Mom And Dad tab by Frank Zappa

Tabs

"Mom & Dad" - Frank Zappa

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


E minorEm *  E minor 7Em7   FMaj9Fmaj9 CsusD DsusE EsusF#     DsusE
    Mama!  Mama! ............................
     CsusD   Cmaj9b5 FF     E minorEm *
the cops have .......................
C6/9    Am9Am9   DsusE   FMaj9Fmaj9   C6/9    Am9Am9
You'll sit .....................

DsusE    E minorEm *
served them ............
(repeat the above)

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

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

BbMaj9Bbmaj9     AbMaj9Abmaj9   BbMaj9Bbmaj9       AbMaj9Abmaj9
Ever tell your ......................................?

BbMaj9Bbmaj9    AbMaj9Abmaj9      BbMaj9Bbmaj9       Abmaj7Abmaj7
Ever say you ...........? ..............................?

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

                      E minorEm *
such a ..................................

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

   CsusD       FF    E minorEm *
Shot by .............................

C6/9  Am9Am9     DsusE   FMaj9Fmaj9         E minorEm
By the side .............................


The chord shapes are

E minor 7Em7 FMaj9Fmaj9 CsusD DsusE EsusF# Cmaj9b5 FF
-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 Am9Am9 F6/9 BbMaj9Bbmaj9 AbMaj9Abmaj9 Abmaj7Abmaj7
------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 E minorEm *) 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.