Mr Green Genes tab by Frank Zappa

Tabs

Mr Green Genes is a really easy tune to play, and it is
also a good one to illustrate basic elements of harmony
and melody. Here is my arrangement, kind of a composite
of the _Best Band You Never heard.._ and _Hot Rats_ versions.

Here are the main chords....I have used many different voicings
of these chords....

Dm7Dm7 - G+G - Dm7Dm7 - G+G - Dm7Dm7 - G+G - Dm7Dm7 - G+G

Cmaj7Cmaj7 - Am7Am7 - Cmaj7Cmaj7 - Am7Am7

FF - G+G - A minorAm - Bb majorBb

Then it repeats again and again until the end, where it goes

FF - G+G - A minorAm - Bb majorBb - C majorC - DmDm - DbmDbm - DmDm

Now the melody is like this......after doing the above once
(based on the _Hot Rats_ version).
  Dm7Dm7             G+G		(4x)
1----------------------------------------------------
2----------------------------------------------------
3--7--9-10 10 10 10--9 7----7--4-4-4-4-4-5-4----------
4------------------------10------------------5--------

	 Cmaj7Cmaj7   Am7Am7	(2x)
2---------------5-6--8-----
3---------4-5-5-----------
4--5-5-5-7---------------

then the FF - G+G - A minorAm - Bb majorBb part goes like this.

Play any chord voicings you want!! Frank plays many.
The soloing is based on the C majorC major scale, all positions.
Play the _Uncle Meat_ version, and the _Hot Rats_ version, and
also the _Best Band_ version... and you will be styling!


now here are the words with the chords....notice how the
above transcribed melody fits beautifully with the words.
I love this song!!

Dm7Dm7    G+G            Dm7Dm7    G+G
Eat your greens...........................
        Dm7Dm7    G+G
Don't forget to ..........................
        Dm7Dm7  G+G
Eat a bunch of .......................
   Cmaj7Cmaj7
With ..........Am7
Cmaj7Cmaj7       Am7Am7
Mouldy ..........F       G+G       A minorAm
Eat a grape ..................
   A minorAm - AbmAbm - A minorAm  Bb majorBb
You'll pump ..................
Dm7Dm7   G+G            Dm7Dm7
Eat ............don't forget ............
  G+G         Dm7Dm7   G+G
...... Even eat ........, ...........in
        Dm7Dm7     G+G
you ..........., that ..........
Cmaj7Cmaj7
Garbage .....
Am7Am7
....................
Cmaj7Cmaj7        Am7Am7
Garbage ........
FF         G+G       A minorAm - AbmAbm - A minorAm
Eat the .......................,
Bb majorBb
NUTR.................
C majorC
DELICI...........
Dm7-Dbm7-Dm7
WORTHL...........

A augmentedA final flourish on Dm7:

3-----7-9-10-9-7-9--7--7--7--7--7---
4-----------------10--7--7--7--7--7--

Enjoy it... I always do.....

Nabeel Kandah
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