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Whippin' Picadilly
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Transcribed by Richard Averill.
E-mail corrections or comments to: nigelolympus@tinet.ie

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Notes
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The main part is played on a steel string acoustic guitar, tuned normally.
The acoustic is double tracked (separate the channels to hear this clearly).
Keep a continual up\down strumming pattern going, as shown. An electric slide
guitar joins in during the first chorus. I have tabbed the slide guitar part
with the 5th string tuned up 2 frets to B, although you could just as easily
play this part with the 2nd string tuned down 2 frets to A, and then move all
the slide tab up two frets. I'd appreciate help on this aspect, as I have little
slide guitar experience. The CD is very neatly channeled - the slide guitar part
is separated entirely onto the right channel, if you need to hear it clearly.

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Structure
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1-8     Intro.
9-24    Verse 1.
25-28   Bridge.
29-44   Verse 2.
45-64   Chorus.
65-80   Verse 3.
81-88   Ending.

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Intro
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                                     ______________________________
                                    / x4
                                   /   u   d   u   d   u   d   u   etc...
1|---------------------------------|-------x---4-------4---x---4---|
2|---------------------------------|---4---x---4-------4---x---4---|
3|---------------------------------|---5---x---5-------5---x---5---|
4|---------------------------------|---6-----------6---------------|
5|---------------------------------|---------------6---------------|
6|---------------------2-------3---4---------------4---------------|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

  ________________________________
                                  \
1|-----4---x-----------------------|
2|-----4---x-----------------------|
3|-----5---x---5-------------------|
4|-6-----------6-------------------|
5|-6-----------6-------------------|
6|-4-----------4-------2-------3---|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

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Verse 1
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  (0:18)

   d   u   d   u   d   u   d   u   etc...
1|-----4---x---4-------4---x---4---|---4---x---4-------4---x---4---|   \
2|-----4---x---4-------4---x---4---|---4---x---4-------4---x---4---|    |
3|-----5---x---5-------5---x---5---|---5---x---5-------5---x---5---|    |
4|-6---------------6---------------6---------------6---------------|    |
5|-6---------------6---------------6---------------6---------------|    |
6|-4---------------4---------------4---------------4---------------|    |
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +        |
                                                                        |
1|-----4---x---4-------4---x-------|---------------------------4---|    |
2|-----4---x---4-------4---x---6---6---6---x---6---6---6---x---4---|    |
3|-----5---x---5-------5---x---6---6---6---x---6---6---6---x---5---|    |
4|-6---------------6-----------6---6---6---x---6---6---6---x-------|    |
5|-6---------------6-----------4---4---4---x---4---4---4---x-------|    |
6|-4---------------4---------------|-------------------------------|    |
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +        |
                                                                        |  x2
1|-----4---x---4-------4---x-------|---------------------------4---|    |
2|-----4---x---4-------4---x---4---4---4---x---6---6---6---x---4---|    |
3|-----5---x---5-------5---x---4---4---4---x---6---6---6---x---5---|    |
4|-6---------------6-----------4---4---4---x---6---6---6---x-------|    |
5|-6---------------6-----------2---2---2---x---4---4---4---x-------|    |
6|-4---------------4---------------|-------------------------------|    |
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +        |
                                                                        |
1|-----4---x---4-------4---x---4---|---4---x-----------------------|    |
2|-----4---x---4-------4---x---4---|---4---x-----------------------|    |
3|-----5---x---5-------5---x---5---|---5---x-----------------------|    |
4|-6---------------6---------------6-----------6-------4-------5---|    |
5|-6---------------6---------------6-----------6-------4-------5---|    |
6|-4---------------4---------------4-----------4-------2-------3---|    |
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +       /

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Bridge
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  (0:51)

1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
3|-------------Drum-Machine-Solo---|-------------------------------|
4|-6-------\-----------------------|-------------------------------|
5|-6-------\-----------------------|-------------------------------|
6|-4-------\-----------------------|-------------------------------|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
3|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
4|---------------------------------|-------------------4-------5---|
5|---------------------------------|-------------------4-------5---|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------2-------3---|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

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Verse 2
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Repeat guitar for first verse.

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Chorus
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  (1:33)
   _______________________________________________________________
  / x4                                                            \
1|-----4---x---4-------4---x---4---|---4---x-----------------------|
2|-----4---x---4-------4---x---4---|---4---x-----------------------|
3|-----5---x---5-------5---x---5---|---5---x-----------------------|
4|-6---------------6---------------6-----------6-------4-------5---|
5|-6---------------6---------------6-----------6-------4-------5---|
6|-4---------------4---------------4-----------4-------2-------3---|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
3|-------------Drum-Machine-Solo---|-------------------------------|
4|-6-------\-----------------------|-------------------------------|
5|-6-------\-----------------------|-------------------------------|
6|-4-------\-----------------------|-------------------------------|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

  (1:54)

Slide guitar:
1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2|-4--/9---------------------------|-------------------------------|
3|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
4|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
5|-4--/9---------------------------|-------------------------------|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
   _______________________________________________________________
  / x3                                                            \
1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2|-4--/9-----------------------7---|-------------------7\------2---|
3|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
4|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
5|-4--/9-----------------------7---|-------------------7\------2---|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

                                                       Acoustic guitar:
1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2|-4--/9---------------------------|-------------------------------|
3|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
4|---------------------------------|-------------------4-------5---|
5|-4--/9---------------------------|-------------------4-------5---|
6|---------------------------------|-------------------2-------3---|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

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Verse 3
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(2:15)

Repeat guitar for first verse.

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Ending
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  (2:48)
   _______________________________________________________________
  / x4                                                            \
1|-----4---x---4-------4---x---4---|---4---x-----------------------|
2|-----4---x---4-------4---x---4---|---4---x-----------------------|
3|-----5---x---5-------5---x---5---|---5---x-----------------------|
4|-6---------------6---------------6-----------6-------4-------5---|
5|-6---------------6---------------6-----------6-------4-------5---|
6|-4---------------4---------------4-----------4-------2-------3---|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

1|---------------------------------||
2|---------------------------------||
3|---------------------------------||
4|-6-------------------------------||
5|-6-------------------------------||
6|-4-------------------------------||
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

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Lyrics
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Once upon a time, not too long ago, took a day out in Manchester.
We all fall down - there's not enough hours in our day.
Played a bit of football, fell into the union, barged our way into the
toilet with a kung-fu king - there's not enough hours in our day.

I remember seeing someone, dressed in a suit, looking like a lunatic.
We all fall down - there's not enough hours in our trip.
Well, academy cartwheels breaking your hands, "We got lovely posters for sale."
And we all fall down - there's not enough hours in our day.

We like lovin', yeah - I don't know why we share.
We like lovin', yeah - I don't know why we share.

Finally made our way back to the train, rolling in at Sheffield tonight.
And it all falls down - there's not enough hours in our life.
So try and lose my way, wait at the station, whippin' Picadilly tonight.
And it all falls down - there's not enough hours in our life.

We like lovin', yeah - I don't know why we share.
We like lovin', yeah - I don't know why we share.
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