Call Any Vegetable Chords & Tabs
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CALL ANY VEGETABLE
As recorded by Frank Zappa
(From the 1967 Album ABSOLUTELY FREE )
Words and Music by Frank Zappa
Arranged by Frank Zappa
Transcribed by echidna
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Trumpet'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Flute'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Overdriven Guitar '
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Clean Guitar'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Guitar'
Intro Spoken Verse 1
Q=138
N.C.
6/4 4/4
Gtr II
W. Q S S S E S S S S S S S
|---------------||----10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-(9)-7----|
|---------------||-----------------------------10-|
|---------------||--------------------------------|
|---------------||--------------------------------|
|---------------||--------------------------------|
|---------------||--------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| W. Q S S S E S S S S S S S
|---------------||--------------------------------|
|---------------||--------------------------------|
|---------------||-----7--7--7-6-6-6-6-6-(6)-4----|
|---------------||------------------------------7-|
|---------------||--------------------------------|
|---------------||--------------------------------|
q S S S E S S S S S S S 8x
||--7--10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-(9)-7------||
||o-----------------------------10--o||
||-----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------||
|
| q S S S E S S S S S S S 8x
||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||
||--4---7--7--7-6-6-6-6-6-(6)-4------||
||-------------------------------7---||
||o---------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------||
Chorus 1
Q=128
N.C.
5/4 4/4
q S S S E S S S S S S S q E E E E E E S S E q H.
|-7--10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-(9)-7----7--||-------12-12-10-10----------|-----------|
|-----------------------------10----||-10-10-------------12-10----|-10--------|
|-----------------------------------||-------------------------12-|-----------|
|-----------------------------------||----------------------------|-----------|
|-----------------------------------||----------------------------|-----------|
|-----------------------------------||----------------------------|-----------|
|
| Gtrs I, III
| q S S S E S S S S S S S q E E E E E E S S E q H.
|-----------------------------------||----------------------------|-----------|
|-----------------------------------||----------------------------|-----------|
|-4---7--7--7-6-6-6-6-6-(6)-4----4--||--------9--9--7--7----------|-----------|
|------------------------------7----||--7--7--------------9--7----|--7--------|
|-----------------------------------||-------------------------10-|-----------|
|-----------------------------------||----------------------------|-----------|
N.C.
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------17-------17-------17----------|
|-18h19----18h19----18h19----19-17----|
|----------------------------------19-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------10-------10-------10----------|
|-10h11----10h11----10h11----11--9----|
|----------------------------------12-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, III
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|
|-------------------------------------|
Interlude Spoken
Q=80 H=H
6/4
q H. W W.
|-------------|----------||-------------------||
|-------------|----------||-------------------||
|-16----------|----------||-------------------||
|-------------|----------||-------------------||
|-------------|----------||-------------------||
|-------------|----------||-------------------||
|
| Gtrs III, IV
| q H. W e W Q.
|-------------|----------||-------------------||
|-------------|----------||-------------------||
|-------------|----------||-------------------||
|--9----------|----------||-7-----------------||
|-------------|----------||-------------------||
|-------------|----------||-------------------||
|
| Gtr I
| q H. W e W Q.
|-------------|----------||-------------------||
|-------------|----------||-------------------||
|-------------|----------||-------------------||
|-------------|----------||-------------------||
|--2----------|----------||-0-----------------||
|-------------|----------||-------------------||
Verse 2
Q=138
N.C.
4/4
Q S S S E S S S S S S S q S S S E S S S S S S S 8x
|----10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-(9)-7----||--7--10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-(9)-7-----||
|-----------------------------10-||o-----------------------------10-o||
|--------------------------------||----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||o--------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------||----------------------------------||
|
| Gtr I
| Q S S S E S S S S S S S q S S S E S S S S S S S 8x
|--------------------------------||----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||o--------------------------------o||
|-----7--7--7-6-6-6-6-6-(6)-4----||--4---7--7--7-6-6-6-6-6-(6)-4-----||
|------------------------------7-||-------------------------------7--||
|--------------------------------||o--------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------||----------------------------------||
Chorus 2
Q=128
5/4 4/4
q S S S E S S S S S S S q E E E E E E S S E q H.
|-7--10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-(9)-7----7--||-------12-12-10-10----------|-----------|
|-----------------------------10----||-10-10-------------12-10----|-10--------|
|-----------------------------------||-------------------------12-|-----------|
|-----------------------------------||----------------------------|-----------|
|-----------------------------------||----------------------------|-----------|
|-----------------------------------||----------------------------|-----------|
|
| Gtrs I, III
| q S S S E S S S S S S S q E E E E E E S S E q H.
