Bobby Brown tab by Frank Zappa

Tabs

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Novice

Title: Bobby Brown
Artist: Frank Zappa
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)

Time: 4/4
Tempo: Q=120, with a swingy feel

Maintain a steady rhythm with the alternating bass line.
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
Play the E-bass string (6th) in the FF and DmDm chords with your left-hand thumb wrap around.

Intro:
  C majorC
E MajorE|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|
G+G|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D MajorD|---------2---------------2-------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------3---------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|

Verse:
  C majorC                                  A minorAm
E MajorE|-3-------0-----------------------|---------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|-------------3-------1-----------|-3-----------1-------------------|-1-----------1-------1-----------|
G+G|-----0-----------------------0---|-----0---------------0-------0---|-----2-----------------------2---|
D MajorD|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  Hey   there people     I'm Bob-  by Brown,   They   say   I'm the   cutest
  Wo-   men's li-  be-     ra-   tion      Came   creeping  all   across the
So I went out and   bought me a  leisure suit,        I   jingle   my   change, but I'm

                   DmDm
E MajorE|---------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|-------------0-------------------|
BB|-3-----------3-------1-----------|-3-----------3-------3-----------|-3-------------------3-----------|
G+G|-----2-----------------------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|
D MajorD|---------2---------------2-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A augmentedA|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|-1---------------1---------------|-1---------------1---------------|
  boy   in town.    My    car is   fast,  my      teeth are  shi-  ny,   I
  nation.         I     tell you  people,     I   was not   ready,     when I
  still  kinda    cute.     Got a    job   doing     radio    promo,     And

  G+G                                  C majorC
E MajorE|-3-----------3-------3-----------|-3----------/5-------3-----------|-3-------0-----------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------3-------1-----------|
G+G|-----0-----------------------0---|-----0-----------------------0---|-----0-----------------------0---|
D MajorD|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|
E MajorE|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|---------------------------------|
  tell all  the  girls they can kiss my   hi-   ney.     Here  I  am   at a
  fucked this dyke  by the    name of   Freddy.     She  made  a  little
  none of the jocks can even    tell I'm a homo.      E-  ventually  me   and a

                   A minorAm
E MajorE|---------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|---------0-----------------------|
BB|-3-----------1-------------------|-1-----------1-------1-----------|-3-----------3-------1-----------|
G+G|-----0---------------0-------0---|-----2-----------------------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|
D MajorD|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------3---------------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  famous   school,     I'm  dressing  sharp  and I'm    acting   cool.    I got a
  speech then     Uuh, she   tried to  make  me      say   when.    She had my
  friend,       sort of   drifted   along  into     S&M,          I  can

  DmDm                                 G+G
E MajorE|---------------------------------|-------------0-------------------|-3-----------3-------3-----------|
BB|-3-----------3-------3-----------|-3-------------------3-----------|---------------------------------|
G+G|-----2-----------------------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|-----0-----------------------0---|
D MajorD|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|-1---------------1---------------|-1---------------1---------------|-3---------------3---------------|
  cheerleader here, wants to    help with my pa-  per, Let her do all the work  and maybe
  balls    in a  vice, but she left the dick,       I   guess it's still hooked on but now it
  take    about an hour on the  tower of  power,    as    long as I  get a  little

E MajorE|-3----------/5-------3-----------|
BB|---------------------------------|
G+G|-----0-----------------------0---|
D MajorD|---------0---------------0-------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|-3---------------3---------------|
  later I'll  rape  her.
  shoots too quick.
  golden    shower.

Chorus:
  FF                                  E minorEm
E MajorE|-1-------0-----------------------|-1-------0-----------------------|-0-------3---3-------3-----------|
BB|-----------------3-------1-------|-------------3-------1-----------|---------------------------------|
G+G|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|-----0-----------------------0---|
D MajorD|---------3---------------3-------|---------3---------------3-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|-1---------------1---------------|-1---------------1---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
Oh God   I    am   the A-  merican   dream,     I   do   not think  I'm
Oh God   I    am   the A-  merican   dream,     But  now   I  smell  like
Oh God   I    am   the A-  merican   dream,     With a spindle up my butt 'till it

                   DmDm                G+G
E MajorE|-0-------3--/5-------------------|-1-------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|-------------3-------1-----------|-3-------------------------------|
G+G|-----0---------------0-------0---|-----2-----------------------2---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D MajorD|---------2-----------------------|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------0-------|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|
  too   extreme,  And I'm a   handsome  son   of a     bitch            I'm
  Vase-    line    I'm a   miserable  son   of a     bitch            A minorAm I a
  makes me scream   And I'll do  anything      to get a-  head,            I

E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A augmentedA|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
E MajorE|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|
  gonna get a   good job and   be real rich.
  boy or a lady, I don't know    which.
  lay awake  nights saying     "Thank you, Fred"

Bridge:  (omit 3rd time)
  G+G
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A augmentedA|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
E MajorE|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|
  (Get a good,  get a good,    get a good job)
 (I won- der, won-  der,     won-  der, won-  der)


Outro:
  FF                         E minorEm
E MajorE|-1-----0-----------------|-1-----0----------------|-0-----3--3-----3--------|-0-----3--/5----3--------|
BB|-------------3-----1-----|----------3----1--------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|----2-----2-----2-----2--|----2----------------2--|----0-----------------0--|----0-----------------0--|
D MajorD|-------3-----------3-----|-------3----------3-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------0-----|
E MajorE|-1-----------1-----------|-1----------1-----------|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|
Oh God, oh  God, I'm   so  fantastic     Thanks to Freddie, I'm a sexual  spastic,

  FF             G+G
E MajorE|-1-----0-----------------|------------------------|-------------------------|-0-----3--0--------------|
BB|----------3-----1--------|-3----------------------|-3--------------3-----0--|-------------------------|
G+G|----2-----------------2--|----0-----0----0-----0--|----0-----0--------------|----0-----------0-----0--| 3x
D MajorD|-------0-----------0-----|-------0----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|
A augmentedA|-0-----------0-----------|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|-3----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|
And my name is Bob-by    Brown,          watch me    now, I'm go-  ing down!

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Bobby Brown tab

This is a satirical song that humorously explores the character of Bobby Brown, an all-American man obsessed with his looks and shallow pursuits. Zappa's sharp lyrics and catchy melodies create a witty critique of American consumerism and superficiality. The song was very popular in Europe but because of the content didnt get much airplay in USA.

Zappa was known for his virtuosic guitar playing style. He often played a Gibson SG, and employed various techniques including intricate fingerpicking, fast alternate picking, and wide use of the whammy bar for pitch modulation.

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