Bobby Brown Goes Down Live bass tab by Frank Zappa

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard

This is the live version from Baby Snakes, all worked out from ear.

Verse 1


  "Hey there people, I'm Bobby Brown. They say I'm the cutest boy in town"
  . .                 . .
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3-3----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------5-5----------------------------------|

 "My car is fast, my teeth are shiny. I tell all the girls that they can kiss..."
  . .                  . .
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-0-----------------------------------5-5--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 "Here I am at a famous school, I'm dressin' sharp 'n' I'm actin' cool"
  . .                 . .
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3-3----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------5-5----------------------------------|

 "I got a cheerleader here...    Let her do all the work 'n' maybe later I'll rape her"
  . .                 . .
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------3-3----------------------------------|

Chorus
  . .    . .    . .    . .    . .
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-3--3r----3-3--3r----2-2--2r-------------5-5------5-5-5-5-5r-------------|
A|---------------------------------0-0--0r-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  "Get a good job and be real rich"
                    . .  . .  . .  .
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------5-5---3-3---2-2---0-0------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------3---|

Verse 2 is the same as first, with different lyrics.

Chorus 2

             "Hold on, wait a minute"
  . .      . .  . .
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-3------------2-2----------0-0---------5-5-5-5-5r------------------------|
A|----------------------0-0--------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

"Panties Breakdown" (Riffing while Frank looks at panties)
             . .
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-14--15--16---14--15--16--16--16/18r----14-15-16-14-15-16--16-16/19-18-----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus 2 Cont.
 . .   . .  . .  . .  . .
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------3-3----2-2----------0-0----5-5-5-5-5r------------------------------|
A|-3-3-----------------0-0---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 "Am I a boy or a lady, I don't know..."
                    . .  . .  . .  .
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------5-5---3-3---2-2---0-0------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------3---|

Verse 3 is same as other verses

Chorus 3

  . .  . .  . .  . .
G|------------------------------------------|
D|--3-3----2-2----------0-0----5-5-5-5-5r---|
A|---------------0-0------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

  . .  . .  . .  . .
G|------------------------------------------|
D|--3-3----2-2----------0-0----5-5-5-5-5r---|
A|---------------0-0------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

Outro

 "And my name is bobby brown, watch me now; I'm going down"

G|--------------------------|
D|-3r----5-5-5-5-5r---------|
A|--------------------------| x3 to fade.
E|--------------------------|


| . stacatto
| r let note ring
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note