                    Chord diagramE MajorE Q.      +Q    Q
|-------------------|----9-------(9)------|
|-------------------|-11--------------11--|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q      Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  +H         Q
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-6-6-(6)--7-6-(6)--|--6-6--(6)--------7--|
|-6-6-(6)--6-6-(6)--|--6-6--(6)--------6--|
|-6-6-(6)--8-6-(6)--|--6-6--(6)--------8--|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|


  Chord diagramDbDb       Chord diagramCbCb         Chord diagramDbDb
  W                    Chord diagramE MajorE  S  S  +Q   Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE  S  S Chord diagramE MajorE
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------------9-||
|-------------------|---------------------10-10---||
|-------------------|-11-11-11-(11)----11---------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|
| Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q      Q         H         Q
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-6-6-(6)--4-4-(4)--|--6---------6---------6------||
|-6-6-(6)--4-4-(4)--|--6---------6---------6------||
|-6-6-(6)--4-4-(4)--|--6---------6---------6------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------||


 Sax Solo
  Chord diagramEbmEbm
   Q    Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Q   Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE    +Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE  +Chord diagramE MajorE   S S  Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|-11---11-9-11---9-11-|-(11)-11-(11)-11-9-11---9-----|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|
|  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|--2-2--2-2--2-2-2--2-|---2---2---2---2----2-2-2-2---|
|--4-4--4-4--4-4-4--4-|---4---4---4---4----4-4-4-4---|
|--3-3--3-3--3-3-3--3-|---3---3---3---3----3-3-3-3---|
|--4-4--4-4--4-4-4--4-|---4---4---4---4----4-4-4-4---|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|


  Q   Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE   +Q    Q    Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|------------------9-|-(9)---9-------------|
|-----9-11-11-9-11---|-----------11-9-11-9-|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|-2-2-2--2--2-2--2-2-|--2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|
|-4-4-4--4--4-4--4-4-|--4--4-4-4--4-4--4-4-|
|-3-3-3--3--3-3--3-3-|--3--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|
|-4-4-4--4--4-4--4-4-|--4--4-4-4--4-4--4-4-|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|


   Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Q    Chord diagramE MajorE Q      Chord diagramE MajorE Q    Chord diagramE MajorE  +Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE S  S Chord diagramE MajorE
|-11---9-9----------|-11-9---------------------|
|------------11-----|--------11-(11)-9-9-------|
|-------------------|--------------------10-8--|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|
|  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramE MajorE
|--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|--2-2-2--2---2--2-2----2--|
|--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-|--4-4-4--4---4--4-4----4--|
|--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-|--3-3-3--3---3--3-3----3--|
|--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-|--4-4-4--4---4--4-4----4--|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|


  Chord diagramDbDb        Chord diagramGbGb   Chord diagramDbDb                            Chord diagramGbGb
   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Q   S  S  Chord diagramE MajorE  Q     Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE  S  E.  S S  Chord diagramE MajorE  Q
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|----9-------------------|---11-----9--------------|
|-10---10---8------------|-------------10-8--------|
|-------------11-11-11---|------------------11-11--|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q   Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramE MajorE +Q     Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE +H              Q
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--6-6-(6)--7-----6-(6)--|-6--6-(6)-------------7--|
|--6-6-(6)--6-----6-(6)--|-6--6-(6)-------------6--|
|--6-6-(6)--8-----6-(6)--|-6--6-(6)-------------8--|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|


   Outro
    Chord diagramDbDb       GbDb       Chord diagramDbDb              Chord diagramGbGb
    W                    Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Q    Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE  S S  Chord diagramE MajorE
||--------------------|---------------------------|
||o-------------------|----9--9---11-11-----------|
||--------------------|-10--------------10-8------|
||--------------------|----------------------11---|
||o-------------------|---------------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------------|
|
|   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q      Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +H          Q
||--------------------|---------------------------|
||o-6-6-(6)--7-6-(6)--|--6-6-(6)---------7--------|
||--6-6-(6)--6-6-(6)--|--6-6-(6)---------6--------|
||--6-6-(6)--8-6-(6)--|--6-6-(6)---------8--------|
||o-------------------|---------------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------------|


  Chord diagramDbDb       GbDb                                   Chord diagramGbGb
  W                    S  S  Chord diagramE MajorE  S   S  Chord diagramE MajorE  S  S  Chord diagramE MajorE  S S  S S
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-8------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------11-8-|
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|
| Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q      Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramE MajorE +H                  Q
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-6-6-(6)--7-6-(6)--|--6-----6-(6)-----------------7--------|
|-6-6-(6)--6-6-(6)--|--6-----6-(6)-----------------6--------|
|-6-6-(6)--8-6-(6)--|--6-----6-(6)-----------------8--------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|


  Chord diagramDbDb       GbDb
  W
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|
| Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q
|--------------------|
|-6-6-(6)--7-6-(6)---|
|-6-6-(6)--6-6-(6)---|
|-6-6-(6)--8-6-(6)---|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|


                              Chord diagramGbGb
   S  S  Chord diagramE MajorE  S   S  Chord diagramE MajorE  S  S  Chord diagramE MajorE  S S  S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-8------|
|----------------------------------11-8-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
|  Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramE MajorE +H                  Q
|---------------------------------------|
|--6-----6-(6)-----------------7--------|
|--6-----6-(6)-----------------6--------|
|--6-----6-(6)-----------------8--------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


  Chord diagramDbDb       Chord diagramCbCb         Chord diagramDbDb
  W                   Chord diagramE MajorE  Q.        +H            3x
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------------|---10tr13----(10tr13)-------||
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|
| Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q     Q        H            Q    3x
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|-6-6-(6)--4-4-(4)--|-6--------6------------6---o||
|-6-6-(6)--4-4-(4)--|-6--------6------------6----||
|-6-6-(6)--4-4-(4)--|-6--------6------------6----||
|-------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------------|----------------------------||


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; Chord diagramE MajorE - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
   - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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