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Band - Primus
Song - Too Many Puppies
NOTE:
b - bend
t - tremolo pick
v~ - bar vibrato
(or) // - tremolo bar
• - repeat
Intro (cleane)
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|---3-4-4-4-5-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
E|-------------------------------------|
PM...................................|
Rhy. Fig. 1(wah off)
e|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|--5--5--6--6--7------------------|---5--5--6--6--7------------------|
A|--3--3--4--4--5--4--5--4--5--4---|---3--3--4--4--5--4--5--4--6--4---|
E|-----------------2--3--2--3--2---|------------------2--3--2--4--2---|
PM...............| PM...............|
3rd time play
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|---7---|
E|---5---|
instead of last F#5
Solo
e|------------------17-------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---15-----15---15-----15--15---15---15--17---|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
let ring....................................|
hold bend and let ring throughout for measure
e|----------------------18-----------------|
B|-------------15-----------15-------------|
G|---17b------------17------------17--17---|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
1/2
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|---15-------------------17-----------------------|
G|---15-----15---17--17------17--17--17---17--15---|
D|---15--------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
hold bar bend
e|--------------------------------------|
B|---15---15---15-13-13-11------------|
G|---15---15---15-13-13-11------0//---|
D|--------------------------------0//---|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|----------------16t--------------------16t------------|
B|------------16t--------------------14t-------13--15---|
G|---/13t--------------------/13t-----------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------17v~---------------16-----------|
B|--------------15-----(15)------------14---------------|
G|----15b--------------------------13------------136---|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
1/2-full
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|---/16t-----16v~-----/16t-------16--16--16--17---|
G|---/17t-----17v~-----/17t-------17--17--17-------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-------------------17----17---18b-----|
G|------18---(18)v~---------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
grad.
(w/Fill 1) (wah off)
e|--------------------------------|
B|---16b------------0-----------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
full slack bar
Too many puppies are just like me...
Rhy. Fig. 1 3 times
substitute Fill 1 for 2nd bar of Rhy. Fig. 1
Rhy. Fill 1
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---5--5--6--6--7-----------------------|
A|---3--3--4--4--5---4---5---4---6---7---|
E|-------------------2---3---2---4---5---|
PM.....................|
Fill 1(Gtr. 2)
*1 5 4 5 4 slack (wah off)
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|---
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Jake Average |
#1 by Jake Staley at Jan 13, 1984 at 5:59 PM EST |
| To make it clear, I didin't mean the entire song was about Vietnam, just that one line. You know, how the Gulf War is resembling Vietnam, and how people don't realize it (ignore history). | |
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Keith Average |
#2 by Keith Amaral at Jan 21, 1989 at 10:25 AM EST |
| obviously about war, just overall war, not one certain one. It also refers to the people who make them go into war that have all the power and don't care what happens to the people. Good one, JAStewart | |
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Rosa Wanna Be |
#3 by Rosa Beauchamp at Oct 7, 1993 at 7:11 PM EST |
| You missed the mid section! Where is goes all quiet... A Peanut sat on a railroad track, his heart was all a flutter. Along came a train, turned him to peanut butter. | |
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nate Average |
#4 by nate eastman at Jul 20, 1995 at 5:39 PM EST |
| Definately an anti-war song. Jackyl is right, this song was written well before the gulf war. Leading up to the current war against Iraq, Les Claypool posted on the Primus website forums that all fans should call radio stations and request "Too Many Puppies", sort of his own mini anti-war protest. | |
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Justin Wanna Be |
#5 by Justin Neafsey at Apr 11, 2002 at 8:52 AM EST |
| indeed in the video it has a guy with an army helmet, wearing a nappy, shooting a gun and drinking milk form a bottle! | |
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Jake Average |
#6 by Jake Staley at Oct 14, 2004 at 11:01 AM EST |
| it is about the young generation going into the army and going to war. "Too many puppies being shot in the dark." | |