Too Many Puppies Lyrics

By: Primus
Bassist: Les Claypool
S=Slap
P=Pop
F=Flam (Flamenco Strum, articulate as you will)
-X-=dead (mute) note
-1h3-=hammer on
-3p1-=pull off
-1/3-=slide up
-3\1-=slide down
-2~-=hold note
*=see below (I am too lazy to make more room in the measure)
|----------------| time signature
Can be lengthened to this
+ Major beats (1,2,3,4)
- Ands (1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &)
|REST------------|------------REST|
|----REST--------|--------REST----|
|--------REST----|----REST--------|
|------------REST|REST------------| 2X
|5h6-6-6-7---X-X-X---X-X-X---X-X-|
|5h5-5-5-5---X-X-X---X-X-X---X-X-|
F F F F F F F F F F F F S
|5h6-6-6-7---X-X-X---X-X-X---X---|
|5h5-5-5-5---X-X-X---X-X-X---X---|
* Slide from 7 up to 12 then down to 3(ish)
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S |
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S
BRIDGE/GUITAR SOLO? (Les totally riffs this)
|7p6-X-X-6h7-X-X-7/9-X-X-9\7-X-X-|
|7p6-X-X-6h7-X-X-7p6-X-X-X---X-X-|
|5-5-X-X-5-5-X-X-5p5-X-X-X---X-X-|
|7p6-X-X-6h7-X-X-7/9-X-X-9\7-X-X-|
|7p6-X-X-6h7-X-X-7p6-X-X-X---X-X-|
|7p6-X-X-6h7-X-X-7p6-X-X-9\7-X-X-|
|7p6-X-X-6h7-X-X-7/9-X-X-X---X-X-|
|7p6-X-X-X---X-X-X---X-X-X---X---|
|7p6-X-X-X---X-X-X---X-X-X---X---|
P
BREAK (Les rattles his bass around during this part)
|REST------------|
|----REST--------|
|--------REST----|
|------------REST| 8x
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S
DRUM SOLO
GUITAR SOLO
OUTTRO
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S
F F F F F S S S S S
And There! Too Many Puppies.
Email me with any corrections at cfstevens@comcast.net