Harry You're A Beast bass tab by Frank Zappa

One of the Mothers weirdest songs.

Tabbed by Leo Chiurco

Intro:
G|-----------------4~--------------|---------------------------------|
D|-4~----------4.------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|-5~--------------7~--------------|
E|-----------------------------2.--|-------------7.------------------|
  1 + + + 2 + + + 3 + + + 4 + + +  1 + + + 2 + + + 3 + + + 4 + + +

Verse 1: "I'm gonna tell you the way it is ..."
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-7~----7-----------------7~------|-7~----7-5~----5---------------5-|
A|---------5~----5-7~----7-------7-|-----------------5~--5-----7-----|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  1 + + + 2 + + + 3 + + + 4 + + +  1 + + + 2 + + + 3 + + + 4 + + +

G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-7~----7-5~----------------------|-7~----7-5~----5-7~----7-5~--7~--|
A|---------------5-3~----3-2~----7-|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  1 + + + 2 + + + 3 + + + 4 + + +  1 + + + 2 + + + 3 + + + 4 + + +

G|---------------------------------|
D|-7~--7~--7~--7~--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
A|-------------------------------0-|
E|---------------------------------|
  1 + + + 2 + + + 3 + + + 4 + + +

Chorus 1: "You paint your head ..."     |-3-|
G|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|-3~--4~--5.----0-3-0-3-4-5~--5.-0|-3~--4-0-5-5-5-5.-0--3-0-3-4-5~-----|
A|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------3.-|
  1 + + + 2 + + + 3 + + + 4 + + +  1 + + + 2 + + + 3 + + + 4 + + +

G|------------------------------------|
D|-5~--5-5-5~----------5-3-2----------|
A|---------------------------5-3-5-0~-| (Follow voice on this last bit)
E|-------------3-3-3~-----------------|

No Bass during trippy frog part

Chorus 2: "You're phony on top ..."     |-3-|
G|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|-3~--4~--5.----0-3-0-3-4-5~--5.-0|-3~--4-0-5-5-5-5.-0--3-0-3-4-5~--5.-|
A|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
  1 + + + 2 + + + 3 + + + 4 + + +  1 + + + 2 + + + 3 + + + 4 + + +

G|--------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|--------------------------| (x2)
E|--------------------------|

No bass during reversed verse

Outro: Play C# right before the F#
G|-----------------4~--------------|---------------------------------|
D|-4~----------4.------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|-5~--------------7~--------------|
E|-----------------------------2.--|-------------7.------------------|
  1 + + + 2 + + + 3 + + + 4 + + +  1 + + + 2 + + + 3 + + + 4 + + +

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| ~   Let ring
| .   Staccato
| |-3-| Triplet