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Tuning: E A D G B E
Title: Bobby Brown
Artist: Frank Zappa
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Time: 4/4
Tempo: Q=120, with a swingy feel
Maintain a steady rhythm with the alternating bass line.
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
Play the E-bass string (6th) in the F and Dm chords with your left-hand thumb wrap around.
[Intro]
C
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|---------2---------------2-------|
A|-3---------------3---------------|
E|---------------------------------|
[Verse]
C Am
E|-3-------0-----------------------|---------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-------------3-------1-----------|-3-----------1-------------------|-1-----------1-------1-----------|
G|-----0-----------------------0---|-----0---------------0-------0---|-----2-----------------------2---|
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Hey there people I'm Bob- by Brown, They say I'm the cutest
Wo- men's li- be- ra- tion Came creeping all across the
So I went out and bought me a leisure suit, I jingle my change, but I'm
Dm
E|---------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|-------------0-------------------|
B|-3-----------3-------1-----------|-3-----------3-------3-----------|-3-------------------3-----------|
G|-----2-----------------------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-1---------------1---------------|-1---------------1---------------|
boy in town. My car is fast, my teeth are shi- ny, I
nation. I tell you people, I was not ready, when I
still kinda cute. Got a job doing radio promo, And
G C
E|-3-----------3-------3-----------|-3----------/5-------3-----------|-3-------0-----------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------3-------1-----------|
G|-----0-----------------------0---|-----0-----------------------0---|-----0-----------------------0---|
D|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|
E|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|---------------------------------|
tell all the girls they can kiss my hi- ney. Here I am at a
fucked this dyke by the name of Freddy. She made a little
none of the jocks can even tell I'm a homo. E- ventually me and a
Am
E|---------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|---------0-----------------------|
B|-3-----------1-------------------|-1-----------1-------1-----------|-3-----------3-------1-----------|
G|-----0---------------0-------0---|-----2-----------------------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A|-3---------------3---------------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
famous school, I'm dressing sharp and I'm acting cool. I got a
speech then Uuh, she tried to make me say when. She had my
friend, sort of drifted along into S&M, I can
Dm G
E|---------------------------------|-------------0-------------------|-3-----------3-------3-----------|
B|-3-----------3-------3-----------|-3-------------------3-----------|---------------------------------|
G|-----2-----------------------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|-----0-----------------------0---|
D|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-1---------------1---------------|-1---------------1---------------|-3---------------3---------------|
cheerleader here, wants to help with my pa- per, Let her do all the work and maybe
balls in a vice, but she left the dick, I guess it's still hooked on but now it
take about an hour on the tower of power, as long as I get a little
E|-3----------/5-------3-----------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----0-----------------------0---|
D|---------0---------------0-------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3---------------3---------------|
later I'll rape her.
shoots too quick.
golden shower.
[Chorus]
F Em
E|-1-------0-----------------------|-1-------0-----------------------|-0-------3---3-------3-----------|
B|-----------------3-------1-------|-------------3-------1-----------|---------------------------------|
G|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|-----0-----------------------0---|
D|---------3---------------3-------|---------3---------------3-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-1---------------1---------------|-1---------------1---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
Oh God I am the A- merican dream, I do not think I'm
Oh God I am the A- merican dream, But now I smell like
Oh God I am the A- merican dream, With a spindle up my butt 'till it
Dm G
E|-0-------3--/5-------------------|-1-------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-------------3-------1-----------|-3-------------------------------|
G|-----0---------------0-------0---|-----2-----------------------2---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|---------2-----------------------|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A|-------------------------0-------|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|
E|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|
too extreme, And I'm a handsome son of a bitch I'm
Vase- line I'm a miserable son of a bitch Am I a
makes me scream And I'll do anything to get a- head, I
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
E|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|
gonna get a good job and be real rich.
boy or a lady, I don't know which.
lay awake nights saying "Thank you, Fred"
[Bridge] (omit 3rd time)
G
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
E|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|
(Get a good, get a good, get a good job)
(I won- der, won- der, won- der, won- der)
[Outro]
F Em
E|-1-----0-----------------|-1-----0----------------|-0-----3--3-----3--------|-0-----3--/5----3--------|
B|-------------3-----1-----|----------3----1--------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|----2-----2-----2-----2--|----2----------------2--|----0-----------------0--|----0-----------------0--|
D|-------3-----------3-----|-------3----------3-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------------|
A|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------0-----|
E|-1-----------1-----------|-1----------1-----------|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|
Oh God, oh God, I'm so fantastic Thanks to Freddie, I'm a sexual spastic,
F G
E|-1-----0-----------------|------------------------|-------------------------|-0-----3--0--------------|
B|----------3-----1--------|-3----------------------|-3--------------3-----0--|-------------------------|
G|----2-----------------2--|----0-----0----0-----0--|----0-----0--------------|----0-----------0-----0--| 3x
D|-------0-----------0-----|-------0----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|
A|-0-----------0-----------|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-3----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|
And my name is Bob-by Brown, watch me now, I'm go- ing down!
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