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Sleeping In A Jar Tab by Frank Zappa

Sleeping In A Jar tab by Frank Zappa

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Sleeping in a jar-Frank Zappa

Woodwind Intro:
                          let ring
e|-2--5--3--0--|-2-0-2-----10---|--------5h7h8---------5h7h8-|
B|-------------|----------------|-5h7h8---------5h7h8--------|
G|-------------|--------7-------|----------------------------|
D|-------------|----------------|----------------------------|
A|-------------|----------------|----------------------------|
E|-------------|----------------|----------------------------|

e|--------5h7h8---------5h7h8-|-2--5--3--0--|-2-0-0-2-----10-----|
B|-5h7h8---------5h7h8--------|-------------|--------------------|
G|----------------------------|-------------|----------7---------|
D|----------------------------|-------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------|--------------------|
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e|--------5h7h8---------5h7h8-|--------5h7h8---------5h7h8-|
B|-5h7h8---------5h7h8--------|-5h7h8---------5h7h8--------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|

Transition to Main melody:
e|---------|--------|
B|---------|--------|
G|---------|--------|
D|-7----5--|-4----2-|
A|-7----5--|-4----2-|
E|-5----3--|-2----0-|

Main Melody: x2

e|-14--10--15-15-15-15-15-|-14-14-10-10--15-14-14-14-|
B|------------------------|--------------------------|
G|------------------------|--------------------------|
D|------------------------|--------------------------|
A|------------------------|--------------------------|
E|------------------------|--------------------------|

e|-14-12--12-10--10-12-10--8-|-8--------|
B|---------------------------|----------|
G|---------------------------|----------|
D|---------------------------|----------|
A|---------------------------|----------|
E|---------------------------|----------|

Improvisation Part:
solo over D5

After Improvisation:
e|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|
B|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6--|-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-|--3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2--|
D|-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6--|-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-|--3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2--|
A|-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4--|-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-|--1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0--|
E|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|

e|-----------|--------------|
B|-----------|--7-8-10-7-8--|
G|--------7--|--------------|
D|-4-5-7--7--|--4-5-7--4-5--|
A|--------5--|--------------|
E|-----------|--------------|

Main Melody: x2
e|-14--10--15-15-15-15-15-|-14-14--10-10--15-14-14-14-|
B|------------------------|---------------------------|
G|------------------------|---------------------------|
D|------------------------|---------------------------|
A|------------------------|---------------------------|
E|------------------------|---------------------------|

e|-14-12--12-10--10-12-10--8-|-8----------------|
B|---------------------------|------------------|
G|---------------------------|------------------|
D|---------------------------|------------------|
A|---------------------------|------------------|
E|---------------------------|------------------|

Bass Tabs:
Woodwind Intro
e|------|------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|------|------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|------|------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|------|------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-5----|-5----|-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-|
E|------|------|-------------1---|-------------1---|

e|------|------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|------|------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|------|------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|------|------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-5----|-5----|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|
E|------|------|---------------1-|---------------1-|

Transition to Main Melody:
e|----------|----------|
B|----------|----------|
G|----------|----------|
D|----------|----------|
A|----------|----------|
E|-5-5--3-3-|-2-2--0-0-|

Main Melody: x2
e|-----------------|----------------|---------|-----|
B|-----------------|----------------|---------|-----|
G|-----------------|----------------|---------|-----|
D|-----------------|----------------|---------|-----|
A|-5---7-7-7-7-5-5-|----7-7-7-7-5-5-|-3-3-2-2-|-0---|
E|---5-------------|-5--------------|---------|-----|

After improvisation:
e|----------|----------|---------|-----|-----------|
B|----------|----------|---------|-----|-----------|
G|----------|----------|---------|-----|-----------|
D|----------|----------|---------|-----|-4-5-7-4-5-|
A|-5-5--4-4-|-3-3--2-2-|-1-1-0-0-|-5---|-----------|
E|----------|----------|---------|-----|-----------|

Main Melody: x2
e|-----------------|----------------|---------|-----|
B|-----------------|----------------|---------|-----|
G|-----------------|----------------|---------|-----|
D|-----------------|----------------|---------|-----|
A|-5---7-7-7-7-5-5-|----7-7-7-7-5-5-|-3-3-2-2-|-0---|
E|---5-------------|-5--------------|---------|-----|

I have "altered" the song by combining an early live version of the song with a
Older version.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1oUxoZYTOIs -before improvisation (1968 live at Royal Festival Hall
The album is called Ahead of their time)

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