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"Mom & Dad" - Frank Zappa

This is from the Frank Zappa Songbook and appeared on the Mothers album
"Were Only In It For The Money".


Chord diagramE minorEm *   Chord diagramE minor 7Em7      Chord diagramFMaj9Fmaj9  CsusD  DsusE  EsusF#          DsusE
       Mama!    Mama!  ............................
         CsusD     Cmaj9b5  Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramE minorEm *
the cops have .......................
C6/9       Chord diagramAm9Am9      DsusE     Chord diagramFMaj9Fmaj9      C6/9       Chord diagramAm9Am9
You'll sit .....................

DsusE       Chord diagramE minorEm *
served them ............
(repeat the above)

F6/9
Ever take a ................,

in between the ....................?

Chord diagramBbMaj9Bbmaj9         Chord diagramAbMaj9Abmaj9      Chord diagramBbMaj9Bbmaj9             Chord diagramAbMaj9Abmaj9
Ever tell your ......................................?

Chord diagramBbMaj9Bbmaj9       Chord diagramAbMaj9Abmaj9           Chord diagramBbMaj9Bbmaj9             Chord diagramAbmaj7Abmaj7
Ever say you ...........? ..............................?

DsusE
Ever wonder why .......................................? It's

                                           Chord diagramE minorEm *
such a ..................................

       F6/9       CsusD DsusE EsusF#                DsusE
Mama!  Mama! ............................................,

     CsusD              Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramE minorEm *
Shot by .............................

C6/9   Chord diagramAm9Am9         DsusE      Chord diagramFMaj9Fmaj9                 Chord diagramE minorEm
By the side .............................


The chord shapes are

Chord diagramE minor 7Em7 Chord diagramFMaj9Fmaj9 CsusD DsusE EsusF# Cmaj9b5 Chord diagramFF
-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 Chord diagramAm9Am9 F6/9 Chord diagramBbMaj9Bbmaj9 Chord diagramAbMaj9Abmaj9 Chord diagramAbmaj7Abmaj7
------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 Chord diagramE 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.

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