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Song: Muffin Man
album: Strictly Commercial
Artist: Frank Zappa
Tabbed by: J. Sepko
Metal4480@aol.com
Well, I couldn't find the tabs online for this song so I made myself.
The lyrics are also included.
|--------| /-----\ |-----| |-----| /---\
|------// //-----\\ |\\\\\/ |\\\\\/ //---\\
// // \\ || || || || // \\
// //---------\\ |/////\ |/////\ //-------\\
// // \\ ||----| |-----| //---------\\
// // \\ || || // \\
/-----| |-| |-| || || // \\
|------| |-| |-| || || |-| |-|
Intro: Play 2x
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4-----4/---5-----9----9/---11------|12-----9---------------------------|
2-----2/---3-----7----7/----9------|10-----7---------------------------|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/z/zappa_frank/muffin_man_tab_ver_2.html ]
Riff #2
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4-----4/---5-----9----9/---11------|12-----9-----7p-5--7p-5--7p-5--5--7|
2-----2/---3-----7----7/----9------|10-----7---------------------------|
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then play the intro again 1x
then comes the solo which i'm not going to attempt. Anyone who wants to
tab it out should post it or e-mail it to me.
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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".
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 her too.
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------------------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.
