From: bearce@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Phil Bearce)
From phil@hpmsfpb.sj.hp.com Mon Aug 17 10:31 PDT 1992
Piggies
by George Harrison (Beatles)
F C7 F C
Have you seen the little piggies crawling in the dirt
F C7 Dm G
And for all the little pigies life is getting worse
Dm7 G7 C7 Bb Cdim C
Always having dirt to play around in
F C7 F C
Have you seen the bigger piggies in their starched white shirts
F C7 Dm G
You will find the bigger piggies stirring up the dirt
Dm7 G7 C7 Bb Cdim C
Always have clean shirts to play around in
Gm A7
BRIDGE: In their styes with all their backing
Bb C
They don't care what goes on around
Gm A7
In their eyes there's something lacking
Bb C
what they need's a damn good whacking
F C7 F C
Everywhere there's lots of piggies living piggy lives
F C7 Dm G
You can see them out for dinner with their piggy wives
Dm7 G7 C7 Bb Cdim C
Clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon
From: Harlan L Thompson
PIGGIES- The Beatles
G D7 G D
Have you seen the little piggies crawling in the dirt
G D7 Em A
And for all the little pigies life is getting worse
Em7 A7 D Em7 Fdim D/F# G D G D
Always having dirt to play around in
G D7 G D
Have you seen the bigger piggies in their starched white shirts
G D7 Em A
You will find the bigger piggies stirring up the dirt
Em7 A7 D Em7 Fdim D/F# G D G B
Always have clean shirts to play around in
BRIDGE:
Am B7
In their styes with all their backing
C D
They don't care what goes on around
Am B7
In their eyes there's something lacking
C D D7
What they need's a damn good whacking!
G D7 G D
Everywhere there's lots of piggies living piggy lives
G D7 Em A
You can see them out for dinner with their piggy wives
Em7 A7 D Em7 Fdim D/F#
Clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon
G D Gm D Gm D A7 D
Ab Eb
One more time
Em7: 0 x 2 4 3 3 Fdim: x x 3 4 3 4 D/F#: x x 3 1 2 5
Ab: 4 6 6 5 4 4 Eb: 6 6 8 8 8 6
(from the White Album, 1968)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)
The Beatles - Piggies
The Beatles - Piggies
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Copyright - 1968 EMI Records Ltd.
"Piggies" is a Beatles song from double-disc album The Beatles (also known as The White Album). It was written by George Harrison as social commentary on class and corporate greed.
Instrumentation
Piggies features a Baroque-style harpsichord and string quartet — which take an unexpected turn at one point playing a blues riff.
Chris Thomas (producing in George Martin's absence on some of the 'White Album' sessions) played the harpsichord part.
Lyrical Input
Harrison's mother provided the line "What they need's a damn good whacking", and Lennon contributed with the line "clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon".
Alternate Lyrics
There was an additional verse written for the song in 1968 but omitted during the actual recording. It involved the "piggies" playing "piggy pranks" in order to achieve its rhyming couplet of "piggy banks". Harrison reinstated this verse in all live performances of the song in the 1990s. A version can be heard on his double album 'Live in Japan'.
Yeah, everywhere there's lots of piggies
Playing piggy pranks
And you can see them on their trotters
Down at the piggy banks
Paying piggy thanks
To thee pig brother
The original lyrics read "to cut their pork chops" (as heard on the Anthology 3 album). Lennon created the tape loop for the pig noises that were sampled for this song.
Track Placement
"Piggies" is sandwiched between two other songs with animals in their titles ("Blackbird" and "Rocky Raccoon"). This was a deliberate decision on the part of Lennon and McCartney while preparing the sequencing of the songs for the album.
Interpretations
Though Harrison intended the song as social commentary, it was often misinterpreted as an anti-police anthem.
Charles Manson Family
Charles Manson interpreted many of the songs from The White Album to justify his murders, and took the phrase "what they need's a damn good whacking" to mean that he should attack the police. During the murders of Sharon Tate, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, Hinman and others, knives and forks were used to stab them because these utensils were mentioned in the song. The words 'political piggy', 'pig' and 'death to pigs' were written with the victims' blood on the walls.
Recorded 19 September 1968
Lyrics:
Have you see the little piggies
crawling in the dirt
And for all the little piggies
Life is getting worse
Always having dirt
to play around in
Have you see the bigger piggies
In their starched white shirts
You will find the bigger piggies
Stirring up the dirt
Always have clean shirts
to play around in
In their sties with all their backing
They don't care what goes on around
In their eyes there's something lacking
What they need's a darn good whacking
Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives
to eat their bacon
One more time
The Beatles- Piggies
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The Beatles - Piggies (De George Harrison)
PIGGIES
The Beatles
Composição: George Harrison
White Album
Have you seen the little piggies
Crawling in the dirt?
And for all the little piggies,
Life is getting worse;
Always having dirt to
Play around in.
Have you seen the bigger piggies
In their starched white shirts?
You will find the bigger piggies
Stirring up the dirt
Always have clean shirts to
Play around in.
In their styes with all their backing,
They don't care
What goes on around.
In their eyes there's something lacking.
What they need's a damn good whacking.
Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives.
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives.
Clutching forks and knives to
Eat their bacon.
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