Too Many People

Paul McCartney

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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
Tuning: Standard / D-G-D-G-B-e

Two versions:

VERB ON 1: Standard tuning - playable and sounding good 
VERB ON 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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VERB ON 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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VERB ON 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)|
A|0-----------4---|----------------| 0-----------4---|----------------|
E|------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-------|
A|0-----0-0-------| 0-0---0-0-------|
E|----------------|----------------|

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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)

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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)