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PICK UP THE PIECES (Bassline) As recorded by Average White Band (From the 1974 Album AWB) Words and Music by Average White Band Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Alan Gorrie - Bass' [Intro] [1st Verse] Q=108 4/4 Gtr I W W Q E S S +E E Q Q E S S H 4x G||-----------|-5---------||-||--------------------|----------------|| D||o----------|----------o||-||o------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------o|| A||o-3--------|----------o||-||o-------------------|---------------o|| E||-----------|-----------||-||--1-----------------|-1--------------|| Q E S S +E E Q Q E S S H Q E S S +E E Q Q E S S H G|------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------||--------------------|----------------|| D|-------------------|---------------||o------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------o|| A|-1-----------------|-1-------------||o-------------------|---------------o|| E|-------------------|---------------||--1-----------------|-1--------------|| [2nd - 4th Verses] Segno $ Q E S S +E E Q Q E S S H Q E S S +E E Q Q E S S H G||--------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------| D||o------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------|------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------| A||o-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------| E||--1-----------------|-1-------------|-1-----------------|-1-------------| Q E S S +E E Q Q E S S H Q E S S +E E Q Q E S S H G|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------| D|------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------|------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------| A|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------| E|-1-----------------|-1-------------|-1-----------------|-1-------------| 1. To Coda Q E S S +E E Q Q E S S H Q E S S +E E Q Q E S S H G|------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------|-------------------|---------------| D|-------------------|---------------|------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------| A|-1-----------------|-1-------------|-------------------|---------------| E|-------------------|---------------|-1-----------------|-1-------------| Q E S S +E E Q Q E S S S S E E E G|-------------------|--------------------|| D|------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1---1-------|| A|-------------------|--------------3---2-|| E|-1-----------------|-1------------------|| [Bridge] E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +Q Q G|-------------------|-------------------| D|-------------------|-------------------| A|-1---1---1-(1)-----|-1---1---1-(1)-----| E|-------------------|-------------------| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E Q E Q +W Q E S S +E E Q G|-------------------|-----------------|------------|-------------------| D|-------------------|-----------------|------------|------3-1-(1)-3----| A|-1---1---1-(1)-----|-1---1---1----3--|-(3)--------|-------------------| E|-------------------|-----------------|------------|-1-----------------| 2. Q E S S H Q E S S E E S S E G|----------------||--------------------|| D|------3-1------o||------3-1-----------|| A|---------------o||------------3---2---|| E|-1--------------||-1------------------|| [Bridge] E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +Q Q G|-------------------|-------------------| D|-------------------|-------------------| A|-1---1---1-(1)-----|-1---1---1-(1)-----| E|-------------------|-------------------| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E Q E Q +W +W G|-------------------|-----------------|------------|--------| D|-------------------|-----------------|------------|--------| A|-1---1---1-(1)-----|-1---1---1----3--|-(3)--------|-(3)----| E|-------------------|-----------------|------------|--------| [Sax Solo] +W +W E E S S S S +E E Q E Q S S H G|------------|------------||-----6h7--------------|---------------| D|------------|------------||---------5-6-(6)-8----|------8-6------| A|-(3)--------|-(3)--------||----------------------|---------------| E|------------|------------||-6--------------------|-6-------------| E E S S S S +E E Q E Q S S Q. E G|-----6h7--------------|------------------| D|---------5-6-(6)-8----|------8-6---------| A|----------------------|------------------| E|-6--------------------|-6-------------1/-| E E S S S S +E E Q E Q S S E S E S E G|-----6h7--------------|--------------------| D|---------5-6-(6)-8----|------8-6---8---6---| A|----------------------|--------------------| E|-6--------------------|-6------------------| E E S S S S +E E Q E Q S S H G|-----6h7--------------|---------------| D|---------5-6-(6)-8----|------8-6------| A|----------------------|---------------| E|-6--------------------|-6-------------| E E S S S S +E E E S S E Q S S Q S S E G|-----6h7-----------------|---------------------| D|---------5-6-(6)-8-------|------8-6------6-----| A|-------------------------|---------------------| E|-6-------------------6-6-|-6-------------------| E E S S S S +E E Q E Q S S H Q E S S +E E Q Q E S S H G|-----6h7--------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------| D|---------5-6-(6)-8----|------8-6------|------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------| A|----------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------| E|-6--------------------|-6-------------|-1-----------------|-1-------------| Dal Segno al Coda Coda & Q E S S +E E Q Q E S S H Q E S S S S E E E G|-------------------|---------------||--------------------|| D|------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------||------3-1---1-------|| A|-------------------|---------------||--------------3---2-|| E|-1-----------------|-1-------------||-1------------------|| [Bridge] E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +Q Q G|-------------------|-------------------| D|-------------------|-------------------| A|-1---1---1-(1)-----|-1---1---1-(1)-----| E|-------------------|-------------------| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +Q S E. G|-------------------|----------------------| D|-------------------|----------------------| A|-1---1---1-(1)-----|-1---1---1-(1)--------| E|-------------------|----------------3-1---| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +Q Q E S S E Q E Q +W G|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------|| D|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------|| A|-1---1---1-(1)-----|-1---1---1-(1)-----|-1---1---1----3--|-(3)----|| E|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------|| [Outro] Q E S S +E E Q Q E S S H 3x Q E S S +E E E S S G||--------------------|----------------||----------------------| D||o------3-1-(1)-3----|------3-1------o||------3-1-(1)-3-------| A||o-------------------|---------------o||----------------------| E||--1-----------------|-1--------------||-1----------------1-1-| Q E S S H Q E S S +E E E. S +E e S S S S +E e S S E G|---------------|---------------------|----------------------------*| D|------3-1------|------3-1-(1)-3----3-|-(3)---1-3---3-(3)---1-3----*| A|---------------|---------------------|-----3-------------3--------*| E|-1-------------|-1-------------------|----------------------------*| ************************************ Duration Legend W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura; + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration). | (n) - note tied to previous | h - hammer on | /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") *************************************