JOHN LENNON - POWER TO THE PEOPLE TABS

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 |--------|| |--------|| |--------|| |--------|| |--------|| |--------|| 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-------| |-------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------|-----------------------|

^DbW ^Cb ^DbE 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--| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------|

^DbW ^Cb ^Db 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 E E Q ^GbS S ^Db E Q E E S E. S S E ^Gb 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)---| |--------------------| |--------------------|

S S E S S E S S E ^Gb 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--------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------|

^DbW ^Cb ^DbE 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