Paul McCartney – Too Many People (Guitar Intro)
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Too Many People – Paul and Linda McCartney
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Written by: Paul McCartney
From: "Ram" (1971)
Tabbed by: maguri
Two versions:
VERSION 1: Standard tuning - playable and sounding good
VERSION 2: Open G (sort of) - including the low D note in the lick and
sounding very close to the voicings heard on the recording
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VERSION 1 - Standard tuning
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[Interlude] lick [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) Cm6/G 3-x-1-2-1(3)
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[Intro]
G G7 C/G Cm6/G | (Piss off, ca-a-a-a-... G G7 C/G Cm6/G [ G ] a-a-ake) Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| G | Cm6/G | G | Cm6/G | G G G |G G G G | 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
[Interlude]
G G7 C/G Cm6/G That was your first mistake G G7 C/G Cm6/G [ G ] You took your lucky break and broke it in two | G | Cm6/G G [LICK] Now what can be done for you
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Cm6/G | G G G |G G G G | 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
[Interlude]
G G7 C/G Cm6/G That was your first mistake G G7 C/G Cm6/G [ G ] You took your lucky break and broke it in two | G | Cm6/G G [LICK] Now what can be done for you
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Cm6/G | G G G |G G G G | You broke it in two
[Solo]
| Am | Em | G | D |
| Am | Em | G | D | G | (break)
[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
[Interlude]
G G7 C/G Cm6/G That was your last mistake G G7 C/G Cm6/G [ G ] I find my love awake and waiting to be | G | Cm6/G G [LICK] Now what can be done for you
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Cm6/G | G G G |G G G G | She's waiting for me, yeah
[Outro]
| 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)
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VERSION 2 - tuning: D-G-D-G-B-e
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[Intro] / [Interlude] [G [G7 [C/G [Cm6/G [G [G7 [C/G [Cm6/G 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----------------|--------1-1-1-1-|----------------|--------1-1-1-1-| G|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-| D|5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-| G|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| [G [Cm6/G [G [Cm6/G 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|0---------------|1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|0---------------|1---1-1-1-1-1---| G|0---------------|2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|0---------------|2---2-2-2-2-2(0)| D|0-------------0-|1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|0-------------0-|1---1-1-1-1-1(0)| G|0-----------4---|----------------|0-----------4---|----------------| D|------0--/5-----|----------------|------0--/5-----|----------------| [G* 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|7-----7-7-------|7-7---7-7-------| B|8-----8-8-------|8-8---8-8-------| G|0-----0-0-------|0-0---0-0-------| D|0-----0-0-------|0-0---0-0-------| G|0-----0-0-------|0-0---0-0-------| D|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
[Intro] / [Interlude] [Verse]
D-G-D-G-B-e D-G-D-G-B-e
G x-0-5-4-x-x F 3-x-3-2-1-1
G7 x-0-3-4-x-x G x-0-0-0-0(3) or x-0-0-0-3-3
C/G x-0-2-5-x-x C x-5-5-5-5(8)
Cm6/G x-0-1-2-1-x D x-7-7-7-7(10)
G * x-0-0-0-8-7
[Outro} [Solo]
A x-2-2-2-2(5) Am x-2-2-2-1-0
Em (2)4-2-0-0-0 Em (2)4-2-0-0-0
Bb x-3-3-3-3(6)
Ab 6-x-6-5-4-4
Eb x-8-8-8-8(11)---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
G G7 C/G Cm6/G | (Piss off, ca-a-a-a-... G G7 C/G Cm6/G [ G ] a-a-ake) Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| G | Cm6/G | G | Cm6/G | G * G G |G G G G | 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
[Interlude]
G G7 C/G Cm6/G That was your first mistake G G7 C/G Cm6/G [ G ] You took your lucky break and broke it in two | G | Cm6/G G [LICK] Now what can be done for you
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Cm6/G | G G G |G G G G | 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
[Interlude]
G G7 C/G Cm6/G That was your first mistake G G7 C/G Cm6/G [ G ] You took your lucky break and broke it in two | G | Cm6/G G [LICK] Now what can be done for you
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Cm6/G | G G G |G G G G | You broke it in two
[Solo]
| Am | Em | G | D |
| Am | Em | G | D | G | (break)
[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
[Interlude]
G G7 C/G Cm6/G That was your last mistake G G7 C/G Cm6/G [ G ] I find my love awake and waiting to be | G | Cm6/G G [LICK] Now what can be done for you
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Cm6/G | G G G |G G G G | She's waiting for me, yeah
[Outro]
| 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)