Inca Roads by Frank Zappa Inca Roads Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention One Size Fits All (1975) quartal scale --15---14---12---10---8-7--------------||-------------------------------| --15---13---12---10---8-7-10---8-------||-------------------------------| --14---12---11---9----7-5-9----7-------||-------------------------------| --14---12---10---9----7-5-9----7-------||-------------------------------| --------------------------9----7-------||-------------------------------| ---------------------------------------||-------------------------------| Now, here's the opening bassline, and the chord stabs over it. --------------------------------------------|---------------||----------| --------------------------------------------|---7-5---7-5---||----------| --------------------------------------------|---7-5---7-5---||----------| --------------------------------------------|---7-5---7-5---||----------| 3-3---3-3-----3-5-----3-3---3-3-----3-5-----|---------------||----------| ----------5-3-------------------5-3---------|---------------||----------| bass line ----6---4---------------------------------||----------------------------| ----7---5---7---5-------------------------||----------------------------| ----7---5---7---5-------------------------||----------------------------| ------------8---6-------------------------||----------------------------| ------------------------------------------||----------------------------| ------------------------------------------||----------------------------| Melody Did a vehicle come from somewhere out there just to ----------------------------5-------------5---------------8-----7-------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| --4---7-5-4-----------7-----------7-----------7-------------------------| ------------7---5-------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| land in the Andes was it round and did it have a motor 5---------8---7-5-------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------8-------------------8-------------------------| ------7-----------------------------------7-----------------7-----------| ------------------------------9---7---------------9---7-------10-9------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| or was it something di-if'rent very fast bit --------------3-----3-------3-------------|-----------------------|-----| ------------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----| ----------5-----------------------5-------|-----------------------|-----| --5---3-------------------------5---------|-----------------------|-----| ------------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----| ------------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----| did a vehicle did a vehicle did a vehicle fly ------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------7-5-7-5---------------------------------7-----------| ----4---7---5-4-----7-5-7-5---4-----7-5-4-------4-----7-5-4-7---4-------| ----------------7-------------------------7-----------------7-----------| ----2---5---3-2---------------------------------------------------------| ----------------5-------------------------------------------------------| along the mountain and find a place to park it se-e-lf --------------10-----5---4-----6-3-------4---------3--------------------| ------7---8----------------------------------6--------------------------| 7-5----------------------------------------------------4-7-5-4---4------| ---------------------------------------------------------------7--------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| park it se-e-lf ----------------------------3-------------------------------------------| ----------------------6-------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------4-7-5-4---4-----------------------------| ----6-------6---------------------------7-----10-7---9-7---7-7-10-7-9---| ---------------------------------------------------7--------------------| --4---4---4---4-4-4-----------------------------------------------------| park it park it or did someone build a place ------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------8---------8---6---------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------8-5-----------| 7-------1-----------1-----------5-------5-------------------------------| --------------2-----------2---------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| to leave a space for such a thing to land -----------------------------------11-----10---8-----||-----------------| ------------8-----------8--------8-------------------||-----------------| ----------------------------10-----------------------||-----------------| 5---8---------9--------------------------------------||-----------------| -----------------------------------------------------||-----------------| -----------------------------------------------------||-----------------| flute line 4x -------------------------------------------------14-10----------------|| -13-15-12-13----------------------------------------------------------|| -------------14-12-------14-------------------14-------11------------*|| ----------------------14----------------14-12-------------14-12------*|| -------------------15-------15-12-14-15-------------------------14-12-|| ----------------------------------------------------------------------|| Fill over flute line guitar solo ----||-------------||---------------------------------------------------| ----||--5-7---5-7--||---------------------------------------------------| ----||--5-7---5-7--||---------------------------------------------------| ----||-------------||---------------------------------------------------| ----||-------------||---------------------------------------------------| ----||-------------||---------------------------------------------------| Here's the vocal melody that brings us out of the guitar solo. The melody is the top the other two are the harmonies. ------------------------------------------10-------------|--------------| 7---8---10-----7---8-10-----7-8-7---5-----12---10---10---|--------------| 7---9---11-----7---9-11-----7-9-7---5---7-12---11---11---|--------------| 7---9---10-----7---9-10-----7-9-7---5---9------12---12---|--------------| ----------------------------------------9----------------|--------------| ---------------------------------------------------------|--------------| ------------------------------------------------------------||----------| --7---8---10-----7---8-10-----7---8-7---5---3--5------------||----------| --7---9---11-----7---9-11-----7---9-7---5---4--5--5---2---2-||----------| --7---9---10-----7---9-10-----7---9-7---5---4--5--7---4---4-||----------| --------------------------------------------------7---3---3-||----------| ------------------------------------------------------------||----------| The Middle Section. did a vehicle come from somewhere out 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-------------|----------------------------------------------------------| -------------|----------------------------------------------------------| -------------|----------------------------------------------------------| This is the same melody that is played before and after the guitar solo, but twice as It ain't easy... -------------------------------------------------14-10----------------|| -13-15-12-13----------------------------------------------------------|| -------------14-12-------14-------------------14-------11-------------|| ----------------------14----------------14-12-------------14-12-------|| -------------------15-------15-12-14-15-------------------------14-12-|| ----------------------------------------------------------------------|| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------10----10-------------------------10----10-------13---| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| 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