Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa - Florentine Pogen guitar tab

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submitted by: mlumley@chattanooga.net

Date: 7 Jun 1995 18:16:41 GMT

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llama@u.washington.edu says...

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>OK. I haven't seen anyone else post any Zappa tunes, I have a bunch

>figured out so I've decided since I have nothing better to do at 3:00 in

>the morning I'll try my first PC tab. Bass guitar only, I'm not in the

>mood to post the guitar part, I'm not that ambitious.

>

>For those of you not familiar with this tune, it is available on several

>Zappa albums, it originally appeared on One Size Fits All. Featured

>musicians were Frank of course, George Duke, Napoleon Murphy Brock,

>Chester Thomas, Tom Fowler, and Ruth Underwood. IMHO the _best_ version

>of this song is on the album "The Best Band You Never Heard In Your

>Life". I highly suggest picking it up.

>

>My TAB explanation:

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>x/y denotes a slide from fret x to fret y.

>everything else is self explanitory.

>

>

>Anyways, here it goes.

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>G|--------------------------------------12-11-9-11-11-9-11-9-7-9-7-------

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>D|------------5-7-7/9-7-7---5-7/9-7--------------------------------------

--|

>A|-7-7-7-7-7-9-----------7-9--------5-3---------------------------7-9----

--|

>E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------

--|

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>G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------

--|

>D|-----------------5----5-------------------------------------5-7/9-7----

--|

>A|-0-2-3-2-0-0--5-7--5-7--7-5-5/3-5-5-5-----------0-2-0-0--7-9--------5-3

--|

>E|--------------------------------------0-0-0-2-3------------------------

--|

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>G|-12-11-9-11-11-9-11-9-7-9-7--------------------4-2-0--2-0----0---------

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>D|----------------------------------------------------2----2-0--2-0------

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>A|---------------------------7/9-7--0-2-3-2-0-0--------------------0-3-0-

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>E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------

--|

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>G|-------------------------------------------------12-----------------14-

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>D|--------7-7-9-9-7-9-7-9-12-9-14-11-11-------12-14--14-12-------14-16--1

6-|

>A|-7-7-7-7-------------------------------12-14------------14-14-16-------

--|

>E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------

--|

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>G|----------------------------------------12-12-10-10-8-8-4-4-6-6--------

--|

>D|-14---------------------------5-2-7-4-4------------------------7-7-9-9-

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>A|---16--0-0-0-0-5-5-7-7-5-7-5-7-----------------------------------------

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>E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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>G|---------------------------

>D|---------------------------

>A|--7---7---7---0------------

>E|---------------------------

> "she was the daughter....

>

>OK, that's enough for now. I'll post the bridge and the outro stuff

>later, I'l friggin' tired. The verses are basically improv in A major,

>really simple stuff. These figures in the intro repeat at various times

>during the song, you can figure out where. Like I said, I'll finish it

>later and post it.

>

>So what do people think? Did I really fuck up or is this pretty cool?

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