Lynyrd Skynyrd-Sweet Home Alabama - BPM - 107 [Loop section where riff is played over drums for first time and store - then just have solo sound on in background and either play little lead lines or the piano part or that chromatic riff which repeats in certain sections - Can try the F and C section] [Intro - BPM 98 - riff on own - then riff and drums] (notes - Wheels, Well I Heard, In Birmingham, Muscle Shoals)[Verse] Big wheels keep on turning Carrying me home to see my kin Singing songs about the southland I'm missing old mammie once again And I think it's a sin, yes [Riff] Well I heard Mr. Young sing about her (oo, oo, oo) Well I heard old Neil put it down Well I hope Neil Young will remember A southern man don't need him around anyhow [Chorus] Sweet home Alabama Where the skies are so blue Sweet Home Alabama Lord, I'm coming home to you [Solo 1] In Birmingham they loved the governor (oo, oo, oo F to C bit) Now we all did what we could do Now Watergate does not bother me Does your conscience bother you? Tell the truth [Chorus] Here I come Alabama [Solo - Alabam ah, ah, ah] [Riff] [Verse] Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers (oo, oo, oo) And they've been known to pick a song or two (yes, they do) Lord they give me oh so much They pick me up when I'm feeling blue Now how about you? [Chorus] F to C bit at end [Chorus] ########################################################################
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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