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Frank Zappa : "Mom and dad" Guitar tabs

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From: chuck@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au (Mark Andrew Hawling)



"Mom & Dad" - Frank Zappa

This is from the Frank Zappa Songbook and appeared on the Mothers album
"Were Only In It For The Money".


Em *   Em7      Fmaj9  CsusD  DsusE  EsusF#          DsusE  
       Mama!    Mama!  ............................
         CsusD     Cmaj9b5  F         Em *
the cops have .......................
C6/9       Am9      DsusE     Fmaj9      C6/9       Am9
You'll sit .....................

DsusE       Em *
served them ............
(repeat the above)

F6/9
Ever take a ................,

in between the ....................?

Bbmaj9         Abmaj9      Bbmaj9             Abmaj9
Ever tell your ......................................?

Bbmaj9       Abmaj9           Bbmaj9             Abmaj7
Ever say you ...........? ..............................?

DsusE
Ever wonder why .......................................? It's

                                           Em *
such a ..................................

       F6/9       CsusD DsusE EsusF#                DsusE
Mama!  Mama! ............................................,

     CsusD              F       Em *
Shot by .............................

C6/9   Am9         DsusE      Fmaj9                 Em 
By the side .............................


The chord shapes are

Em7 Fmaj9 CsusD DsusE EsusF# Cmaj9b5 F
-0----3-----0-----0-----2-------2----1-----
-3----1-----3-----3-----0-------3----1-----
-0----2-----0-----2-----1-------4----2-----
-2----2-----2-----0-----2-------2----3-----
-2----x-----3-----------2-------3----------
-0----1-----------------0------------------

C6/9 Am9 F6/9 Bbmaj9 Abmaj9 Abmaj7
------0---3-----1------3------3------------
-3----1---3-----1------4------1------------
-2----4---2-----2------3------1------------
-2----2---3-----3------5------1------------
-3----0---------1------3-------------------
----------------1------4-------------------

Also the opening riff which reappears through out the song (marked as Em *) is
this:

-------0---------------------------------
-0-2-3-2-3---2-3-2-0---2-0---------------
-0-2-4---4---2-----0-2-2-0---------------
-2-------------------4-------------------
-2---------------------------------------
-0---------------------------------------

The ending tacet is:

 They killed ...........     
---------------------------0-------------
------------------0--------0-------------
-0----------------0---6-7--0-------------
------4------2-0--2--------2-------------
------------------2---4-5--2-------------
------------------0--------0-------------

The last chord should be played as an arpeggio.

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