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Song
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Whippin' Piccadilly
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Transcribed by Richard Averill.
E-mail corrections or comments to: nigelolympus@tinet.ie
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Notes
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The main part is played on a steel string acoustic guitar, tuned normally.
The acoustic is double tracked (separate the channels to hear this clearly).
Keep a continual up\down strumming pattern going, as shown. An electric slide
guitar joins in during the first chorus. I have tabbed the slide guitar part
with the 5th string tuned up 2 frets to B, although you could just as easily
play this part with the 2nd string tuned down 2 frets to A, and then move all
the slide tab up two frets. I'd appreciate help on this aspect, as I have little
slide guitar experience. The CD is very neatly channeled - the slide guitar part
is separated entirely onto the right channel, if you need to hear it clearly.
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Structure
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1-8 Intro.
9-24 Verse 1.
25-28 Bridge.
29-44 Verse 2.
45-64 Chorus.
65-80 Verse 3.
81-88 Ending.
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Intro
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/ x4
/ u d u d u d u etc...
1|---------------------------------|-------x---4-------4---x---4---| 2|---------------------------------|---4---x---4-------4---x---4---| 3|---------------------------------|---5---x---5-------5---x---5---| 4|---------------------------------|---6-----------6---------------| 5|---------------------------------|---------------6---------------| 6|---------------------2-------3---4---------------4---------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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1|-----4---x-----------------------| 2|-----4---x-----------------------| 3|-----5---x---5-------------------| 4|-6-----------6-------------------| 5|-6-----------6-------------------| 6|-4-----------4-------2-------3---|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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Verse 1
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(0:18)
d u d u d u d u etc...
1|-----4---x---4-------4---x---4---|---4---x---4-------4---x---4---| \ 2|-----4---x---4-------4---x---4---|---4---x---4-------4---x---4---| | 3|-----5---x---5-------5---x---5---|---5---x---5-------5---x---5---| | 4|-6---------------6---------------6---------------6---------------| | 5|-6---------------6---------------6---------------6---------------| | 6|-4---------------4---------------4---------------4---------------| |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
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1|-----4---x---4-------4---x-------|---------------------------4---| | 2|-----4---x---4-------4---x---6---6---6---x---6---6---6---x---4---| | 3|-----5---x---5-------5---x---6---6---6---x---6---6---6---x---5---| | 4|-6---------------6-----------6---6---6---x---6---6---6---x-------| | 5|-6---------------6-----------4---4---4---x---4---4---4---x-------| | 6|-4---------------4---------------|-------------------------------| |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
| x2
1|-----4---x---4-------4---x-------|---------------------------4---| | 2|-----4---x---4-------4---x---4---4---4---x---6---6---6---x---4---| | 3|-----5---x---5-------5---x---4---4---4---x---6---6---6---x---5---| | 4|-6---------------6-----------4---4---4---x---6---6---6---x-------| | 5|-6---------------6-----------2---2---2---x---4---4---4---x-------| | 6|-4---------------4---------------|-------------------------------| |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
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1|-----4---x---4-------4---x---4---|---4---x-----------------------| | 2|-----4---x---4-------4---x---4---|---4---x-----------------------| | 3|-----5---x---5-------5---x---5---|---5---x-----------------------| | 4|-6---------------6---------------6-----------6-------4-------5---| | 5|-6---------------6---------------6-----------6-------4-------5---| | 6|-4---------------4---------------4-----------4-------2-------3---| |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + /
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Bridge
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(0:51)
1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 2|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
3|-------------Drum-Machine-Solo---|-------------------------------|
4|-6-------\-----------------------|-------------------------------| 5|-6-------\-----------------------|-------------------------------| 6|-4-------\-----------------------|-------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 2|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 3|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 4|---------------------------------|-------------------4-------5---| 5|---------------------------------|-------------------4-------5---| 6|---------------------------------|-------------------2-------3---|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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Verse 2
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Repeat guitar for first verse.
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Chorus
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(1:33)
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/ x4 \
1|-----4---x---4-------4---x---4---|---4---x-----------------------| 2|-----4---x---4-------4---x---4---|---4---x-----------------------| 3|-----5---x---5-------5---x---5---|---5---x-----------------------| 4|-6---------------6---------------6-----------6-------4-------5---| 5|-6---------------6---------------6-----------6-------4-------5---| 6|-4---------------4---------------4-----------4-------2-------3---|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 2|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
3|-------------Drum-Machine-Solo---|-------------------------------|
4|-6-------\-----------------------|-------------------------------| 5|-6-------\-----------------------|-------------------------------| 6|-4-------\-----------------------|-------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
(1:54)
Slide guitar:
1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 2|-4--/9---------------------------|-------------------------------| 3|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 4|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 5|-4--/9---------------------------|-------------------------------| 6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
_______________________________________________________________
/ x3 \
1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 2|-4--/9-----------------------7---|-------------------7\------2---| 3|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 4|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 5|-4--/9-----------------------7---|-------------------7\------2---| 6|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Acoustic guitar:
1|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 2|-4--/9---------------------------|-------------------------------| 3|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 4|---------------------------------|-------------------4-------5---| 5|-4--/9---------------------------|-------------------4-------5---| 6|---------------------------------|-------------------2-------3---|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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Verse 3
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(2:15)
Repeat guitar for first verse.
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Ending
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(2:48)
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/ x4 \
1|-----4---x---4-------4---x---4---|---4---x-----------------------| 2|-----4---x---4-------4---x---4---|---4---x-----------------------| 3|-----5---x---5-------5---x---5---|---5---x-----------------------| 4|-6---------------6---------------6-----------6-------4-------5---| 5|-6---------------6---------------6-----------6-------4-------5---| 6|-4---------------4---------------4-----------4-------2-------3---|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
1|---------------------------------|| 2|---------------------------------|| 3|---------------------------------|| 4|-6-------------------------------|| 5|-6-------------------------------|| 6|-4-------------------------------||
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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Lyrics
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Once upon a time, not too long ago, took a day out in Manchester.
We all fall down - there's not enough hours in our day.
Played a bit of football, fell into the union, barged our way into the
toilet with a kung-fu king - there's not enough hours in our day.
I remember seeing someone, dressed in a suit, looking like a lunatic.
We all fall down - there's not enough hours in our trip.
Well, academy cartwheels breaking your hands, "We got lovely posters for sale."
And we all fall down - there's not enough hours in our day.
We like lovin', yeah - I don't know why we share.
We like lovin', yeah - I don't know why we share.
Finally made our way back to the train, rolling in at Sheffield tonight.
And it all falls down - there's not enough hours in our life.
So try and lose my way, wait at the station, whippin' Picadilly tonight.
And it all falls down - there's not enough hours in our life.
We like lovin', yeah - I don't know why we share.
We like lovin', yeah - I don't know why we share.
Comments
Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?
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