From: [email protected] (Mark Andrew Hawling)
«The Mammy Anthem» — Frank Zappa
The is a basic arrangement of the header as it appears on You Can’t Do
That On Stage Anymore VolI. Note on the original there are 3 guitar parts,
but this is a kinda solo guitar arrangement.
(section A)
3X
D G F D F G D#
-2-2-2—3—1—2—————!!————!
-3-3-3—3—1—3——10—12—!!-8———-!
-2-2-2—4—2—2——10—12—!!-8———-!
-0-0-0—5—3—0——10—12—!!-8———-!
————————8—-10—!!-6———-!
———————————!!————!
(Note: Repeat section before double line.)
Repeat section A then:
(section B)
3X
——-!———!——-!——-!!————————!
——-!———!——-!——-!!————————!
——-!———!——-!——-!!-5-5-5-5—5-5-5—5-5-5-!
—8—-!-11——!-6——!-8——!!-5-5-5-5—5-5-5—5-5-5-!
—6—-!-9——!-4——!-6——!!-3-3-0-3—3-0-3—3-0-3-!
—9—-!-12——!-7——!-9——!!————————!
The repeated section is a combination of the various notes played by various
instruments eg the Bb Db Ab Bb series is Frank’s guitar. The next riff segues
straight into section A again. This time in section A there is a little riff
played after the G:
—————————————
—————————————
—————————————
——-0——————————
-3-3-2—3—-3-2-3-2——————
———————-1—————
After this there is a solo in a kind of Abm tonality. Then section B again and
finally section A again.