Biography:
Too Much Joy were an alternative band which formed in Scarsdale, New York, United States in 1987. The band's original members were Tim Quirk (vocals), Jay Blumenfield (guitar, vocals), Sandy Smallens (bass, vocals) and Tommy Vinton (drums). Smallens departed on amicable terms in 1994; William Wittman provided bass and vocals after Smallens's retirement.
The band released five albums before they disbanded in 1997: "Green Eggs and Crack" (1987), "Son of Sam I Am" (1988), "Cereal Killers" (1991), "Mutiny" (1992) and ".
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This song is what Too Much Joy would end every show with. While this is the
album version, Live versions are very similar.
The strumming pattern is fairly simple, beats 2 and 4 are emphasised with a
harder strum. listen to the song to get a feel for it.
G chords with an (*) are muted immediately after strumming.
During A chords marked with an (*) there's a little riff spanning 1 measure:
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
D chords marked with an (*) have a similar riff:
e|-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
E|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
[Intro]
D Bm G A
D Bm A*
[Verse 1]
D Bm G A
Meet our band of merry men
D Bm A*
Shake the hand of every one
D Bm G A
We'll eat your food and steal your wives
D Bm A*
Buy us beers we're friends for life
[Pre-chorus 1]
D A
We only shoot when shot at
G A
We give away what we don't need
D A
We live for fun and freedom
G A
We stamp out feer and greed
[Chorus]
D G*
To create
D F#m
you must destroy
D G A D*
Smash a glass and cry too much joy
D*
[Verse 2]
D Bm G A
We sleep on floors and live on crumbs
D Bm A*
We're a bunch of ugly bums
D Bm G A
A great idea when we were smashed
D Bm A*
Turning anger into cash
[Pre-chorus 2]
D A
We ain't seen much
G A
But we don't starve
D A
We drive around
G A
In our mom's cars
[Chorus]
D G*
To create
D F#m
you must destroy
D G A D
Smash a glass and cry too much joy
D G*
To create
D F#m
you must destroy
D G A D*
Smash a glass and cry too much joy
[Bridge]
D*
(He does a sorta rambling thing here, just continue the D riff all throughout)
[Chorus]
D G*
To create
D F#m
you must destroy
D G A D
Smash a glass and cry too much joy
(repeat as many times as you feel like)
album version, Live versions are very similar.
The strumming pattern is fairly simple, beats 2 and 4 are emphasised with a
harder strum. listen to the song to get a feel for it.
G chords with an (*) are muted immediately after strumming.
During A chords marked with an (*) there's a little riff spanning 1 measure:
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
D chords marked with an (*) have a similar riff:
e|-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
E|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
[Intro]
D Bm G A
D Bm A*
[Verse 1]
D Bm G A
Meet our band of merry men
D Bm A*
Shake the hand of every one
D Bm G A
We'll eat your food and steal your wives
D Bm A*
Buy us beers we're friends for life
[Pre-chorus 1]
D A
We only shoot when shot at
G A
We give away what we don't need
D A
We live for fun and freedom
G A
We stamp out feer and greed
[Chorus]
D G*
To create
D F#m
you must destroy
D G A D*
Smash a glass and cry too much joy
D*
[Verse 2]
D Bm G A
We sleep on floors and live on crumbs
D Bm A*
We're a bunch of ugly bums
D Bm G A
A great idea when we were smashed
D Bm A*
Turning anger into cash
[Pre-chorus 2]
D A
We ain't seen much
G A
But we don't starve
D A
We drive around
G A
In our mom's cars
[Chorus]
D G*
To create
D F#m
you must destroy
D G A D
Smash a glass and cry too much joy
D G*
To create
D F#m
you must destroy
D G A D*
Smash a glass and cry too much joy
[Bridge]
D*
(He does a sorta rambling thing here, just continue the D riff all throughout)
[Chorus]
D G*
To create
D F#m
you must destroy
D G A D
Smash a glass and cry too much joy
(repeat as many times as you feel like)
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