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Average White Band-Pick Up The Pieces - BPM - 104

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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Frankie Valli and 4 Seasons-December 63 - BPM - 104

[Intro] 
[Start - just drums - 2 bars - slight shuffle] 

[Riff]   
[C]-x-x-[C/D]--x-x-[C/E]-x--x-x-[F]-x--[F]-x-x-x---
[F]-x-x-[F]----x-x-[G]---x--x-x-x-x----x---x-x-x---
(C to F riff = C C/D C/E F - can play x32010 x30010 x(3)2010)
 
[Verse- Repeat Riff 1] 
Oh, what a     
[C to F riff] night ..... [F] late [G] December back in 
[C to F riff]'6...3, .....[F] what a [G] very special 
[C to F riff]time for me, .......... as [F]I re [G] member what a 
[C to F riff]night! ..........[F] [G] Oh, what a 
[C to F riff]night, you [F]know I [G]didn't even 
[C to F riff]know her name, but [F]I was [G]never gonna 
[C to F riff] be the same, [F]what a [G]lady, what a 
[C to F riff] night! [F] [G] 
 
[Chorus - Just Bass drum with chords, no snare, no harmonies] 
Oh      
[Dm] I, I [F] got a funny feeling when she 
[Am] walked in the [G] room, and 
[Dm] I, as [F] I recall it ended much 
[G] too soon. [G7]

[Verse - RIFF 1]   
Oh, what a 
[C to F riff]night, ...... [F]Hypno [G] tizing, mesme
[C to F riff] rizing me. ........[F]She was [G]everything I 
[C to F riff] dreamed she'd be.....[F]Sweet sur[G]render, what a 
[C to F riff] night!! [F] [G]
 
[Horn Bit]   
Am x x Am - x x x x   
Am x x Am - x x x x   
Am x x C -  x x D x
(repeat)
   
[Bridge]       
[F] Oh, I felt a rush like a [Em] rolling bolt of thunder, 
[F] spinning my head around and [G] taking my body under. 
(Oh what a 
  
[Vamp on riff - no vocals]
C C/D C/E F - F F G G x 4
 
[Chorus - Just Bass drum with chords, no snare, no harmonies]      
Oh      
[Dm] I, I [F] got a funny feeling when she 
[Am] walked in the [G] room, and 
[Dm] I, as [F] I recall it ended much 
[G] too soon. [G7] (Oh what a) 
     
[Verse]      
[C to F riff](night) ......... ,[F] why'd it [G] take so long to 
[C to F riff]see the light? .........[F] Seemed so [G] wrong, but now it 
[C to F riff]seems so right .........[F] what a [G] lady, what a 
[C to F riff]night! 
    
[Horn Bit] 
Am x x Am - x x x x   
Am x x Am - x x x x   
Am x x C -  x x D x
(repeat) 

[Bridge]       
[F] Oh, I felt a rush like a [Em] rolling bolt of thunder, 
[F] spinning my head around and [G] taking my body under. 
(Oh what a 
     
[Outro]   
[Dooh dooh dooh dooh bit - Riff 1 - heavy on drums - chords much more muted] 
[C] (Night) Doo [C/D] do [C/E] doo [F] do do, 
[F] doo [F] do [G] doo (Oh what a)  
Repeat til fade or end on [C] 
[End] 

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