Bobby Brown tab by Frank Zappa
Guitar tabs
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key: C Difficulty: Novice 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.
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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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Bobby Brown tab
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Bobby Brown by Frank Zappa guitar tabs playing instructions.
This is a satirical song that humorously explores the character of Bobby Brown, an all-American man obsessed with his looks and shallow pursuits. Zappa's sharp lyrics and catchy melodies create a witty critique of American consumerism and superficiality. The song was very popular in Europe but because of the content didnt get much airplay in USA.
Zappa was known for his virtuosic guitar tabs playing style. He often played a Gibson SG, and employed various techniques including intricate fingerpicking, fast alternate picking, and wide use of the whammy bar for pitch modulation.
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