Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa - Yo Cats (chords) guitar tab

Transcribed by Jeff Langille

- (blee@is.dal.ca)

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Song : Yo Cats (3:34)

Album: FZ Meets the Mothers of Prevention (#44, 11/21/85)

4/4, Key of F (usually)

This is a cool piece about the music biz and FZ's impression of session

players. This is a fun song to play so if you've never heard it dig up

a copy of FZMMP, well worth it with some excellent, short Synclavier comps.

Some of the chord in this one are questionable. Especially the C/F/Ami/Dmi.

I played with this one a lot before I settled on those chords. Some other

options include G/F/C/Dmi and C/Bb/Ami/G. The B/F#/C#/G... section is

also very weird. These chords work with the melody but harmonically aren't

the greatest in the song (unless you like that sorta thing :0) If you

find alternates let me know.

This song has subjective chords because the progressions are implied

by the melody only. There are no clear chord parts being played.

|F Dmi |Bb Gmi |F Dmi |Bb Gmi |

|F Dmi |Bb C |C |Db |

|F Dmi |Bb C |C F |Ami Dmi |

|Bb |Db |Db C |B D G |E |

|F Dmi |Bb Gmi |C F |Ami Dmi |

|B F# |C# G |Bb F |Bb Ab ||

|G E |A E |G E |A E |

|A E |G D |F C |Eb Bb |

|F |Ab |F |Ab |

|Ab |A |Bb |B |

|C G |Bb F |Ab Eb |Gb Db ||

|F Dmi |Bb Gmi |F Dmi |Bb Gmi |

|F Dmi |Bb C |C |Db |

|F Dmi |Bb C |C F |Ami Dmi |

|Bb |Db |Db C |B D G |E |

|F Dmi |Bb C |C F |Ami Dmi |

|Bb |Db |Db C | ||

|Dmi |Emi |Ami | |

|F |Dmi |Bb |Gmi |

|F |Dmi |Bb |Gmi |

|F |Dmi | | ||

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

blee@is.dal.ca !a baton (frowning and smoking a lot of cigarettes), I |

Halifax, N.S. |would insist that the rhythms be accurate , and that only !

!the pitches which reside outside the basic tonality |

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

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