Average Person


Intro:[G A] A D A Look at the average person Em A speak to the man in the street. A D A C Can you imagine the first one you'd meet? [A C A] A Dm A Well, I'm talking to a former engine driver (Dri-ver), A Dm-A trying to find out what he used to do. Dm G Dm Tells me that he always kept his engine (En-gine), A spit and polished up as good as new. Dm But he said his only great ambition A Dm was to work with lions in a zoo. A Dm Oh, to work with lions in a zoo. Dm A Dm A Yes dear, you heard right, Dm G A told me his ambition was to work with lions every night. [Dm A Dm A Dm G A] Look at the average person speak to the man on the beat Can you imagine the first one you'd meet? [A C A] 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 it right, hollywood ambition made a starlet grown up overnight. [Dm A Dm A Dm G] Inter:[Am G Bb F E] 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 (Memory), 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. [Dm A Dm A Dm G A] [Dm A] x4 Look at the average person speak to the man in the queue Can you imagine the first one you'd meet? [A C A C A C] Look at the average person.