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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
C/D           x-x-0-0-1-0
G/B           x-2-0-0-0-x
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]
   C/D G      A
     |  | % |  | % |
(fade in)
[Chorus]
A           D       A
Look at the average person
Em7                     E7
Speak to the man in the street
A       D         A        G/B  C
                              [  ]
Can you imagine the first one you'd meet? 
[Post-Chorus]
  C  C  G/BA  A   G/B
|  |     |  |      |
  C  C  G/BA
|  |     |  | % | % | % |
  A
|  | % | % | % |
[Verse 1]
          A                                  Dm  A
Well, I'm talking to a former engine driver (Dri-ver)
A                                  A   DmA
                                 |       |
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
[Bridge]
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
[Bridge]
  DmA/C#Dm/BA
|   |   |
(instrumental)
  DmA/C#BmE  A
|   |   |  |
(instrumental)
  A
|  | % |
[Chorus]
A           D       A
Look at the average person
Em7                     E7
Speak to the man in the street
A       D         A        G/B  C
                              [  ]
Can you imagine the first one you'd meet? 
[Post-Chorus]
  C  C  G/BA  A   G/B
|  |     |  |      |
  C  C  G/BA
|  |     |  | % | % | % |
[Verse 2]
          A                                Dm  A
Well, I met a woman working as a waitress (Waitress)
  A                            A   DmA
                             |       |
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
[Bridge]
Dm   A/C# Dm/B      A
Yes, Sir, you heard right
Dm          A/C#          Bm      E            A
Hollywood ambition made a starlet grown up overnight
[Bridge]
  DmA/C#Dm/BA
|   |   | 
(instrumental)
  DmA/C#BmE
|   |   | 
(instrumental)
[Interlude]
  Fmaj7  Cmaj7
|  | % |  | % |
(solo)
  Gm7    Fmaj7
|  | % |  | % |
(solo)
  E7sus4
|  | % |
(I know someone, an engine driver)
  E
|  | % |
(I know someone who'd been a boxer)
  E7sus4
|  | % | 
(I know for sure, I know, I know that they are super!) 
   E    E
|    |    |
      [break]
[Verse 3]
        A                                     Dm A
Well, I bumped into a man who'd been a boxer (Bo-xer)
A                                   A   DmA
                                  |       |
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)
[Bridge]
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
[Bridge]
  DmA/C#Dm/BA
|   |   |
(instrumental)
  DmA/C#BmE  A
|   |   |  |
(instrumental)
[Solo]
= Bridge
  DmA/C#Dm/BA
|   |   | 
  DmA/C#BmE
|   |   | 
[Chorus]
A           D       A
Look at the average person
Em7                     E7
Speak to the man in the queue
A       D         A        G/BC
                            [  ]
Can you imagine the first one is you? 
[Post-Chorus]
  C  C  G/BA  A   G/B
|  |     |  |      |
  C  C  G/BA  A   G/B
|  |     |  |      | 
 [Coda]
  C  C  G/BA  A   A/G
|  |     |  |      |
       (half-time)
  Fadd9
|  | % |
A           D       A
Look at the average person
      (ritardando)

Average Person chords and lyrics

Free chords for Average Person by Paul McCartney. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Average Person – Paul McCartney
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.  ;)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
[Chorus]
[Post-Chorus]
| C | C   G/B | A | A    G/B |
| C | C   G/B | A | % | % | % |
| A | % | % | % |
[Verse 1]
[Bridge]
[Bridge]
| A | % |
[Chorus]
[Post-Chorus]
| C | C   G/B | A | A    G/B |
| C | C   G/B | A | % | % | % |
[Verse 2]
[Bridge]
[Bridge]
[Interlude]
[Verse 3]
[Bridge]
[Bridge]
[Solo]
= Bridge
| Dm A/C# | Dm/B A | 
| Dm A/C# | Bm E | 
[Chorus]
[Post-Chorus]
| C | C   G/B | A | A    G/B |
| C | C   G/B | A | A    G/B | 
 [Coda]
| Fadd9 | % |
      (ritardando)

Average Person Chords by Paul McCartney

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