Road Ladies by Frank Zappa FRANK ZAPPA – Road Ladies from Chunga’s Revenge (A Standard Blues in D - A Zappa song everyone can attempt) Intro – Solo Organ D major pentatonic run ending in A7 D7 Straight into Verse 1 (Just Organ Fills between stopping and starting until the run up to Bb9 A9) Vocal Frank D7 G7 Don't it ever get lonesome? yeah! F D7 Don't it ever get sad when you go out on the road? (Spoken oh, there was one time in Minneapolis, when I thought I had the clap for sure) D7/F# G C G7 Don't it ever get lonesome? whoa-ho! ( Spoken - lonesome ain't the word) F D7 Don't it ever get sad when you go out on a thirty day tour? A7 G7 You got nothing but groupies and promoters to love you D D7/F# G Abdim A7 Bb9 A9 and a pile of laundry by the hotel door. Verse 2 (conventional 12 Bar Blues ) Vocal Frank D7 Don't it ever get lonesome, don't it ever give a young man the blues? G7 Don't it ever get lonesome, don't it ever make a young man wanna go back D7 home? A7 G7 When the P.A. system eats it, and the band plays some of the most terrible D D7/F# G Abdim A7 Bb9 A9 shit you've ever known. Chorus (Same chords as Verse 2 except at end) Don't you ever miss your house in the country and your hot little mamma too? Don't you ever miss your house in the country and your hot little mamma too? Don't you better get a shot from the doctor for what the D7 A7 to Solo over 12 Bar Road Ladies do to you. Verse 3 (conventional 12 Bar Blues – same chords) Vocal Howard (flambé) I know someday I will never, I'll never go out on the road again. I know someday I will never, I ain't gonna roam the country side. No more. I'm gonna hang up little holidays yeah and heal my knees up, from when I was doing on the floor. See me doing it! see me doing on the floor. Chorus Don't you ever miss your house in the country and your hot little mamma too? Don't you ever miss your house in the country and your hot little mamma too? Don't you better get a shot from the doctor for what the D7 A7 Road Ladies do to you. End Eb9 D9 www.TAB6.com