Paul McCartney - Average Person: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Average Person" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Average Person Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Paul McCartney

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Average Person" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Chorus:
A           D        A
Look at the average person
 Em                        E
Speak to the man in the street
 A         D         A         Bm    C
Can you imagine the first one you'd meet
      Bm A
Oh oh oh oh
   Bm  C       Bm  A
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

A                                            Dm  A
Well, I'm talking to a former engine driver (driver)
A                                      Dm A
Trying to find out what he used to do
Dm                                       Em  Dm
Tells me that he always kept his engine (engine)
A
Spit and polished up, as good as new
E7
But he said his only great ambition
A                           Dmaj7 Amaj7
Was to work with lions in a zoo
 Amaj7                       D
(Oh to work with lions in a zoo)
Dm   A/C#  Bm7-5      A
Yes, dear, you heard right
Dm             A/C#          Bm7       E7
Told me his ambition was to work with lions every
 A
night

Chorus:
Look at the average person
Speak to the man in the street
Can you imagine the first one you'd meet
Oh oh oh oh

Well, I met a woman working as a waitress (waitress)
I asked exactly what it was she did
Said she worked the summer crowd at seasides
(seasides)
Winter time she ran away and hid
Once she had a Hollywood audition
But the part was given to a kid
(Yes the part was given to a kid)
Yes sir, you heard right
Hollywood ambition made a starlet grow up overnight

Well, I bumped into a man who'd been a boxer
(boxer)
Asked him what had been his greatest night
He looked into the corners of his memory (mem'ry)
Searching for a picture of the fight
But he said he always had a feeling
That he lacked a little extra height
(Could have used a little extra height)
Yes mate, you heard right
He always had a feeling that he might have lacked
A little height

Chorus:
Look at the average person
Speak to the man in the queue
Can you imagine the first one is you

Look at the average person


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Amaj7

Guitar chord Amaj7

C

Guitar chord C

C#

Guitar chord C#

D

Guitar chord D

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

Dmaj7

Guitar chord Dmaj7

E

Guitar chord E

Em

Guitar chord Em

E7

Guitar chord E7

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Bm7

Guitar chord Bm7

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Average Person" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Average Person" by Paul McCartney.

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