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Echidnas Arf of You

Frank Zappa
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Song

Song Title: Echidna's Arf (Of You)

Artist: Frank Zappa

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Echidna's Arf (Of You) by Frank Zappa

from the 1974 album `Roxy & Elsewhere'

transcribed by Craig Jones (on MS Notepad)

good_king_zog@msn.com.au

Hi peoples!

Hmm...no Zappa here yet - but there is now. This is the way that I play this

one in my band The Zappa Instrumentaale. It's not all that hard to play but

what might trip you up is the tempo that the notes are played at (especially

the quintuplets at the end). Watch out for time signature changes! I would

appreciate any correspondence from FZ fans (especially other FZ TABs, either

Bass or Guitar) &, of course, corrections are most welcome.

Echidna's Arf (Of You) - FZ

* = time signature change

1 (x13) (x2)

  ||-------------------||-------------------------------------------------||
 4||.-------14----11--.||.-6---6--8--9--8--6----6------------------------.||
 4||.-----------------.||.---7----------------9----9--7--6---------------.||
  ||--0--0-------------||-----------------------------------9-----9-------||

16

  |-6---6-8-9-8-6---6----------------|-------------------------------------|
 4|---7-----------9---9-7-6---6------|-----------7-6----7-6----7-6-7-6-----|
 4|-------------------------9---9-7--|-6-------------7------7----------7---|
  |----------------------------------|---9--7------------------------------|

18

  |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
 4|-7-6---7-6---7-6-7-6---7-6---7-6-|---7-6-7--6---7-6----7-6----7-6-7-6---|
 4|-----7-----7---------7-----7-----|-7----------7------7-----7------------|
  |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

20 (x3) *

  |---------------------------------||----------------------------------||
 4|----6-6------------------------6-||.---------6--------------------6-.||13
 4|--7------------------------------||.--------------------------------.||16
  |---------------------------------||---4---4--------------------------||
    |--------------------------------(x2)------------------------------|

24 * *

  ||--------------------------|------|   |---------------------|--------||
13||.-6---6-8-9-8-6---6-------|------|  9|----4---4-6-7-6-4----|-------.||4
16||.---7-----------7---7-6-5-|-rest-| 16|------5-----------7--|-rest--.||4
  ||--------------------------|------|   |---------------------|--------||

32 * (x8) * * *

  |---|-----|   ||--------4--4------4--4--||  |----|  |------------------|
 4|---|-----| 12||.----------------------.|| 2|-11-| 4|-10--9--8---------|2
 4|-5-|-(5)-| 16||.--2--2------2--2------.|| 4|----| 4|-----------12-11--|4
  |---|-----|   ||------------------------||  |----|  |------------------|

44 * * * * *

  |------|  |----------------|  |-----|  |-----------------|  |------|
 2|------| 4|----------------| 2|-----| 4|-----------------| 2|--11--|4
 4|--10--| 4|--9-8-----------| 4|-----| 4|--------10-12-14-| 4|------|4
  |------|  |------12-11-10--|  |--9--|  |--11-13----------|  |------|
                           |--------------(x2)------------------|

49 * * * *

  |----------12-14-16-|  ||-----------------|  |-----|  |-------||
 4|--13--15-----------| 2||.----------------| 4|-----| 5|------.||2
 4|-------------------| 4||.---------2-4-2--| 4|--0--| 4|-(0)--.||4
  |-------------------|  ||--0-2-3-5--------|  |-----|  |-------||

56 * * * * *

  |----|  |------------------|  |------|  |-------12-15-18-|  |--21-|
 2|----| 4|------------------| 2|--8---| 4|-11-14----------| 2|-----|4
 4|----| 4|-----------7--10--| 4|------| 4|----------------| 4|-----|4
  |-0--|  |-3---6--9---------|  |------|  |----------------|  |-----|

61 * * *

  |-18-15----------|  |----|  |---------------|  |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
 4|-------17-14----| 2|----| 4|---------------| 4|-------------------------|
 4|-------------16-| 4|-13-| 4|-10------------| 4|-------------------------|
  |----------------|  |----|  |----12--9--6-3-|  |-------------------------|

