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Transcribed by Jeff Langille
- (blee@is.dal.ca)
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Song : Yo Cats (3:34)
Album: FZ Meets the Mothers of Prevention (#44, 11/21/85)
4/4, Key of F (usually)
This is a cool piece about the music biz and FZ's impression of session
players. This is a fun song to play so if you've never heard it dig up
a copy of FZMMP, well worth it with some excellent, short Synclavier comps.
Some of the chord in this one are questionable. Especially the C/F/Ami/Dmi.
I played with this one a lot before I settled on those chords. Some other
options include G/F/C/Dmi and C/Bb/Ami/G. The B/F#/C#/G... section is
also very weird. These chords work with the melody but harmonically aren't
the greatest in the song (unless you like that sorta thing :0) If you
find alternates let me know.
This song has subjective chords because the progressions are implied
by the melody only. There are no clear chord parts being played.
|F Dmi |Bb Gmi |F Dmi |Bb Gmi |
|F Dmi |Bb C |C |Db |
|F Dmi |Bb C |C F |Ami Dmi |
|Bb |Db |Db C |B D G |E |
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/z/zappa_frank/yo_cats_crd.html ]
|F Dmi |Bb Gmi |C F |Ami Dmi |
|B F# |C# G |Bb F |Bb Ab ||
|G E |A E |G E |A E |
|A E |G D |F C |Eb Bb |
|F |Ab |F |Ab |
|Ab |A |Bb |B |
|C G |Bb F |Ab Eb |Gb Db ||
|F Dmi |Bb Gmi |F Dmi |Bb Gmi |
|F Dmi |Bb C |C |Db |
|F Dmi |Bb C |C F |Ami Dmi |
|Bb |Db |Db C |B D G |E |
|F Dmi |Bb C |C F |Ami Dmi |
|Bb |Db |Db C | ||
|Dmi |Emi |Ami | |
|F |Dmi |Bb |Gmi |
|F |Dmi |Bb |Gmi |
|F |Dmi | | ||
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Jeff Langille |"...if I were standing next to you with a metronome and !
blee@is.dal.ca !a baton (frowning and smoking a lot of cigarettes), I |
Halifax, N.S. |would insist that the rhythms be accurate , and that only !
!the pitches which reside outside the basic tonality |
ugrita fusft |(the original "wrong notes") could be altered." - FZappa !
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