Power To The People by John Lennon

Power To The People tab by John Lennon

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POWER TO THE PEOPLE

As recorded by John Lennon
(From the 1975 Album SHAVED FISH)

Words and Music by John Lennon

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Bobby Keys - Tenor Sax'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Billy Preston - Piano'


 Intro
 Q=112
 N.C.
 4/4
 Gtr I (Sax. arr. for Gtr.)
 Wx8
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  Chorus
  Db    GbDb           Gb
  W          E Q   E E E S S E
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---6-----6-6-6-4-4---|
||--------------------|-------------------6-|
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
|
|  Gtr II (Piano arr. for Gtr.)
|  E E +Q  E E +Q   E E +H    Q
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-6-6-(6)--7-6-(6)--|-6-6-(6)-------7-----|
||--6-6-(6)--6-6-(6)--|-6-6-(6)-------6-----|
||--6-6-(6)--8-6-(6)--|-6-6-(6)-------8-----|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|


 Db   GbDb          Gb
 W        E E E E E E S S S S
|---------------|---------4-4------------|
|---------------|---6--6------6-6-4------|
|---------------|-------------------6-3--|
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|
| E Q.  E Q.   E E +H    Q
|---------------|------------------------|
|-6-6----7-6----|-6-6-(6)-------7--------|
|-6-6----6-6----|-6-6-(6)-------6--------|
|-6-6----8-6----|-6-6-(6)-------8--------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|


 Db    GbDb           Gb
 W          E Q   E E E S S S S
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|---6-----6-6-6-6-------|
|-------------------|-----------------8-6---|
|-------------------|---------------------8-|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|
| E E +Q  E E +Q   E E +H    Q
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-6-6-(6)--7-6-(6)--|-6-6-(6)-------7-------|
|-6-6-(6)--6-6-(6)--|-6-6-(6)-------6-------|
|-6-6-(6)--8-6-(6)--|-6-6-(6)-------8-------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|


 Db    Cb     Db
 W          E E E E E S S +S S E
|-------------------|---4---4---4------------||
|-------------------|-6---6---6---4-(4)-4----||
|-------------------|---------------------6--||
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------||
|
| E E +Q  E E +Q   Q  H     Q
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-6-6-(6)--4-4-(4)--|-6---6----------6-------||
|-6-6-(6)--4-4-(4)--|-6---6----------6-------||
|-6-6-(6)--4-4-(4)--|-6---6----------6-------||
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------||


 1st - 3rd Verses
 Ebm
  Q.   E +Q  Q   Q.   E +H
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--6-------6--(6)-------|--8-------8--(8)-------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| E E E E  E E E E  E E E E  E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--8--8-8--8---8--8-8-8-|--8--8-8--8---8--8-8-8-|
|--9-------9--(9)-------|--9-------9--(9)-------|
|-11------11-(11)-------|-11------11-(11)-------|
  Q.   E +H      Q.   E +H


  W            Q.   E +H
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|--8-------8--(8)-------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| E E E E  E E E E  E E E E  E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--8--8-8--8---8--8-8-8-|--8--8-8--8---8--8-8-8-|
|--9-------9--(9)-------|--9-------9--(9)-------|
|-11------11-(11)-------|-11------11-(11)-------|
  Q.   E +H      Q.   E +H


  W          Q.   E +Q  E E 3x
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------o||
|-------------------|--8-------8-(8)---8-6--||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------o||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E 3x
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------o||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|--8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-|--8--8-8--8--8--8-8-8--||
|--9------9---------|--9-------9-----------o||
|-11-----11---------|-11------11------------||


 Chorus
 Db    GbDb           Gb
 W          E E E E E E S S E
|-------------------|------4--4---4--------|
|-------------------|---6-------6---6-4----|
|-------------------|-------------------6--|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E +Q  E E +Q   E E +H    Q
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-6-6-(6)--7-6-(6)--|-6-6-(6)-------7------|
|-6-6-(6)--6-6-(6)--|-6-6-(6)-------6------|
|-6-6-(6)--8-6-(6)--|-6-6-(6)-------8------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|


 Db    GbDb              Gb
 W          E E E  E +E  E E E
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|----9--9--11-(11)-11-11-9-|
|-------------------|-10-----------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|
| E E +Q  E E +Q   E E +H       Q
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-6-6-(6)--7-6-(6)--|--6-6-(6)-------------7---|
|-6-6-(6)--6-6-(6)--|--6-6-(6)-------------6---|
|-6-6-(6)--8-6-(6)--|--6-6-(6)-------------8---|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|


 Db    GbDb            Gb
 W          E Q.   +Q  Q
|-------------------|----9-------(9)------|
|-------------------|-11--------------11--|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E +Q  E E +Q   E E +H     Q
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-6-6-(6)--7-6-(6)--|--6-6--(6)--------7--|
|-6-6-(6)--6-6-(6)--|--6-6--(6)--------6--|
|-6-6-(6)--8-6-(6)--|--6-6--(6)--------8--|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|


