--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Person ? Paul McCartney --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Paul McCartney Average Person (1983) (McCartney) From: "Pipes of Peace" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS g-C-E-A /B 2-2-2-x (transitional chord) Em7 0-2-0-2 E7 1-2-0-2 Emadd11 0-4-3-0 Bm7-5 4-2-1-0 or 2-2-1-2 E7sus4 2-2-0-2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO (fade in: Cadd9 - G) | A | % | CHORUS A D A Look at the average person Em7 E7 Speak to the man in the street A D A /D [ C ] Can you imagine the first one you'd meet? INTERLUDE | C | C /D | A | A /D | | C | C /D | 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 Bm7-5 A Yes dear, you heard right Dm A Bm E A told me his ambition was to work with lions every night INTERLUDE | Dm A | Bm7-5 A | | Dm A | 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 /D [ C ] Can you imagine the first one you'd meet? INTERLUDE | C | C /D | A | A /D | | C | C /D | 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 Bm7-5 A Yes, Sir, you heard right Dm A Bm E A Hollywood ambition made a starlet grow up overnight INTERLUDE | Dm A | Bm7-5 A | | Dm A | 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 Bm7-5 A Yes mate, you heard right Dm A Bm E A He always had a feeling that he might have lacked a little height INTERLUDE | Dm A | Bm7-5 A | | Dm A | Bm E | A | SOLO | Dm A | Bm7-5 A | | Dm A | Bm E | CHORUS A D A Look at the average person Em7 E7 Speak to the man in the queue A D A /D [ C ] Can you imagine the first one is you? INTERLUDE | C | C /D | A | A /D | | C | C /D | A | A /D | (half-time) | C | C /D | A | A /G | | Fadd9 | % | CODA (ritardando) A D A