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Average White Band-Pick Up The Pieces - BPM - 119

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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Chic-Le Freak - BPM - 119

[Intro - Just bass drum]
Aaahh freak 
[Am7] out!
Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic
Freak o [Am7] ut! [D] 
Aaahh freak [Am7] out!
Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic
Freak o [Am7] ut! [D] 
 
[Verse - Full drums]
[Am7] Have you heard a- [D] bout the new dance [C] craze?
[Am7] Listen to us, I'm [D] sure you'll be a- [C] mazed
[Am7] Big fun to be [D] had by every- [C] one
[Am7] It's up to you, it [D] surely can be [C] done
[Am7] Young and old are [D] doing it, I'm [C] told
[Am7] Just one try, and [D] you too will be [C] sold
[Am7] It's called Le Freak! They're [D] doing it night and [C] day
[Am7] Allow us, we'll [D] show you the way
 
[Chorus - Full drums but drop one snare on the 2]
[C] Aaahh freak 
[Am7] out!
Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic
Freak o [Am7] ut! [D] 
 
[Verse - Full drums]
[Am7] All that pressure [D] got you down [C] 
[Am7] Has your head [D] spinning all a- [C] round
[Am7] Feel the rhythm, [D] chant the [C] rhyme
[Am7] Come on along and [D] have a real good [C] time
[Am7] Like the days of [D] stopping at the Sa- [C] voy
[Am7] Now we're free, [D] oh what a [C] joy
[Am7] Just come on down, [D] to fif-ty [C] four
[Am7] Find a spot out [D] on the floor
 
[Chorus - Full drums but drop one snare on the 2]
[C] Aaahh freak 
[Am7] out!
Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic
Freak o [Am7] ut! [D] 
 
[Solo - Full drums]
[Am7] Now freak! -- [D] ------ [Am7] -------- [D] ------- 
[Am7] ---------- [D] ------- [Am7] ----------------- [D] -----
I said [Am7] freak!---- [D] -------- 
[Am7] -------- [D] ------------------------------------------
[Am7] Now freak!----- [D] ---------- 
[Am7] ------------ [D] -----------------------------------
 
[Verse - Full drums]
[Am7] All that pressure [D] got you down [C] 
[Am7] Has your head [D] spinning all a- [C] round
[Am7] Feel the rhythm, [D] chant the [C] rhyme
[Am7] Come on along and [D] have a real good [C] time
[Am7] Like the days of [D] stopping at the Sa- [C] voy
[Am7] Now we free, [D] oh what a [C] joy
[Am7] Just come on down, [D] to fif-ty [C] four
[Am7] Find a spot out [D] on the floor
 
[Chorus - Full drums?]
[C] Aaahh freak 
[Am7] out!
Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic
Freak o [Am7] ut! [D] 
 
[Outro]
[C] Aaahh freak 
[Am7] out!
Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic
Freak o [Am7] ut! [D] 
[C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out!
Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic
Freak o [Am7] ut! [D] 

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