"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
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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.