Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa - Montana guitar tab

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From: blee@is.dal.ca (Big Swifty)

Music by Frank Zappa (1940-1993)

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Song: Montana (6:36)

Album: Overnite Sensation (#17, 9/7/73)

These parts are based on the original version of Montana (no whipping

floss here!). I've notated the intro and the other interesting melodies

of the tune but the highlight is the Interlude section. While performed

vocally on the album, it (mostly) translates well to the guitar but is

really fun to play, so try it! As with any TAB there is no rhythmic

notation so you HAVE to listen to the song to get it right. Watch out

for the groups of five in the last bar!

Intro Chords

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

||-2-5-5-2-7-5---|(5)------|-2-5-5-2-7-5---0-|(0)--2-----|-

||-2-5-5-2-7-5---|(5)------|-2-5-5-2-7-5---0-|(0)--2-----|-

||-2-5-5-2-7-5---|(5)------|-2-5-5-2-7-5---0-|(0)--2-----|-

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

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

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

2-5-5-2-7-4----|(4)---------|-2-5-5-2-7-5---0-|(0)--2-----------||

2-5-5-2-7-4----|(4)---------|-2-5-5-2-7-5---0-|(0)--2-----------||

2-5-5-2-7-4----|(4)---------|-2-5-5-2-7-5---0-|(0)--2-----------||

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

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

Bridge

||-------------|-----------------|-4-5-7-9---11---|-7-----------------||

||-------6-9---|-5---------------|-4-5-7-9---12---|-8---8-----8-------||

||-5-6-8-------|---4---4---6-----|-4-6-8-9---11---|-7---7-----7-------||

||-------------|-----------------|----------------|-----9-----9-------||

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

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

Vocal fill

||-------------12-----------------|----------||

||----------11----13---10---------|----------||

||-10-11-12-----------------10----|-12-------||

||-----------------------------12-|----------||

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

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

Interlude (post solo)

||12----------------------------|-------------------11-14-----------|---

||-----16p14p12------14-16-12---|-(12)--------12--------------------|---

||--------------13--------------|----------13----13-------13---11---|---

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

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

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

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

---------12------14------|-------------------------14-----12h14h16-|----

14-13-11-----------------|-15-13----------11-13-11-----------------|----

--------------12----14---|-------13-11-11--------------------------|----

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

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

12----------------------|-------------11-14------|------------------12-|

---16p14p12----14-16-12-|(12)----12--------------|---------12----14----|

------------13----------|-----13----13-----13-11-|-14-13-11------------|

------------------------|------------------------|------------12-------|

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

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

14-14-13-14-14-16-14-14-13-------13--------------|----------------|-----

---------------------------16-16----14-----------|----------------|-----

-----------------------------------------15---13-|-11-13----------|-----

-------------------------------------------------|-------14-------|-----

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

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

10-10-9-10-10-12-10-10-9-------9---------------|-----------|-----------|

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

--------------------------------------11---9---|-7-9-------|------7----|

-----------------------------------------------|-----10----|-9---------|

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

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

9-10-10-12-10-12-10-9----9-----------------------9----------12-9-|------

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

---------------------------------11-9----11-9--------------------|------

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

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

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

10--------------------------|----------------------16-19-16-----------|-

-----14p12p10----12-14-10---|-------19----19-17-19----------17--------|-

--------------11------------|-16-18----18----------------------18-16--|-

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

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

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

------------------------------18-21-------------------------|---------||

---14-------------------14-19-------21-19-18----------------|---------||

15----13-------------15----------------------20-18----------|---------||

---------16-15-13----------------------------------20-18----|---------||

------------------16-------------------------------------18-|--14-----||

------------------------------------------------------------|-(19)----||

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|"...if I were standing next to you with a metronome and !

Jeff Langille !a baton (frowning and smoking a lot of cigarettes), I |

blee@is.dal.ca |would insist that the rhythms be accurate, and that only !

Halifax, N.S !the pitches which reside outside the basic tonality |

|(the original "wrong notes") could be altered." - FZappa !

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