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Bobby Brown Tab by Frank Zappa

Bobby Brown tab by Frank Zappa

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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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About Bobby Brown

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 tab 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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