Pick Up the Pieces
by Average White Band
🎧 Funk
Difficulty
★★★☆☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
AWB's iconic 1974 funk instrumental. The signature horn riff translates brilliantly to guitar, played over a tight Fm groove. One of the greatest funk instrumentals ever recorded.
Main riff (horn line on guitar)
e|---8--8---6--8---11---8---6----8---6---8---------|
B|---------------------------------------8---6-----|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
Fm7 rhythm guitar
e|---x-8---x-x---8---x-8---x-x---8---x-8---------|
B|---x-9---x-x---9---x-9---x-x---9---x-9---------|
G|---x-8---x-x---8---x-8---x-x---8---x-8---------|
D|---x-10--x-x---10--x-10--x-x---10--x-10--------|
A|---x-8---x-x---8---x-8---x-x---8---x-8---------|
E|------------------------------------------------|