{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1510882,"song":"Average Person","artist":"Paul McCartney","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1510882-average-person-chords-by-paul-mccartney/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1510882?type=chord","rating":4.58487,"votes":4,"content":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                   Average Person – Paul McCartney\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nWritten by: Paul McCartney\r\nFrom: \"Pipes of Peace\" (1983)\r\n\r\nTabbed by: maguri\r\nTuning: Standard\r\n\r\nI added some split chords (the bass does amazing things on this recording!). \r\nBut it is of course possible to play the regular shapes as well for the \r\nsake of convenience.  ;)\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab]CHORDS\r\n              E-A-D-G-B-e\r\nC/D           x-x-0-0-1-0\r\nG/B           x-2-0-0-0-x\r\nEm7           0-2-2-0-3-0\r\nE7            0-2-2-1-3-0[/tab]\r\n[tab]Emadd11(no5)  x-x-2-2-5-3  or (easier but works, too): x-x-x-0-5-3\r\nA/C#          x-4-2-2-2(0)\r\nDm/B          x-2-x-2-3-1  or (= Bm7b5): x-2-3-2-3-x\r\nFmaj7         1-x-2-2-1-0\r\nCmaj7         x-3-2-0-0-0\r\nE7sus4        0-2-2-2-3-0\r\nF(add9)    (t)1-x-3-2-1-3[/tab]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C/D[/ch]  | [ch]G[/ch] | % | [ch]A[/ch] | % |\r\n(fade in)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLook at the average person[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nSpeak to the man in the street[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G/B[/ch]   [ [ch]C[/ch] ]\r\nCan you imagine the first one you'd meet? [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Post-Chorus]\r\n| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G/B[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | % | % | % |\r\n| [ch]A[/ch] | % | % | % |\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell, I'm talking to a former engine driver (Dri-ver)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                 | [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] |\r\nTrying to find out what he used to do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                       [ch]Emadd11[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTells me that he always kept his engine (En   -  gine)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSpit and polished up as good as new[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBut he said his only great ambition[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nWas to work with lions in a zoo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nOh, to work with lions in a zoo[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]Dm/B[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYes dear, you heard right[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]A/C#[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\ntold me his ambition was to work with lions every night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]| [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A/C#[/ch] | [ch]Dm/B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] |\r\n(instrumental)[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A/C#[/ch] | [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] |\r\n(instrumental)[/tab]\r\n| [ch]A[/ch] | % |\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLook at the average person[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nSpeak to the man in the street[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G/B[/ch]   [ [ch]C[/ch] ]\r\nCan you imagine the first one you'd meet? [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Post-Chorus]\r\n| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G/B[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | % | % | % |\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell, I met a woman working as a waitress (Waitress)[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                           | [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] |\r\nI asked exactly what it was she did[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                            [ch]Emadd11[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSaid she worked the summer crowd at seasides (Sea  -  sides)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWinter time she ran away and hid[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nOnce she had a Hollywood audition[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nBut the part was given to a kid[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nYes, the part was given to a kid[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]Dm/B[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYes, Sir, you heard right[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]A/C#[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHollywood ambition made a starlet grown up overnight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]| [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A/C#[/ch] | [ch]Dm/B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | \r\n(instrumental)[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A/C#[/ch] | [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] | \r\n(instrumental)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[tab]| [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] | % | [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] | % |\r\n(solo)[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]Gm7[/ch] | % | [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] | % |\r\n(solo)[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]E7sus4[/ch] | % |\r\n(I know someone, an engine driver)[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]E[/ch] | % |\r\n(I know someone who'd been a boxer)[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]E7sus4[/ch] | % | \r\n(I know for sure, I know, I know that they are super!) [/tab]\r\n[tab]|  [ch]E[/ch]  |  [ch]E[/ch]  |\r\n      [break][/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell, I bumped into a man who'd been a boxer (Bo-xer)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                  | [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] |\r\nAsked him what had been his greatest night[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                                     [ch]Emadd11[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe looked into the corners of his mem’ry (Mem’  - ry)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSearching for a picture of a fight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBut he said he always had a feeling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nThat he lacked a little extra height[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\n(Could have used a little extra height)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]A/C#[/ch]  [ch]Dm/B[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYes mate, you heard right[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]A/C#[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe always had a feeling that he might have lacked a little height[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]| [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A/C#[/ch] | [ch]Dm/B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] |\r\n(instrumental)[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A/C#[/ch] | [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] |\r\n(instrumental)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n= Bridge\r\n| [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A/C#[/ch] | [ch]Dm/B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | \r\n| [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A/C#[/ch] | [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] | \r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLook at the average person[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nSpeak to the man in the queue[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G/B[/ch] [ [ch]C[/ch] ]\r\nCan you imagine the first one is you? [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Post-Chorus]\r\n| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G/B[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G/B[/ch] | \r\n\r\n [Coda]\r\n[tab]| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]A/G[/ch] |\r\n       (half-time)[/tab]\r\n| [ch]Fadd9[/ch] | % |\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLook at the average person[/tab]\r\n      (ritardando)","plain_text":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n                   Average Person – Paul McCartney\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nWritten by: Paul McCartney\nFrom: \"Pipes of Peace\" (1983)\n\nTabbed by: maguri\nTuning: Standard\n\nI added some split chords (the bass does amazing things on this recording!). \nBut it is of course possible to play the regular shapes as well for the \nsake of convenience.  ;)\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Post-Chorus]\n| C | C   G/B | A | A    G/B |\n| C | C   G/B | A | % | % | % |\n| A | % | % | % |\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n| A | % |\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Post-Chorus]\n| C | C   G/B | A | A    G/B |\n| C | C   G/B | A | % | % | % |\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n= Bridge\n| Dm A/C# | Dm/B A | \n| Dm A/C# | Bm E | \n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Post-Chorus]\n| C | C   G/B | A | A    G/B |\n| C | C   G/B | A | A    G/B | \n\n [Coda]\n\n| Fadd9 | % |\n\n\n      (ritardando)","chords":["E","A","D","G","B","C/D","G/B","E7","A/C","Dm/B","F","Em7","C","Dm","Emadd11","Dmaj7","A/C#","Bm","Fmaj7","Cmaj7","Gm7","E7sus4","A/G","Fadd9"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Dmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,2,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"E7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,2,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm7":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,1,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,3,3,3,3]}}}