Frank Zappa – The Idiot Bastard Son (Guitar)
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(2)
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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]
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I never wanted to because I was too small to start with, I used to drink really some bad stuff . . .
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Wine, all kinds of wine! Mixed, seven different varieties . . . Thunderbird wine . . . I don't know but I
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chugged a fifth of White Port once and passed out one day (heh heh) . . . and I drank a quart of beer just
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before that . . . and we were out riding around in the desert
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(. . . 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.
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It has only brought me fame and glory, and a lot of work. Which I do, really not care to tell