Bobby Brown Tab by Frank Zappa

Bobby Brown tab by Frank Zappa

Guitar Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

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 F and Dm chords with your left-hand thumb wrap around.

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Intro:
   C
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|---------2---------------2-------|
A|-3---------------3---------------|
E|---------------------------------|

Verse:
   C                                                                   Am
E|-3-------0-----------------------|---------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-------------3-------1-----------|-3-----------1-------------------|-1-----------1-------1-----------|
G|-----0-----------------------0---|-----0---------------0-------0---|-----2-----------------------2---|
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   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

                                     Dm
E|---------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|-------------0-------------------|
B|-3-----------3-------1-----------|-3-----------3-------3-----------|-3-------------------3-----------|
G|-----2-----------------------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-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                                                                   C
E|-3-----------3-------3-----------|-3----------/5-------3-----------|-3-------0-----------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------3-------1-----------|
G|-----0-----------------------0---|-----0-----------------------0---|-----0-----------------------0---|
D|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|
E|-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

                                     Am
E|---------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|---------0-----------------------|
B|-3-----------1-------------------|-1-----------1-------1-----------|-3-----------3-------1-----------|
G|-----0---------------0-------0---|-----2-----------------------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A|-3---------------3---------------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   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

   Dm                                                                  G
E|---------------------------------|-------------0-------------------|-3-----------3-------3-----------|
B|-3-----------3-------3-----------|-3-------------------3-----------|---------------------------------|
G|-----2-----------------------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|-----0-----------------------0---|
D|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-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|-3----------/5-------3-----------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----0-----------------------0---|
D|---------0---------------0-------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3---------------3---------------|
   later I'll   rape   her.
   shoots too quick.
   golden       shower.


Chorus:
   F                                                                   Em
E|-1-------0-----------------------|-1-------0-----------------------|-0-------3---3-------3-----------|
B|-----------------3-------1-------|-------------3-------1-----------|---------------------------------|
G|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|-----0-----------------------0---|
D|---------3---------------3-------|---------3---------------3-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-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

                                     Dm                                G
E|-0-------3--/5-------------------|-1-------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-------------3-------1-----------|-3-------------------------------|
G|-----0---------------0-------0---|-----2-----------------------2---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|---------2-----------------------|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A|-------------------------0-------|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|
E|-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                       Am I a
   makes me scream     And I'll do   anything            to get  a-    head,                       I

E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
E|-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
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
E|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|
   (Get a good,    get a good,       get a good  job)
 (I won-  der, won-    der,          won-    der, won-   der)


Outro:
   F                                                  Em
E|-1-----0-----------------|-1-----0----------------|-0-----3--3-----3--------|-0-----3--/5----3--------|
B|-------------3-----1-----|----------3----1--------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2--|----2----------------2--|----0-----------------0--|----0-----------------0--|
D|-------3-----------3-----|-------3----------3-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------------|
A|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------0-----|
E|-1-----------1-----------|-1----------1-----------|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|
Oh God,  oh    God,  I'm     so    fantastic          Thanks to Freddie, I'm a  sexual    spastic,

   F                         G
E|-1-----0-----------------|------------------------|-------------------------|-0-----3--0--------------|
B|----------3-----1--------|-3----------------------|-3--------------3-----0--|-------------------------|
G|----2-----------------2--|----0-----0----0-----0--|----0-----0--------------|----0-----------0-----0--| 3x
D|-------0-----------0-----|-------0----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|
A|-0-----------0-----------|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-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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Last updated: May 19, 2023

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