|-----------------------------------||----------------------------|-----------|
|-----------------------------------||----------------------------|-----------|
|-4---7--7--7-6-6-6-6-6-(6)-4----4--||--------9--9--7--7----------|-----------|
|------------------------------7----||--7--7--------------9--7----|--7--------|
|-----------------------------------||-------------------------10-|-----------|
|-----------------------------------||----------------------------|-----------|
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6/4 4/4
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E q W Q W
|-------17-------17-------17----------|-----------------|------||
|-18h19----18h19----18h19----19-17----|-----------------|------||
|----------------------------------19-|-16--------------|------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------|------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------|------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------|------||
|
| Gtr IV
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E q W Q W
|-------------------------------------|-----------------|------||
|-------10-------10-------10----------|-----------------|------||
|-10h11----10h11----10h11----11--9----|-----------------|------||
|----------------------------------12-|--9--------------|------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------|------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------|------||
|
| Gtrs I, III
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E q W Q W
|-------------------------------------|-----------------|------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------|------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------|------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------|------||
|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|--2--------------|------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------|------||
"Rutabaga" Interlude Spoken 2
H.=H Q=104
C G C G
3/4
Gtr IV
Wx5 Q Q Q q H Q Q Q q H
|------------||----3-----||---------|----3-----|---------||
|------------||-5-----5--||-3-------|-5-----5--|-3-------||
|------------||----------||---------|----------|---------||
|------------||----------||---------|----------|---------||
|------------||----------||---------|----------|---------||
|------------||----------||---------|----------|---------||
Verse 3
C G
E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||---------------------4-||--2--------------------||
||o--5----4---5--4--5----||------2---2---3--3----o||
||-----------------------||--------------------3--||
||-----------------------||-----------------------||
||o----------------------||----------------------o||
||-----------------------||-----------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||-----------------------||-----13----------------||
||o-13-------13----------||--------(14)-15-------o||
||------(12)----13-14-15-||-16-------------15-16--||
||-----------------------||-----------------------||
||o----------------------||----------------------o||
||-----------------------||-----------------------||
|
| Gtr V
| H. H. 4x
||---0-------------------||--3--------------------||
||o--1-------------------||--3-------------------o||
||---0-------------------||--0--------------------||
||---2-------------------||--0--------------------||
||o--3-------------------||--2-------------------o||
||---3-------------------||--3--------------------||
Bb F
E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-||---------------------2-|-----------------------||
|-||o--3----2---3--2--3----|--4---0---0---1--1----o||
|-||-----------------------|--------------------1--||
|-||-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-||o----------------------|----------------------o||
|-||-----------------------|-----------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-||-----------------------|-----11----------------||
|-||o-11-------11----------|--------(12)-13-------o||
|-||------(10)----11-12-13-|-14-------------13-14--||
|-||-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-||o----------------------|----------------------o||
|-||-----------------------|-----------------------||
|
| H. H. 4x
|-||---1-------------------|--1--------------------||
|-||o--3-------------------|--1-------------------o||
|-||---3-------------------|--2--------------------||
|-||---3-------------------|--3--------------------||
|-||o--1-------------------|--3-------------------o||
|-||---1-------------------|--1--------------------||
1.,2.,3.,4.,5.
A E
E E E E E E E E E E E E 6x
||------------------------|------------0----------||
||o--2---1---2------------|--2---3--4-----2------o||
||---------------2---3--4-|-------------------2---||
||------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-----------------------|----------------------o||
||------------------------|-----------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E 6x
||------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-10------10------------|--------11-12-13-(14)-o||
||------(9)----(10)-11-12-|-13--14----------------||
||------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-----------------------|----------------------o||
||------------------------|-----------------------||
|
| H. H. 6x
||---0--------------------|--0--------------------||
||o--2--------------------|--0-------------------o||
||---2--------------------|--1--------------------||
||---2--------------------|--2--------------------||
||o--0--------------------|--2-------------------o||
||---0--------------------|--0--------------------||
Outro
6.138
B
Q Q Q Q Q Q 7x
|-------------||---------------||
|-------------||o-------------o||
|---4---4--4--||----4---4--4---||
|---4---4--4--||----4---4--4---||
|-------------||o-------------o||
|-------------||---------------||
|
| H. +H. 7x
|-------------||---------------||
|-(12)--------||o-(12)--------o||
|-------------||---------------||
|-------------||---------------||
|-------------||o-------------o||
|-------------||---------------||
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q 7x
|---2---2--2--||----2---2--2---||
|---4---4--4--||o---4---4--4--o||
|---4---4--4--||----4---4--4---||
|---4---4--4--||----4---4--4---||
|---2---2--2--||o---2---2--2--o||
|---2---2--2--||----2---2--2---||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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