Average Person

“average person” ( capo : 5th . fret )

____intro :

Em7/A E

____prelude : 1

E A E
look at the average person ,
Bm B
speak to the man in the street .
E A E F#m G
can you imagine the first one you’d meet?
F#m E
doo – doo – doo – doo__________ ,
E F#m G F#m E
doo – doo – doo__________ , doo – doo – doo – doo .

____verse : 1

E Am E
well , i’m talking to a former engine driver , ( dri_ver )
E Am E
trying to find out what he used to do .
Am Bm Am
tells me that he always kept his engine ( en_gine )
E
spit and polished up as good as new .
B7
but he said his only great ambition
E Amaj7
was to work with lions in a zoo
Emaj7 A
( oh , to work with lions in a zoo? )
Am E/G# F#m7 – 5 E
yes , dear , you heard right ,
Am E/G# F#m7 B7 E
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 E/G#
na – na – na – na – na – na – na – na
F#m7 B7 E
na – na – na – na – na – na – na – na

____prelude : 2

E A E
look at the average person ,
Bm B
speak to the man on the beat .
E A E F#m G
can you imagine the first one you’d meet?
F#m E
ee – ee – ee – – ee__________ ,
E F#m G F#m E
doo – doo – doo__________ , doo – doo – doo – doo .

____verse : 2

E Am E
well , i met a woman working as a waitress , ( wai_tress )
E Am E
i asked exactly what it was she did .
Am Bm Am
said she worked the summer crowd at seasides , ( seasides )
E
winter time she ran away and hid .
B7
once she had a hollywood audition
E Amaj7
but the part was given to a kid .
Emaj7 A
( yes , the part was given to a kid )
Am E/G# F#m7 – 5 E
yes , sir , you heard right ,
Am E/G# F#m7 B7 E
hollywood ambition made a starlet grown up overnight – ee .
Am E/G# F#m7 – 5 E
na__na , na – na – na – na ,
Am E/G#
na – na – na – na – na – na – na – na
F#m7 B7
na – na – na – na – na – na – na – na

____guitar solo : 1

Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Dm7 Cmaj7
oo____________oo______________
Bsus
i know someone , an engine driver ,
oo______________________
B
i know someone who’d been a boxer ,
oo______________________
Bsus
i know for sure , i know ,
B C B
i know that they are super!

____verse : 3

E Am E
well , i bumped into a man who’d been a boxer , ( bo_xer )
E Am E
asked him what had been his greatest night .
Am Bm Am
he looked into the corners of his mem’ry , ( mem’ry )
E
searching for a picture of the fight .
B7
but he said he always had a feeling
E Amaj7
that he lacked a little extra height .
Emaj7 A
( could have used a little extra height )
Am E/G# F#m7 – 5 E
yes , mate , you heard right ,
Am E/G# F#m7 B7 E
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 E/G#
na – na – na – na – na – na – na – na
F#m7 B7 E
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 A E
look at the average person ,
Bm B
speak to the man in the queue .
E A E F#m G
can you imagine the first one is__you?

____coda :

F#m E
oo – oo – oo – – oo ,
E F#m G F#m E
* doo – doo – doo__________ , doo – doo – doo – doo * ( repeat * – * once more )
Dmaj7 Cmaj9
doo – doo – – – doo ,
E A E
look at the average person .