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Filthy Habits

Frank Zappa
Bass Tab
4.1(3)

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Song

Song Title: Filthy Habits

Artist: Frank Zappa

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*=time signature change

in next bar

A section (basic riff) (not 10th time)

(x10) V *

  ||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
 5||.-----------------------------------------------------3-----------3-.||4
 4||.---------------------------4-------------3-------------------------.||4
  ||---1----------2------------------------------------------------------||
  ||---------------------------------------------------------------------||

B section (fiddly bit)

     v----3----v    v----3----v    v----3----v    v-----5------v      *
  |------------------------------------------------------------------|
 4|------------------------------------------------------------------|3
 4|--8--8-10-8-6----8--8-10-8-6----8--8-10-8-6----8--6--8--10--6-----|4
  |------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |------------------------------------------------------------------|
     v------5------v    v-----5-----v    v-----5-----v    *
  |-----------------------------------------------------|  |---------------|
 3|--10--8--8--8--10----6--6--8--6--5----5--5--6--5-----| 4|---------------|
 4|--------------------------------------------------7--| 4|-8-------------|
  |-----------------------------------------------------|  |---------1---3-|
  |-----------------------------------------------------|  |---------------|

* (x4)

  |----------------------|  ||-------------------------------------------||
 4|----------------------| 5||.-----------------------------------------.||
 4|----------------------| 4||.-----------------------------------------.||
  |---4-----------6------|  ||-------------------------------------------||
  |----------------------|  ||---2-------2---2--------2----2---/-8-\-----||

s s

C section (guitar solo)

(x ?)

  ||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
 5||.--------------------------------------------------------------------.||
 4||.-----------------------------------------------------3------------3-.||
  ||---------------------------4-------------3----------------------------||
  ||----1----------2------------------------------------------------------||

D section (fiddly bit again)

     v----3----v    v----3----v    v----3----v    v-----5------v      *
  |------------------------------------------------------------------|
 4|------------------------------------------------------------------|3
 4|--8--8-10-8-6----8--8-10-8-6----8--8-10-8-6----8--6--8--10--6-----|4
  |------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |------------------------------------------------------------------|
     v------5------v    v-----5-----v    v-----5-----v    *
  |-----------------------------------------------------|  |---------------|
 3|--10--8--8--8--10----6--6--8--6--5----5--5--6--5-----| 4|---------------|
 4|--------------------------------------------------7--| 4|-8-------------|
  |-----------------------------------------------------|  |---------1---3-|
  |-----------------------------------------------------|  |---------------|
                v----3----v   v----3----v   v----3----v   v-----5------v   *
  |----------|------------------------------------------------------------|
 4|----------|------------------------------------------------------------|3
 4|----------|--8--8-10-8-6---8--8-10-8-6---8--8-10-8-6---8--6--8--10--6--|4
  |-4---6----|------------------------------------------------------------|
  |----------|------------------------------------------------------------|
     v------5------v    v-----5-----v    v-----5-----v    *
  |-----------------------------------------------------|  |---------------|
 3|--10--8--8--8--10----6--6--8--6--5----5--5--6--5-----| 4|---------------|
 4|--------------------------------------------------7--| 4|-8-------------|
  |-----------------------------------------------------|  |---------2---4-|
  |-----------------------------------------------------|  |---------------|
  |---------------------|--------------||
 4|---------------------|--------------||
 4|--------------3------|--(3)---------||
  |----6----------------|--------------||
  |---------------------|--------------||

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Alternate fingering for 4 strings

B section (bar 5) C section (guitar solo vamp)

(x4)

  ||---------------------------||      ||------------------------5------5-||
 5||.-------------------------.||     5||.-----------4-----3-------------.||
 4||.-4----4-4-----4-4--/10\--.||     4||.-3----4------------------------.||
  ||---------------------------||      ||---------------------------------||

Have Fun!

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

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