Too Many People
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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
F C D G
Too many people going underground
F C D G
Too many reaching for a piece of cake
F C D G
Too many people pulled and pushed around
F C D G
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
F C D G
Too many people sharing party lines
F C D G
Too many people never sleeping late
F C D G
Too many people paying parking fines
F C D G
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
F C D G
Too many people preaching practices
F C D G
Don't let them tell you what you want to be
F C D G
Too many people holding back, this is
F C D G
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)