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Too Many People ? Paul McCartney
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Tuning: Standard
Paul McCartney
Too Many People
(McCartney)
From: "Ram" (1971)
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LICK
ch /chch /ch
G Cm6/G G Cm6/G
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|-------------3--|4---------------|--------------3-|4---------------|
G|------------4---|----------------|------------4---|----------------|
D|----------5-----|----------------|----------5-----|----------------|
A|------5---------|----------------|------5---------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
G 3-x-0-0-0-3
G7 3-x-3-0-0-3
C/G 3-x-2-0-1(3)
ch /ch
Cm6/G 3-x-1-2-1(3)
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INTRO
ch /ch
G G7 C/G Cm6/G |
(Piss off, ca-A-A-A-...
ch /Gh
G G7 C/G Cm6/G
A-A-ake) Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
ch /ch 1ch+31/ch3+4+
| G | Cm6/G | G | Cm6/G | G GG |GG GG |
LICK (see above]
VERSE 1
FCDG
Too many people going underground
FCDG
Too many reaching for a piece of cake
FCDG
Too many people pulled and pushed around
FCDG
Too many waiting for that lucky break
PART
ch /ch
G G7 C/G Cm6/G
That was your first mistake
ch /Gh
G G7 C/G Cm6/G
You took your lucky break and broke it in two
ch /ch
| G | Cm6/G G
LICK
Now what can be done for you
ch /1+1+2+3+4+
Cm6/G |G GG |GG GG |
You broke it in two
VERSE 2
FCDG
Too many people sharing party lines
FCDG
Too many people never sleeping late
FCDG
Too many people paying parking fines
FCDG
Too many hungry people losing weight
PART
ch /ch
G G7 C/G Cm6/G
That was your first mistake
ch /Gh
G G7 C/G Cm6/G
You took your lucky break and broke it in two
ch /ch
| G | Cm6/G G
LICK
Now what can be done for you
ch /1+1+2+3+4+
Cm6/G |G GG |GG GG |
You broke it in two
SOLO
| Am | Em | G | D |
| Am | Em | G | D | G |
VERSE 3
FCDG
Too many people preaching practices
FCDG
Don't let them tell you what you want to be
FCDG
Too many people holding back, this is
FCDG
Crazy and baby it's not like me
PART
ch /ch
G G7 C/G Cm6/G
That was your last mistake
ch /Gh
G G7 C/G Cm6/G
I find my love awake and waiting to be
ch /ch
| G | Cm6/G G
LICK
Now what can be done for you
ch /1+1+2+3+4+
Cm6/G |G GG |GG GG |
She's waiting for me
CODA
| A | Em | G | D |
| Bb | F | Ab | Eb |
| C | G | Bb | F | % | % | C | % | % | (repeat and fade)
(timing and bar limits become a little fuzzy
during that prolonged ?F? chord)