 Db    Cb     Db
 W          E S S +Q  E E S S E
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------------9-||
|-------------------|---------------------10-10---||
|-------------------|-11-11-11-(11)----11---------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|
| E E +Q  E E +Q   Q     H     Q
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-6-6-(6)--4-4-(4)--|--6---------6---------6------||
|-6-6-(6)--4-4-(4)--|--6---------6---------6------||
|-6-6-(6)--4-4-(4)--|--6---------6---------6------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------||


 Sax Solo
 Ebm
  Q  E E Q  E E  +E  E +E  S S Q  E E
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|-11---11-9-11---9-11-|-(11)-11-(11)-11-9-11---9-----|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E  E  E  E  E E E E
|--2-2--2-2--2-2-2--2-|---2---2---2---2----2-2-2-2---|
|--4-4--4-4--4-4-4--4-|---4---4---4---4----4-4-4-4---|
|--3-3--3-3--3-3-3--3-|---3---3---3---3----3-3-3-3---|
|--4-4--4-4--4-4-4--4-|---4---4---4---4----4-4-4-4---|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|


 Q  E E E E E E  +Q  Q  E E E E
|------------------9-|-(9)---9-------------|
|-----9-11-11-9-11---|-----------11-9-11-9-|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-2-2-2--2--2-2--2-2-|--2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|
|-4-4-4--4--4-4--4-4-|--4--4-4-4--4-4--4-4-|
|-3-3-3--3--3-3--3-3-|--3--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|
|-4-4-4--4--4-4--4-4-|--4--4-4-4--4-4--4-4-|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|


  Q  E Q  E Q   E Q  E +E E S S E
|-11---9-9----------|-11-9---------------------|
|------------11-----|--------11-(11)-9-9-------|
|-------------------|--------------------10-8--|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E  E E E  E
|--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|--2-2-2--2---2--2-2----2--|
|--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-|--4-4-4--4---4--4-4----4--|
|--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-|--3-3-3--3---3--3-3----3--|
|--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-|--4-4-4--4---4--4-4----4--|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|


 Db    Gb  Db              Gb
  E E Q  S S E Q   E E S E. S S E Q
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|----9-------------------|---11-----9--------------|
|-10---10---8------------|-------------10-8--------|
|-------------11-11-11---|------------------11-11--|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| E E +Q  E   E +Q   E E +H       Q
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--6-6-(6)--7-----6-(6)--|-6--6-(6)-------------7--|
|--6-6-(6)--6-----6-(6)--|-6--6-(6)-------------6--|
|--6-6-(6)--8-----6-(6)--|-6--6-(6)-------------8--|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|


  Outro
  Db    GbDb    Db       Gb
  W          E E Q  E E S S E
||--------------------|---------------------------|
||o-------------------|----9--9---11-11-----------|
||--------------------|-10--------------10-8------|
||--------------------|----------------------11---|
||o-------------------|---------------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------------|
|
|  E E +Q  E E +Q   E E +H     Q
||--------------------|---------------------------|
||o-6-6-(6)--7-6-(6)--|--6-6-(6)---------7--------|
||--6-6-(6)--6-6-(6)--|--6-6-(6)---------6--------|
||--6-6-(6)--8-6-(6)--|--6-6-(6)---------8--------|
||o-------------------|---------------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------------|


 Db    GbDb                  Gb
 W          S S E S  S E S S E S S S S
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-8------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------11-8-|
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|
| E E +Q  E E +Q   E   E +H         Q
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-6-6-(6)--7-6-(6)--|--6-----6-(6)-----------------7--------|
|-6-6-(6)--6-6-(6)--|--6-----6-(6)-----------------6--------|
|-6-6-(6)--8-6-(6)--|--6-----6-(6)-----------------8--------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|


 Db    GbDb
 W
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|
| E E +Q  E E +Q
|--------------------|
|-6-6-(6)--7-6-(6)---|
|-6-6-(6)--6-6-(6)---|
|-6-6-(6)--8-6-(6)---|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|


               Gb
  S S E S  S E S S E S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-8------|
|----------------------------------11-8-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| E   E +H         Q
|---------------------------------------|
|--6-----6-(6)-----------------7--------|
|--6-----6-(6)-----------------6--------|
|--6-----6-(6)-----------------8--------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


 Db    Cb     Db
 W          E Q.    +H      3x
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------------|---10tr13----(10tr13)-------||
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|
| E E +Q  E E +Q   Q    H      Q  3x
|-------------------|----------------------------||
|-6-6-(6)--4-4-(4)--|-6--------6------------6---o||
|-6-6-(6)--4-4-(4)--|-6--------6------------6----||
|-6-6-(6)--4-4-(4)--|-6--------6------------6----||
|-------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------------|----------------------------||


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
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. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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