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Average White Band-Pick Up The Pieces - BPM - 83

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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Beatles-Come Together - BPM - 83

[TRY PLAYING TOM FIGURE ON THE BRIDGE ON LOW BASS STRINGS SO PIEZO PICKS IT UP A BIT AND HIGH STRINGS CAN STILL RING?]
[Intro - remember SHUUUU - BPM 83] 
e|-5-5--55---5
B|-6-6--66---6
G|-5-5-------7
D|-7-5h7-----7
A|-5-5-------5
E|------------ x4
[Fill is flat of hands and drag across soundboard from bottom to top
to go down in pitch]


[Verse 1 - Drums - just Bass drum - pattern 1 2 3&4]
[Dm] Here come old flat top, he come grooving up slowly,
[Dm] He got Joo Joo eyeball, he one holy roller - He got 
[A7 - A to A6 blues riff] hair down to his knee
(Drum now B bB B bB - air drum hi hat to hold pattern)
(On recording no chord)
[G7] Got to be a joker, he just do what he please.

[Intro Instrumental x 4] 
[Verse 2 - Drums - just Bass drum - pattern 1 2 3&4] 
[Dm] He wear no shoe shine, he got toe jam football
[Dm] He got monkey finger, he shoot coca cola
He say, [A7] "I know you, you know me."
[G7] One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

[Chorus - Snare in now] 
[Optional G on snare] Come [Bm] together, [A] right [G] now, [A] over me

[Intro Instrumental x 4] 
[Verse 3] 
[Dm] He bag production, he got walrus gumboot
[Dm] He got Ono sideboard, he one spinal cracker
He got [A7] feet down below his knee
[G7] Hold you in his arms, yeah you can feel his disease

[Chorus] 
[Optional G on snare] Come [Bm] together, [A] right [G] now, [A] over me

[Intro Instrumental x 2 only then Solo]
[Dm7] - Riff starts 5th fret 16th notes feel - Dm Dm Dm Dm - Dm7 Dm7 Dm x)
[A7] with bends
Ending riff - Dm x x x - x x Dm7 Dm - twice
e|-5---
B|-6-6-
G|-7--7-Dm7 to Dm
D|-7--
A|-5--
E|-5--

[Verse 4] 
[Dm] He roller coaster, he got early warning
[Dm] He got muddy water, he one mojo filter
He say, [A7] "One and one and one is three."
[G7] Got to be good looking 'cause he so hard to see

[Chorus] 
[Optional G on snare] Come [Bm] together, [A] right [G] now, [A] over me
[Intro Instrumental x 2 only then Solo out - stay on Dm?]

[End]

[Other notes]
Bend up to high A for A7 bit - B 8b10 8b10 10r8 6
- B 8b10 8b10 10r8 6 G 7s9
then bend to high E before back to intro chords 

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