Blessed Relief chords by Frank Zappa

Chords with lyrics

FRANK ZAPPA
Blessed Relief
From "The Grand Wazoo" 1972

This is a nice tune, i'm amazed no one bothered tabbing it out
before.

**FINGERING NOTE**
A augmentedA few chord voicings ive used require the use of your fretting hand's
thumb
for bass notes: C11/Bb, Gadd9/B, Bbmaj7Bbmaj7

Intro

C/Bb         C11/Bb        C/Bb      C11/Bb
--0---------------0--0---------------------0-------------------------
----8------------8-----6-6-6----------6------8----------8--------6---
------9---------9------------5-------7---------9--------9-------5----
--------10----10--------------8-----8------------10----10------8-----
---------------------------------------------------------------------
------------6------6------------6-------------------6-------6--------
                *              *
Thumb

Theme 1

--8p5--5--3--3--5-----------------------------------
-------------------5--3~~~-3---------------3--6--3--
------------------------------5--5---2--5-----------
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--8p5--5--3--3--5-----------------------------------
--------------------5--3--3-3-------------3--6p3--3-
------------------------------5--5--2--5------------
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-6-5-6~~-8-6-8~~~-10~~~11p10p8-10--11--13~~~-
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-6-5-6~~-8-6-8~~~-10~~~11p10p8-10--11--13~~~-
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----8-10-11-8-10-------------------------
-10--------------7~~~-7-5~~~-5-3~~~~3-0--
----------------------------------------- Repeat 3x
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Theme 2

 Gadd11
-----10-------------10-----------------------------------
----12---12~~-10-12----12~~----12------------------------
---12-----------------------12----12-12~~~~9-12-9-9~~~---
--10-----------------------------------------------------
-10------------------------------------------------------
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 Fadd11
------8---------/15-12-12----/15-12-12-----------------------------
----10---10~~~8------------------------15-13p12--------------------
---10----------------------14-------------------14-12p10-9---------
--8--------------------------------------------------------12p10p9-
-8-----------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Solo
Zappa and the boys take turns soloing over this 2-chord jazz vamp

Eadd11     Gadd9/B
---7----------------7---------
---9----------------8---------
---9----------------7---------
---7----------------7---------
---7--------------------------
---0----------------7---------
          *    Thumb

Mini Bridge (6:05)

 C/AC/A               Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
---0--------0------0------0-------5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5---
----8------8-8----8-8----8-8------6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6---
-----9----9---9--9---9--9---9-----7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7---
------10-10----10-----10-----10---7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7---
-0------0----------------------------------------------
----------------------------------6--------------------
                 *          Thumb

*Then repeat Themes 1 & 2
**The outro uses the same chord progression as the intro.

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