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Road Ladies

Frank Zappa
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Straight into  Verse 1 (Just Organ Fills between stopping and starting
 until the run up to Bb9 A9) Vocal Frank
Don't  it ever get lonesome? yeah!
 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)
 Don't it ever get lonesome? whoa-ho! ( Spoken  - lonesome  ain't the word)
 Don't it ever get sad when you go out on a thirty day tour?
 You got nothing  but groupies and promoters to love you
 and a pile of laundry by the hotel door.
 conventional 12 Bar Blues ) Vocal Frank
Don't  it ever get lonesome, don't it ever give a young man the blues?
Don't  it ever get lonesome, don't it ever make a young man wanna go back
home?
 When the P.A.  system eats it,  and the band plays some of the most terrible
 shit you've ever known.
 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
 to Solo over 12 Bar
 Road Ladies do to you.
 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.
 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
Road  Ladies  do  to  you.

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Readable chord sheet for Road Ladies by Frank Zappa

[C]St[A7/C#]raight [D7]into Verse 1 (Just Organ Fills  between stopping and starting
until the run up to Bb9 A9) Vocal Frank
[D7]Don't it ever get lonesome?  yeah!    [G7]
Don't it ever get sad when you go out on the [F]road?[D]
(Spoken oh, there was one time in Minneapolis,  when I thought I had the
clap for sure)
[D7/F#]       [G]    Don't it ever get lonesome?  whoa-ho! ( Spoke[C]n - loneso[G7]me ain't the word)
Don't it ever get sad when you go out on a thirty day t[F]our[D]?
You got no[A7]thing but groupies and promoters to love you [G7]
and a pile of laundry by the hotel [D]door.   [D7/F#]         [G]            [Abdim]                   [A7]                       [Bb9]                            [A9]

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?
When the P[A7].A. system eats it[G7], and the band plays some of the most terrible
shit you've ever know[D]n.[D7/F#]      [G]         [Abdim]                [A7]                    [Bb9]                         [A9]

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
[D]       [D7/F#] [G]  [Abdim]  [A7]  to Solo over 12 Bar
Road Ladies do to you.

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.

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
[D]Road Lad[D7/F#]ies do[G] to[Abdim] you.  [A7]

[End]
[Eb9]  [D9]

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