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.