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Average White Band-Pick Up The Pieces - BPM - 110

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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Matthew Wilder-Break My Stride - BPM - 110

[Intro - BPM 110]
[Ebm6-x68x78] - 8 bars -Just think start at 6th fret then after first 2 chords Am vibe
reggae off beat
Rhythm for this and verse
--^v--^---^---^-
B---S---B---S---

[Verse] 
[Ebm6] Last night I had the [Bb] strangest dream 
[Dm] I sailed away to China [C] in a little rowboat to find ya
[Ebm6] And you said you had to get your [Bb] laundry clean
[Dm] Didn't want no one to hold you, [C] (Csus4 Riff) what does that mean
And you said

[Chorus] 
[F] Ain't nothing gonna [Bb] break my [C] stride
[Am] Nobody gonna [Dm] slow [C] me [Bb] down, oh, no
[Bb] I've got to keep on [Dm] mov [C] ing
[F] Ain't nothing gonna [Bb] break my [C] stride
[Am] Im runnin and I [Dm] won't [C] touch [Bb] ground, oh, no
[Bb] I've got to keep on [Dm] mov [C] ing

[Verse] 
[Ebm6] You're on the road and now yo [Bb] u pray it lasts
[Dm] The road behind was rocky, [C] but now you're feeling cocky
[Ebm6] You look at me and you [Bb] see your past
[Dm] Is that the reason why you're [C] (Csus4 Riff) runnin' so fast 
And she said

[Chorus] 
[F] Ain't nothing gonna [Bb] break my [C] stride
[Am] Nobody gonna [Dm] slow [C] me [Bb] down, oh, no
[Bb] I've got to keep on [Dm] mov [C] ing
[F] Ain't nothing gonna [Bb] break my [C] stride
[Am] Im runnin and I [Dm] won't [C] touch [Bb] ground, oh, no
[Bb] I've got to keep on [Dm] mov [C] ing

[Solo] 
   [Ebm6]                       [Bb]
E -8-----------------------------6--
B -7-----------------------------6--
G -x--------8-7-8-7-8---9---7----7--
D -8-----------------------------8--
A -6--------6-5-6-5-6---7---5----8--
E -x-----------------------------6--

  [Dm]                          [C] 
E -5-----------------------------8--
B -6-----------------------------8--
G -7--------8-7-8-7-8---12--10---9--
D -7-----------------------------10--
A -5--------8-7-8-7-8---10--8----10-
E -x-----------------------------8-

(Repeat above - but play ascending C riff below the second time)

[C(x32010)] [C] [Csus4(x33010)] 
[C(x3555x)] x x [C(x3555x)] [Fm]

[Bridge] 
[Fm] Never let another girl like you.. [Bb] work me over
[Fm] Never let another girl like you.. [Bb] drag me under
[Gm] If I ever meet another girl like you.. [C] I will tell her
[Gm] Never want another girl like you [C] (Csus4 Riff) 
HAVE TO SAY [D] OH

[Chorus - think same pattern as with F but just up 2 frets - all barres] 
[G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride
[Bm] Nobody gonna [Em] slow [D] me [Am] down, oh, no
[Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing
[G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride
[Bm] Im runnin and I [Em] won't [D] touch [Am] ground, oh, no
[Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing

[G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride
[Bm] Nobody gonna [Em] slow [D] me [Am] down, oh, no
[Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing
[G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride
[Bm] Im runnin and I [Em] won't [D] touch [Am] ground, oh, no
[Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing

[Outro] 
[G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride
[Bm] Nobody gonna [Em] slow [D] me [Am] down, oh, no
[Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing
[G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride
[Bm] Im runnin and I [Em] won't [D] touch [Am] ground, oh, no
[Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing

[End]
[G]

[Note] - Ebm6 x68x78 - think Ebm7 but mute G with third finger by 
angling down across string after fretting 8th fret on D 

[C Riff]
[C(x32010)] [C] [Csus4(x33010)] 
[C(x3555x)] x x [C(x3555x)] [Fm]

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