Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa - Blessed Relief guitar tab

FRANK ZAPPA

Blessed Relief

From "The Grand Wazoo" 1972

This is a nice tune, i'm amazed no one bothered tabbing it out before.

**FINGERING NOTE**

A few chord voicings ive used require the use of your fretting hand's thumb

for bass notes: C11/Bb, Gadd9/B, Bbmaj7

Intro

C/Bb C11/Bb C/Bb C11/Bb

--0---------------0--0---------------------0-------------------------|

----8------------8-----6-6-6----------6------8----------8--------6---|

------9---------9------------5-------7---------9--------9-------5----|

--------10----10--------------8-----8------------10----10------8-----|

---------------------------------------------------------------------|

------------6------6------------6-------------------6-------6--------|

* * Thumb

Theme 1

--8p5--5--3--3--5-----------------------------------|

-------------------5--3~~~-3---------------3--6--3--|

------------------------------5--5---2--5-----------|

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--8p5--5--3--3--5-----------------------------------|

--------------------5--3--3-3-------------3--6p3--3-|

------------------------------5--5--2--5------------|

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-6-5-6~~-8-6-8~~~-10~~~11p10p8-10--11--13~~~-|

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-6-5-6~~-8-6-8~~~-10~~~11p10p8-10--11--13~~~-|

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----8-10-11-8-10-------------------------|

-10--------------7~~~-7-5~~~-5-3~~~~3-0--|

-----------------------------------------| Repeat 3x

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Theme 2

Gadd11

-----10-------------10-----------------------------------|

----12---12~~-10-12----12~~----12------------------------|

---12-----------------------12----12-12~~~~9-12-9-9~~~---|

--10-----------------------------------------------------|

-10------------------------------------------------------|

---------------------------------------------------------|

Fadd11

------8---------/15-12-12----/15-12-12-----------------------------|

----10---10~~~8------------------------15-13p12--------------------|

---10----------------------14-------------------14-12p10-9---------|

--8--------------------------------------------------------12p10p9-|

-8-----------------------------------------------------------------|

-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo

Zappa and the boys take turns soloing over this 2-chord jazz vamp

Eadd11 Gadd9/B

---7----------------7---------|

---9----------------8---------|

---9----------------7---------|

---7----------------7---------|

---7--------------------------|

---0----------------7---------|

* Thumb

Mini Bridge (6:05)

C/A Bbmaj7

---0--------0------0------0-------5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5---|

----8------8-8----8-8----8-8------6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6---|

-----9----9---9--9---9--9---9-----7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7---|

------10-10----10-----10-----10---7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7---|

-0------0----------------------------------------------|

----------------------------------6--------------------|

* Thumb

*Then repeat Themes 1 & 2

**The outro uses the same chord progression as the intro

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