• Song:

    Average Person

  • Artist:

    Paul McCartney

"Average Person" (Capo: 5th. fret)

____Intro:

Em7/A  E

____Prelude: 1

E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)Look at the average person, 
 Bm (x24432@1)                       B (x2444x@1)Speak to the man in the street. 
 E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)       F#m (244222@1) G (320003@1)Can you imagine the first one you'd meet? 
         F#m (244222@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
 Doo-doo-doo-doo__________, 
 E (022100@1) F#m (244222@1)name="chord_320003@1">G                      F#m (244222@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
 Doo-doo-doo__________, doo-doo-doo-doo.

____Verse: 1

E (022100@1)                                 Am (x02210@1)E (022100@1)Well, I'm talking to a former engine driver, (dri_ver) 
 E (022100@1)                                  Am (x02210@1)E (022100@1)Trying to find out what he used to do. 
 Am (x02210@1)                                     Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
 Tells me that he always kept his engine (en_gine) 
 E (022100@1)Spit and polished up as good as new. 
 B7 (x21202@1)but he said his only great ambition 
 E (022100@1)                         Amaj7 (x02120@1)was to work with lions in a zoo 
 Emaj7 (021100@1)                     A(oh, (x02220@1)to work with lions in a zoo?) 
 Am (x02210@1) E/G# (143121@4)F#m7-5    E (022100@1)Yes, dear, you heard right, 
 Am (x02210@1)          E/G# (143121@4)        F#m7 (131141@2)    B7 (x21202@1)        E (022100@1)told me his ambition was to work with lions ev'ry night 
 Am  E/G# F#m7-5   E
 Na__na,  na-na-na-na, 
 Am (x02210@1)         E/G# (143121@4)     
 Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
 F#m7 (131141@2)    B7 (x21202@1)       E (022100@1)na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na

____Prelude: 2

E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)Look at the average person, 
 Bm (x24432@1)                      B (x2444x@1)Speak to the man on the beat. 
 E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)       F#m (244222@1) G (320003@1)Can you imagine the first one you'd meet? 
       F#m (244222@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
 Ee-ee-ee--ee__________, 
 E (022100@1) F#m (244222@1)name="chord_320003@1">G                      F#m (244222@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
 Doo-doo-doo__________, doo-doo-doo-doo.

____Verse: 2

E (022100@1)                                 Am (x02210@1)E (022100@1)Well, I met a woman working as a waitress, (wai_tress) 
   E (022100@1)                              Am (x02210@1)E (022100@1)I asked exactly what it was she did. 
 Am (x02210@1)                                           Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
 Said she worked the summer crowd at seasides, (seasides) 
 E (022100@1)Winter time she ran away and hid. 
 B7 (x21202@1)Once she had a hollywood audition 
 E (022100@1)                          Amaj7 (x02120@1)but the part was given to a kid.
 Emaj7 (021100@1)                      A (x02220@1)
(Yes, the part was given to a kid) 
 Am (x02210@1) E/G#F#m7-5 (143121@4)   E (022100@1)Yes, sir, you heard right, 
 Am (x02210@1)        E/G# (143121@4)        F#m7 (131141@2)  B7 (x21202@1)         E (022100@1)Hollywood ambition made a starlet grown up overnight-ee. 
 Am  E/G# F#m7-5   E
 Na__na,  na-na-na-na, 
 Am (x02210@1)         E/G# (143121@4)     
 Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
 F#m7 (131141@2)    B7 (x21202@1)na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na

____Guitar solo: 1

Cmaj7  Gmaj7     Dm7   Cmaj7
 Oo____________Oo______________
Bsus4  
 I know someone, an engine driver, 
 Oo______________________
B (x2444x@1) I know someone who'd been a boxer, 
 Oo______________________
 Bsus4 (x24452@1)                
 I know for sure, I know, 
                           B (x2444x@1)C (x32010@1)B (x2444x@1)I know that they are super!

____Verse: 3

E (022100@1)                                    Am (x02210@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
 Well, I bumped into a man who'd been a boxer, (bo_xer) 
 E (022100@1)                                       Am (x02210@1)E (022100@1)asked him what had been his greatest night. 
    Am (x02210@1)                                    Bm (x24432@1)Am (x02210@1)He looked into the corners of his mem'ry, (mem'ry) 
 E (022100@1)searching for a picture of the fight. 
 B7 (x21202@1)but he said he always had a feeling 
 E (022100@1)                           Amaj7 (x02120@1)that he lacked a little extra height.
 Emaj7 (021100@1)                        A(could (x02220@1)have used a little extra height) 
 Am (x02210@1) E/G# (143121@4)F#m7-5    E (022100@1)Yes, mate, you heard right, 
    Am (x02210@1)          E/G# (143121@4)         F#m7 (131141@2)     B7 (x21202@1)            E (022100@1)He always had a feeling that he might have lacked a little height. 
 Am  E/G# F#m7-5   E
 Na__na,  na-na-na-na, ee__
 Am (x02210@1)         E/G# (143121@4)     
 Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
 F#m7 (131141@2)    B7 (x21202@1)       E (022100@1)na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na

____Guitar solo: 2

Am  E/G#  F#m7-5  E
 Am  E/G#  F#m7  B7
 
____Prelude: 3

E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)Look at the average person, 
 Bm (x24432@1)                       B (x2444x@1)Speak to the man in the queue. 
 E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)       F#m (244222@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
 Can you imagine the first one is__you?

____Coda:

F#m E
 Oo-oo-oo--oo,
 E (022100@1) F#m (244222@1)name="chord_320003@1">G                      F#m (244222@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
*Doo-doo-doo__________, doo-doo-doo-doo* (Repeat *-* once more) 
     Dmaj7 Cmaj9
 Doo-doo---doo, 
 E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)Look at the average person.
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