Bobby Brown Goes Down Live bass tab by Frank Zappa

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