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FRANK ZAPPA – Road Ladies from Chunga's Revenge (A Standard Blues in D - A Zappa song everyone can attempt) Intro – Solo Organ D major pentatonic run ending in
CStA7/C#raight D7into Verse 1 (Just Organ Fills between stopping and starting until the run up to Bb9 A9) Vocal Frank D7Don't it ever get lonesome' yeah! G7 Don't it ever get sad when you go out on the Froad'D (Spoken oh, there was one time in Minneapolis, when I thought I had the clap for sure) D7/F# G Don't it ever get lonesome' whoa-ho! ( SpokeCn - lonesoG7me ain't the word) Don't it ever get sad when you go out on a thirty day tFourD' You got noA7thing but groupies and promoters to love you G7 and a pile of laundry by the hotel Ddoor. D7/F# G Abdim A7 Bb9 A9
Verse 2 (conventional 12 Bar Blues ) Vocal Frank
D7Don't it ever get lonesome, don't it ever give a young man the blues' G7Don't it ever get lonesome, don't it ever make a young man wanna go back D7home' When the PA7.A. system eats itG7, and the band plays some of the most terrible shit you've ever knowDn.D7/F# G Abdim A7 Bb9 A9
Chorus (Same chords as Verse 2 except at end) Don't you ever miss your house in the country and your hot little mamma too' Don't you ever miss your house in the country and your hot little mamma too' Don't you better get a shot from the doctor for what the D D7/F# G Abdim A7 to Solo over 12 Bar Road Ladies do to you. Verse 3 (conventional 12 Bar Blues – same chords) Vocal Howard (flambé) I know someday I will never, I'll never go out on the road again. I know someday I will never, I ain't gonna roam the country side. No more. I'm gonna hang up little holidays yeah and heal my knees up, from when I was doing on the floor. See me doing it! see me doing on the floor. Chorus Don't you ever miss your house in the country and your hot little mamma too' Don't you ever miss your house in the country and your hot little mamma too' Don't you better get a shot from the doctor for what the
DRoad LadD7/F#ies doG toAbdim you. A7 End Eb9 D9