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Elton John-Bennie and the Jets - BPM - 107

[Intro - BPM 132 - using E7/G# instead of G7b9 - 353434]
[Riff - Hard muted down raked strums]
* Pluck notes finger picking to make really ring
can leave notes of chord ringing slightly - keep low G fretted which helps stop other 
strings ringing when you play the sus4 figure on the sanre

   G           G6*Gsus4     F
E -3-3-3-3--3-3-0-----------1-1-1-1--1-1-1-----
B -3-3-3-3--3-3-0301--------1-1-1-1--1-1-1-----
G -0-0-0-0--0-0-0-----------2-2-2-2--2-2-2-----
D -0-0-0-0--0-0-0-----------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-drum-fill
A -x-x-x-x--x-x-x-----------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-----
E -3-3-3-3--3-3-3~----------1-1-1-1--1-1-1-----

[Verse] 
[Am7] Hey kids, [D] shake it loose together
The [G] spotlight's hitting something
That's been [E7/G#] known to change the weather
[Am7] We'll kill the fatted [D] calf tonight
So stick a [Em] round ...........
you're [Am] gonna hear electric [Bm] music
Solid walls of [C] sound
 
[Chorus] 
Say, [G] Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet
But [Am7] they're so spaced out, 
[Am7]Buh [Am7]buh [Am7]buh 
[Cadd6-x3x210]Ben [Cadd6]nie [Cadd6]and [Cmaj7]the [C]Jets
[G] Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful
Oh, [Am7] Bennie she's really keen 
She's got e [C] lectric boots, a [D] mohair suit
You know I [Em] read it in a maga [Em7] zine
(stay on same note if can't high) oh,ho [C] 
[Bb/C-x3333x]Buh [Bb/C]Buh [Bb/C]Buh
[Bb/C]Ben [Bb/C]nie 
[Bb/C]and [Bb/C]the [G]Jets 
 
[Intro Riff] 
[G] [F]

[Verse - ] 
Hey [Am7] kids, [D] plug into the faithless
Maybe [G] they're blinded
But Bennie [E7/G#] makes them ageless
We [Am7] shall sur [D] vive, let us 
take ourselves a [Em] long
Where we [Am] fight our parents out in the [Bm] streets
To find who's right and who's [C] wrong
 
[Chorus] 
Say, [G] Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet
But [Am7] they're so spaced out, 
[Am7]Buh [Am7]buh [Am7]buh 
[Cadd6-x3x210]Ben [Cadd6]nie [Cadd6]and [Cmaj7]the [C]Jets
[G] Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful
Oh, [Am7] Bennie she's really keen 
She's got e [C] lectric boots, a [D] mohair suit
You know I [Em] read it in a maga 
[Em7] zine oh,ho [C] 
[Bb/C-x3333x]Buh [Bb/C]Buh [Bb/C]Buh
[Bb/C]Ben [Bb/C]nie 
[Bb/C]and [Bb/C]the [G]Jets  
 
[Intro Riff] 
[G] [F]

[Piano Solo - Finger pick to make sound more interesting] 
[Am7] [D] [G] [E7/G#] 
[Am7] [D] [Em] [Em]
[Am] [Bm] [C] [C]
 
[Chorus] 
Say, [G] Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet
But [Am7] they're so spaced out, Buh buh buh 
(now strum with 'Bennie and the Jets' - chords follow melody)
[Cadd6-x3x210]Ben [Cadd6]nie [Cadd6]and [Cmaj7]the [C]Jets
[G] Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful
Oh, [Am7] Bennie she's really keen 
She's got e [C] lectric boots, a [D] mohair suit
You know I [Em] read it in a maga 
[Em7] zine oh,ho [C]
[Bb/C-x3333x]Buh [Bb/C]Buh [Bb/C]Buh
[Bb/C]Ben [Bb/C]nie 
[Bb/C]and [Bb/C]the [G]Jets 
 
[Outro] 
[G] Bennie,Bennie yeah [Fmaj7] (repeat and fade out)

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Average White Band-Pick Up The Pieces - BPM - 107

Drums

Intro No drums - 4
Riff A x 14 bars - sax comes in straightaway unlike later
3rd sax line varies, no sax last one
Riff A x 14 bars

Fill into
Riff B x 4 (5 bars) - drums stop

Riff A x 14 sax comes in after 2 bars
Riff B x 4 (5 bars - hold note over spoken)

Spoken pick up x 4 starts straight on that 5th bar

Sax solo x 12
Key change x 4

Riff A x 4 sax straight in
Riff B x 9

Spoken pick up x 4 with drum fills

Riff A x 1 to end

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