65

  |-12-12-12-12-12-----|-----------------|-12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|
 4|--------------------|-----4-4-x-----4-|---------------------------------|
 4|--------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
  |------------------x-|-2-2-------2-2---|---------------------------------|

68

  |-12-12-12-12-12-----|-----------------|-12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|
 4|--------------------|-----4-4-x-----4-|---------------------------------|
 4|--------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
  |------------------x-|-2-2-------2-2---|---------------------------------|

71 * *

  |-12-12-12-12-12-----|  |----------------|  |----------------------------|
 4|--------------------| 2|-----4--4-2-----| 4|----------------------------|
 4|--------------------| 4|------------4-2-| 4|-(2)----------------------4-|
  |------------------x-|  |-0-2------------|  |----------------------------|

74 * *

  |-------------------------------|----------------------------|  |------|
 4|-7--4---------------------4----|-7--4-----------------------| 2|------|4
 4|-----7--4-2--0-2--4-0--------6-|-----7--4-2--0-2--4-2--0----| 4|------|4
  |-----------------------2-------|--------------------------2-|  |-(2)--|

77 * * 92 * *

|-----| |-----|repeat bar 64 to |---|---| |---| |---------|----------|

 4|-----| 5|-----|76(inclusive)   4|---|---| 5|---| 4|---------|-9-10-----|
 4|-0---| 4|--2--| then to ..     4|-0-|-2-| 4|-4-| 4|-7---5-6-|------7-8-|
  |-----|  |-----|                 |---|---|  |---|  |---6-----|----------|

(Deep Breath!)

97  v-----5------v   v-----5------v   v-----5-----v   v----5----v
  |-21-19-17-16----------------------------------------------------|
 4|-------------19---17-15-14-12-----------------------------------|
 4|------------------------------15---14-12-10-9-------------------|
  |----------------------------------------------12---10-8-7-8-10--|

(let breath out!)

98                  v-----5-----v v-----5------v v-----5----v v----5----v
 |-------|---------|21-19-17-16-------------------------------------------|
4|-------|-9-10----|-----------19-17-15-14-12-----------------------------|
4|-7-5-6-|-----7-8-|--------------------------15-14-12-10-9---------------|
 |--6----|---------|---------------------------------------12-10-8-7-8-10-|

101 (still quintuplet feel)

 |---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------------|
4|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------------|
4|-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-|-------------|
 |---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-13-13-13-13-|
108 v-----5------v   v-----5------v   v-----5-----v   v----5----v
  |-21-19-17-16----------------------------------------------------|
 4|-------------19---17-15-14-12-----------------------------------|
 4|------------------------------15---14-12-10-9-------------------|
  |----------------------------------------------12---10-8-7-8-10--|

(even deeper breath!!)

109 v---5----v    v---5-----v    v---5----v     v-----5------v
  |------------------------------7---7-9-10-----12----12-14-15-|
 4|---------------8---8-10-11------7---------------13----------|
 4|-7---7-9-10------8------------------------------------------|
  |---7--------------------------------------------------------|
110 v-----5------v   v-----5------v   v-----5------v   v-----5------v
  |-16----16-18-19---17----17-19-20---13----13-15-16---14----14-16-17---|
 4|----16---------------17---------------14---------------15------------|
 4|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
111  v-----5------v   v-----5------v   v-----5-----v   v----5----v
  |--21-19-17-16----------------------------------------------------|
 4|--------------19---17-15-14-12-----------------------------------|
 4|-------------------------------15---14-12-10-9-------------------|
  |-----------------------------------------------12---10-8-7-8-10--|

112 (still quintuplet feel)

  |---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
 4|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
 4|-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-|
  |---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
  |------------------------------------------------------------------------|

4|-------------------to `Don't You Ever Wash That Thing'------------------|

 4|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Please E-mail me if you are not able to format this or if I've fucked it up too much

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Submitted by: Craig Jones (good_king_zog@msn.com.au)

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