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Average White Band-Pick Up The Pieces - BPM - 114

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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Sister Sledge-Lost In Music - BPM - 114

[Drums]
8 bars - just bass drum
8 bars - bring in more hihat

[Chorus - Full drum]
Lost in music x 2

[Verse] Have you ever seen

[Chorus - Bass drum only - more hihat second time - complex rhythm]
Lost in music x 2

[Verse] Mhym in spite of that

[Chorus - Just bass drum]
Lost in music x 2

[Repeat until end of time - with fuller drums]

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[Guitar]
[Intro]
C Dm7 C G
C Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 C
C Dm7 C G
C Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 C
 
[Chorus]
       C       Dm7    C           G
We're lost in music; caught in a trap.
C           Bbmaj7     Bbmaj7   C
No turning back. We're lost in music.
       C      Dm7     C         G
We're lost in music. Feel so alive.
   C      Bbmaj7              Bbmaj7  C
I quit my nine-to-five. We're lost in music.
 
[Verse 1]
Dm7                C     G
   Have you ever seen some people lose ev'rything?
Bbmaj7        C        Dm7
  First to go is their mind.
Dm7                C     G
Responsibility to me is a tragedy.
Bbmaj7        C        Dm7
I'll get a job some other time. uhuh
Dm7                C     G
I want to join a band and play in front of crazy fans.
Bbmaj7        C        Dm7
Yes I call that temptation.
Dm7                C     G
  Give me a melody.        That's all that I ever need.
Bbmaj7          C      Dm7
   The music is my salvation.
 
[Chorus]
       C       Dm7    C           G
We're lost in music; caught in a trap.
C           Bbmaj7     Bbmaj7   C
No turning back. We're lost in music.
       C      Dm7     C         G
We're lost in music. Feel so alive.
   C      Bbmaj7              Bbmaj7  C
I quit my nine-to-five. We're lost in music.
 
[Verse 2]
   Dm7                C     G
mmhmm in the spotlight the band plays so very tight
Bbmaj7          C   Dm7
    Each and every night. uhuh
Dm7              C  G
It's not vanity. To me it's my sanity.
Bbmaj7        C        Dm7
I could never survive.
Dm7                C     G
Some people ask of me:     'What are you gonna be?'
Bbmaj7                C    Dm7
    Why don't you go get a job? ah-ah
Dm7                   C     G
   All that I can say:        'I won't give up my music'
Bbmaj7           C          Dm7
Not me, not now, no way, no how.
 
[Chorus]
       C       Dm7    C           G
We're lost in music; caught in a trap.
C           Bbmaj7     Bbmaj7   C
No turning back. We're lost in music.
       C      Dm7     C         G
We're lost in music. Feel so alive.
   C      Bbmaj7              Bbmaj7  C
I quit my nine-to-five. We're lost in music.
 
[Chorus]
       C       Dm7    C           G
We're lost in music; caught in a trap.
C           Bbmaj7     Bbmaj7   C
No turning back. We're lost in music.
       C      Dm7     C         G
We're lost in music. Feel so alive.
   C      Bbmaj7              Bbmaj7  C
I quit my nine-to-five. We're lost in music.
 
[Chorus]
       C       Dm7    C           G
We're lost in music; caught in a trap.
C           Bbmaj7     Bbmaj7   C
No turning back. We're lost in music.
       C      Dm7     C         G
We're lost in music. Feel so alive.
   C      Bbmaj7              Bbmaj7  C
I quit my nine-to-five. We're lost in music.
 
[Chorus]
       C       Dm7    C           G
We're lost in music; caught in a trap.
C           Bbmaj7     Bbmaj7   C
No turning back. We're lost in music.
       C      Dm7     C         G
We're lost in music. Feel so alive.
   C      Bbmaj7              Bbmaj7  C
I quit my nine-to-five. We're lost in music.
 
(fade out)

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