Frank Zappa – The Idiot Bastard Son (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
    E     G       E
[tab]    F#m        D       E          Bm
The father's a Nazi in congress today

    F#m        D          E          Bm
The mother's a hooker somewhere in L.A
[Verse 2]
    E     G       E
The idiot bastard son

 F#m         D         E         Bm
Abandoned to perish in back of a car

F#m        D          E        Bm
Kenny will stash him away in a jar

Dsus2 Esus2 Esus2 Dsus2 Gsus2
The   i     di    ot    boy!
[Interlude] N.C. I never wanted to because I was too small to start with, I used to drink really some bad stuff . . . N.C. Wine, all kinds of wine! Mixed, seven different varieties . . . Thunderbird wine . . . I don't know but I N.C. chugged a fifth of White Port once and passed out one day (heh heh) . . . and I drank a quart of beer just N.C. before that . . . and we were out riding around in the desert N.C. (. . . very strange . . . Anyway!) [Bridge]
F#m
Try and imagine

    F#m                   F#m/A
The window all covered in green

G#aug                    G#aug/C
   All the time he would spend

                      G#aug
At the church, he'd attend...

G#5 A5  Bb5 B5
Warming his pew

e|-4-5--2-4--0-2---------|
B|----------------3-5--0-|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
[Verse 3] Esus2 Esus2 Dsus2 Gsus2 Dsus2 Esus2
F#m        D          E           E
Kenny will feed him & Ronnie will watch

    G          Bm         Bm
The child will thrive and grow

    G         E
And enter the world

   F#m     D          E           Bm
Of liars & cheaters & people like you

    G       Bm        Bm        G        Bm
Who smile & think you know what this is about

    D
You think you know everything... maybe so

    D
The song we sing: do you know? We're listening...

Dsus2 Esus2 Esus2 Dsus2 Gsus2
The   i     di    ot    boy!
[Bridge]
F#m
Try and imagine

    F#m                   F#m/A
The window all covered in green

G#aug                    G#aug/C
   All the time he would spend

                      G#aug
At the church, he'd attend...

G#5   A5  Bb5  B5
Where are they now?
[Spoken Word Outro] N.C. Right now I have two hit records on the charts, but it has not made me any money. N.C. It has only brought me fame and glory, and a lot of work. Which I do, really not care to tell