Peter Paul And Mary - Puff guitar tab
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Subject: TAB: Puff (The Magic Dragon) by PP&M
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Puff (The Magic Dragon)
Peter Paul & Mary
The transcription is my own, as are any mistakes.
(As played by Peter Yarrow)
Picked with the thumb and two fingers using
the following basic pattern:
--2-----------2----
---------1---------
------T----------T-
-------------------
--T----------------
Chords (capo 2):
G: 320003
Bm: 224432
C: 032010 (and 032013 with little finger)
G/E 000003
A7 002020
D7 000212
G Bm C
e-|--3--------3-----2--------2-----0--------3-------------|
B-|--------0--------------3--------------1----------------|
G-|-----0--------0-----4--------4-----0--------0----------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-----------------2--------------3----------------------|
E-|--3----------------------------------------------------|
Puff the magic dragon lived by the
G C G G/E
e-|--3--------3-----3--------3-----3-----3----------------|
B-|--------0--------------1-------------------------------|
G-|-----0--------0-----0--------0-----0-----0-------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-----------------3-------------------------------------|
E-|--3-----------------------------3-----0----------------|
sea and frolicked in the autumn mist in a
A7 D7
e-|--0--------0-----2--------2----------------------------|
B-|--------2--------------1-------------------------------|
G-|-----0--------0-----2--------2-------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------|
A-|--0--------------0-------------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------------------------------|
land called Honalee
G Bm C
e-|--3--------3-----2--------2-----0--------3-------------|
B-|--------0--------------3--------------1----------------|
G-|-----0--------0-----4--------4-----0--------0----------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-----------------2--------------3----------------------|
E-|--3----------------------------------------------------|
Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal
G C G G/E
e-|--3--------3-----3--------3---------------3-----3------|
B-|--------0--------------1-------------------------------|
G-|-----0--------0-----0--------0---------------0-----0---|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-----------------3-------------------------------------|
E-|--3---------------------------------------3-----0------|
Puff and brought him strings and sealing wax and
A7 D7 G D7
e-|--0----------2-----3----------2------------------------|
B-|--------0h1--------------0h1---------------------------|
G-|-----0----------2-----0----------2---------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------|
A-|--0----------------------------------------------------|
E-|-------------------3-----------------------------------|
other fancy stuff
etc...
In the original recording Peter picks the pattern
throughout the entire song while Paul adds some treble
fills up the neck. The stand-up bass in this version
makes it hard to hear exactly what Peter's picking for
his bass notes.
In their 25th Anniversary video, Peter picks the verses
and strums the choruses while Paul plays along in open
chords without a capo in A (he barres the C#m on the
4th fret). Also, here's Peter's rapidly sung-spoken intro:
"Once upon a time a long time ago in a far off land by the
sea there lived a much-maligned dragon. Don't you know that
it was really a pity because--there never was a different
meaning other than the obvious one. But the magic dragon is
only about--the loss of innocence of children. And now you
can tell your friends that you've heard it from the dragon's
father himself. And another thing you'll notice that we are
singing this song earlier in the program than we ever sang
it before. That's because many of the children who used to
come were very young would fall asleep before it was
possible for them to hear it. So all that goes to show that
even after 25 years a group like us can still learn
something new. Sing it with me now..."
