Zoot Allures Chords & Tabs
ZOOT ALLURES - Frank Zappa
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tabbed by Howard Wright
spxhaw@uk.ac.cf.thor
I think there's already a version of this at Nevada. My tab is quite
similar in terms of the notes used, but the strings and fret numbers
I use are quite different. I think this way it's a lot easier to play
it so you can leave the notes to sustain a little.
This is based more on the live versions of the track than the studio
version.
There's one bit which is quite hard to pull off using just one guitar
- if you have a bass and a guitar you can split the part up to make it
work, but if you're just playing on your own it's a bit tricky so
I've tabbed an alternative part for these shapes - It just uses an
alternative shape for the same chord - it isn't exactly what's on the
record, but it works well and is nice and easy to play.
For this bit I've used curly brackets { to indicate the alternative
lines of TAB - the top line is the 'true' line, the bottom line is
the easier one.
/ - slide up
- slide down
h - hammer on
p - pull off
let notes sustain ........
E---------------------6--6-------------------------/7--5--------
B----------4h5-4------7--7--------------4h5-4------/8--6--------
G--------6-------6----6--6------------6-------6----/7--5--------
D------6--------------6--6----------6--------------/7--5--------
A---0-----------------------------0----------------/7--5--------
E---------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------6--6---------------------------------------
B---------4h5-4-----7--7------------------7-6-9-7-6------------
G-------6-------6---6--6--------------6-8-----------8-6--------
D-----6-------------6--6--------6-8-9--------------------------
A---0-------------------------6--------------------------------
E-------------------0--0---------------------------------------
^^^^^^
play this using the first finger
to bar across the 6th fret, then you
can use the tip of the first finger
to dampen the A string
E------4---4---4------------2---2---2----------------------
B------6---6---6------------4---4---4----------------------
G------6---6---6------------4---4---4----------------------
D--0---0---0---0------------2---2---2----------------------
A---------------------------2---2---2----------------------
E-------------------------0---0---0----------------------
E---4----7-----11----7------4------------------------------
B---5----9-----12----9------6------------------------------
G---4----9-----11----9------6------------------------------
D---4----7-----11----7------4------------------------------
A---4----7-----11----7------4------------------------------
E--------------0-------------------------------------------
E---4----7-----11----7------4------------------------------
B---5----9-----12----9------6------------------------------
G---4----9-----11----9------6------------------------------
D---4----7-----11----7------4------------------------------
A---4----7-----11----7------4------------------------------
E--------------0-------------------------------------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/frank_zappa/zoot_allures_tab.html ]
{
{E-----------------------------------------------------------
{B-----4---4--4------------6-----------------7---------------
{G-----4---4--4------------6-----------------7---------------
{D-----4---4--4--------6---6-------------7---7---------------
{A-----2---2--2------4-----4-----------5-----5---------------
{E-------0--0----2-------2---------3-------3---------------
{
{ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
{ these are a bit of a stretch, so you could try
{ the other voicing of the same chord I've tabbed below.
{ You can't get the same three notes leading up to the
{ chords, but it's easier to get the chord shape.
{
{E--------------------------6------------------7---------------
{B-----4--4--4--------------6------------------7---------------
{G-----4--4--4---------6----6-------------7----7---------------
{D-----4--4--4-------6------6-----------7------7---------------
{A-----2--2--2-----9--------9--------10--------10--------------
{E------0--0-------------------------------------------------
{
E---------------------------------------------------------
B---/12--12--12--12--5--5--7--7--7h8p7--------------------
G---/12--12--12--12--5--5--7--7--7------------------------
D---/12--12--12--12--5--5--7--7--7h9p7--------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------
{
{E------------------4----7-----11----7------4-----------
{B----------9-------5----9-----12----9------6------------
{G----------9-------4----9-----11----9------6------------
{D-------9--9-------4----7-----11----7------4------------
{A-----7----7-------4----7-----11----7------4------------
{E---5------5------------------0-------------------------
{
{
{E-----------9-----4----7-----11----7------4-----------
{B-----------9-----5----9-----12----9------6------------
{G-------9---9-----4----9-----11----9------6------------
{D-----9-----9-----4----7-----11----7------4------------
{A--12-------12----4----7-----11----7------4------------
{E----------------------------0-------------------------
{
E-----4----7-----11----7------4------------------------------
B-----5----9-----12----9------6------------------------------
G-----4----9-----11----9------6------------------------------
D-----4----7-----11----7------4------------------------------
A-----4----7-----11----7------4------------------------------
E----------------0-------------------------------------------
{
{E-------------------------------------------------------------
{B-----4---4--4------------6-----------------7-----------------
{G-----4---4--4------------6-----------------7-----------------
{D-----4---4--4--------6---6-------------7---7-----------------
{A-----2---2--2------4-----4-----------5-----5-----------------
{E-------0--0----2-------2---------3-------3-----------------
{
{
{
{E--------------------------6------------------7---------------
{B-----4--4--4--------------6------------------7---------------
{G-----4--4--4---------6----6-------------7----7---------------
{D-----4--4--4-------6------6-----------7------7---------------
{A-----2--2--2-----9--------9--------10--------10--------------
{E------0--0-------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------
B---/12--12--12--12--5--5--7--7--7h8p7-----------------------
G---/12--12--12--12--5--5--7--7--7---------------------------
D---/12--12--12--12--5--5--7--7--7h9p7-----------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------
{
{E------------------------------------6--6-------------7--7------
{B----------9---------------4h5-4-----7--7-------------8--8------
{G----------9-------------6-------6---6--6-------------7--7------
{D-------9--9-----------6-------------6--6-------------7--7------
{A-----7----7---------0---------------6--6-------------7--7------
{E---5------5----------------------------------------------------
{
{
{E-----------9-----------------------6--6-------------7--7------
{B-----------9-------------4h5-4-----7--7-------------8--8------
{G-------9---9-----------6-------6---6--6-------------7--7------
{D-----9-----9---------6-------------6--6-------------7--7------
{A--12-------12------0---------------6--6-------------7--7------
{E--------------------------------------------------------------
Then he launches off on one of his little solos.........
Just groove on G/A for 15 or twenty minutes .......
From: chuck@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au (Mark Andrew Hawling)
