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Average White Band-Pick Up The Pieces - BPM - 65

Harmonica is
Vocal Patches - - -
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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Queen-We Are The Champions - BPM - 65

Harmonica is -
Vocal Patches - - -
[Intro - BPM 117 - Capo 3 ORIGINAL KEY BUT DON'T BOTHER - START NOTES ARE E,G,A]
[Am] [Em7/B] - arp x 2

E----0--------
B---1-1--3-3--
G--2---2-0-0--
D-------------
A-0------2-2--
E-------------
     
[Verse 1 - No drums] 
I've paid my       
[Am] dues, [Em7] time after [Am] time [Em7] ....I've done my  
[Am] sentence [Em7] but committed no [Am] crime [Em7] And bad mi- 
(arp pattern by strings played for C-51,2,3,1,2,3 F-61,2,3,1,2,3)
[C] stakes, [F] I've made a [C] few [F] I've had my 
[C] share of sand [G/B] kicked in my [Am7/E] face, but [D/F#] I've come 
[G] through and we mean to go [G7] on, and on, and on, and [A] on

[Chorus - Full drums - Accent G and A with snare hits]  
[D] We are the [F#m] champions, my [Bm] friends [G] [A] And 
[D] we'll keep on [F#m] fighting 'til the [G] end 
[G] [G/F#] [G/F] [D#dim - with capo, 0-X-10-11-10-X, without 0-X-7-8-7-X] (bass run low E - 11 10)
[Em] We are the [Em/C#] champions, [Gm] we are the [C#dim - x42020] cham-pions. 
[D] No time for [Em9] losers, 'cos [F] we are the [G7] champions [Am7] 
Of the world [Dm] [Em7/B] [Dm] [Em7/B] [Dm] [Em7/B]  

[Verse 2 - No drums] 
I've taken my   
[Am] bows, [Em7] and my curtain [Am] calls [Em7] You brought me 
[Am] fame and fortune and everything that [Em7] goes with it I thank you 
[Am] all ... [Em7] But it's been no bed of 
(drums in)
[C] roses [F] no ooo [C] pleasure cruise [F] .... I consider it a 
[C] challenge before the [G/B] whole human [Am7/E] race and [D/F#] I ain't gonna 
[G] lose - And we mean to go [G7] on, and on, and on, and [A] on!

[Chorus - Full drums - Accent G and A with snare hits]  
[D] We are the [F#m] champions, my [Bm] friends [G] [A] And 
[D] we'll keep on [F#m] fighting 'til the [G] end 
[G] [G/F#] [G/F] [D#dim - 0-X-10-11-10-X, without 0-X-7-8-7-X] (bass run low E - 11 10)
[Em] We are the [Em/C#] champions, [Gm] we are the [C#dim - x42020] cham-pions. 
[D] No time for [Em9] losers, 'cos [F] we are the [G7] champions 
[Am7] Of the .... (no world)  
[D] We are the [F#m] champions, my [Bm] friends [G] [A] And 
[D] we'll keep on [F#m] fighting 'til the [G] end 
[G] [G/F#] [G/F] [D#dim - 0-X-10-11-10-X, without 0-X-7-8-7-X] (bass run low E - 11 10)
[Em] We are the [Em/C#] champions, [Gm] we are the [C#dim - x42020] cham-pions. 
[D] No time for [Em9] losers, 'cos [F] we are the [G7] champions 
[Am7] 
Of the ... [D] world

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