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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
    Db       GbDb                     Gb
    W                   E Q     E E E S S E
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---6-----6-6-6-4-4---|
||--------------------|-------------------6-|
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
|
|   Gtr II (Piano arr. for Gtr.)
|   E E +Q   E E +Q     E E +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-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|


  Db     GbDb                   Gb
  W               E E  E  E E E S S S S
|---------------|---------4-4------------|
|---------------|---6--6------6-6-4------|
|---------------|-------------------6-3--|
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|
| E Q.   E Q.     E E +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--------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|


  Db       GbDb                     Gb
  W                   E Q     E E E S S S S
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|---6-----6-6-6-6-------|
|-------------------|-----------------8-6---|
|-------------------|---------------------8-|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|
| E E +Q   E E +Q     E E +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-------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|


  Db       Cb         Db
  W                   E E E E E S S +S  S E
|-------------------|---4---4---4------------||
|-------------------|-6---6---6---4-(4)-4----||
|-------------------|---------------------6--||
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------||
|
| E E +Q   E E +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
  Ebm
   Q.      E  +Q    Q      Q.      E  +H
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--6-------6--(6)-------|--8-------8--(8)-------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
|  E  E E  E   E  E E E    E  E E  E   E  E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--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.      E  +H           Q.      E  +H


   W                       Q.      E  +H
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|--8-------8--(8)-------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
|  E  E E  E   E  E E E    E  E E  E   E  E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--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.      E  +H           Q.      E  +H


   W                   Q.      E +Q    E E  3x
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------o||
|-------------------|--8-------8-(8)---8-6--||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------o||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|
|  E E E  E E E E E    E  E E  E  E  E E E  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
  Db       GbDb                     Gb
  W                   E E  E  E E E S S E
|-------------------|------4--4---4--------|
|-------------------|---6-------6---6-4----|
|-------------------|-------------------6--|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E +Q   E E +Q     E E +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------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|


  Db       GbDb                           Gb
  W                    E E  E   E  +E   E  E E
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|----9--9--11-(11)-11-11-9-|
|-------------------|-10-----------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|
| E E +Q   E E +Q      E E +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---|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|


  Db       GbDb                       Gb
  W                    E Q.      +Q    Q
|-------------------|----9-------(9)------|
|-------------------|-11--------------11--|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E +Q   E E +Q      E E  +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--|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|


  Db       Cb         Db
  W                    E  S  S  +Q   E  E  S  S E
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------------9-||
|-------------------|---------------------10-10---||
|-------------------|-11-11-11-(11)----11---------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|
| E E +Q   E E +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
  Ebm
   Q    E E  Q   E  E    +E   E  +E   S S  Q   E E
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|-11---11-9-11---9-11-|-(11)-11-(11)-11-9-11---9-----|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|
|  E E  E E  E E E  E     E   E   E   E    E E E E
|--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   E  E  E E  E E   +Q    Q    E E  E E
|------------------9-|-(9)---9-------------|
|-----9-11-11-9-11---|-----------11-9-11-9-|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E  E  E E  E E    E  E E E  E E  E E
|-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   E Q    E Q      E Q    E  +E  E S  S E
|-11---9-9----------|-11-9---------------------|
|------------11-----|--------11-(11)-9-9-------|
|-------------------|--------------------10-8--|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|
|  E E E E E  E E E    E E E  E   E  E E    E
|--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--|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|


  Db        Gb   Db                            Gb
   E E  Q   S  S  E  Q     E  E  S  E.  S S  E  Q
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|----9-------------------|---11-----9--------------|
|-10---10---8------------|-------------10-8--------|
|-------------11-11-11---|------------------11-11--|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|  E E +Q   E     E +Q     E  E +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
    Db       GbDb       Db              Gb
    W                    E E  Q    E  E  S S  E
||--------------------|---------------------------|
||o-------------------|----9--9---11-11-----------|
||--------------------|-10--------------10-8------|
||--------------------|----------------------11---|
||o-------------------|---------------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------------|
|
|   E E +Q   E E +Q      E E +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-------------------|---------------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------------|


  Db       GbDb                                   Gb
  W                    S  S  E  S   S  E  S  S  E  S S  S S
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-8------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------11-8-|
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|
| E E +Q   E E +Q      E     E +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--------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|


  Db       GbDb
  W
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|
| E E +Q   E E +Q
|--------------------|
|-6-6-(6)--7-6-(6)---|
|-6-6-(6)--6-6-(6)---|
|-6-6-(6)--8-6-(6)---|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|


                              Gb
   S  S  E  S   S  E  S  S  E  S S  S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-8------|
|----------------------------------11-8-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
|  E     E +H                  Q
|---------------------------------------|
|--6-----6-(6)-----------------7--------|
|--6-----6-(6)-----------------6--------|
|--6-----6-(6)-----------------8--------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


  Db       Cb         Db
  W                   E  Q.        +H            3x
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------------|---10tr13----(10tr13)-------||
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|
| E E +Q   E E +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; E - 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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