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Montana

Frank Zappa
Tab
4.4(10)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Song: Montana (6:36)

Album: Overnite Sensation (#17, 9/7/73)

These parts are based on the original version of Montana (no whipping

floss here!). I've notated the intro and the other interesting melodies

of the tune but the highlight is the Interlude section. While performed

vocally on the album, it (mostly) translates well to the guitar but is

really fun to play, so try it! As with any TAB there is no rhythmic

notation so you HAVE to listen to the song to get it right. Watch out

for the groups of five in the last bar!

Intro Chords

||---------------|---------|-----------------|-----------|-
||-2-5-5-2-7-5---|(5)------|-2-5-5-2-7-5---0-|(0)--2-----|-
||-2-5-5-2-7-5---|(5)------|-2-5-5-2-7-5---0-|(0)--2-----|-
||-2-5-5-2-7-5---|(5)------|-2-5-5-2-7-5---0-|(0)--2-----|-
||---------------|---------|-----------------|-----------|-
||---------------|---------|-----------------|-----------|-
---------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------||
2-5-5-2-7-4----|(4)---------|-2-5-5-2-7-5---0-|(0)--2-----------||
2-5-5-2-7-4----|(4)---------|-2-5-5-2-7-5---0-|(0)--2-----------||
2-5-5-2-7-4----|(4)---------|-2-5-5-2-7-5---0-|(0)--2-----------||
---------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------||
---------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------||

Bridge

||-------------|-----------------|-4-5-7-9---11---|-7-----------------||
||-------6-9---|-5---------------|-4-5-7-9---12---|-8---8-----8-------||
||-5-6-8-------|---4---4---6-----|-4-6-8-9---11---|-7---7-----7-------||
||-------------|-----------------|----------------|-----9-----9-------||
||-------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
||-------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||

Vocal fill

||-------------12-----------------|----------||
||----------11----13---10---------|----------||
||-10-11-12-----------------10----|-12-------||
||-----------------------------12-|----------||
||--------------------------------|----------||
||--------------------------------|----------||

Interlude (post solo)

||12----------------------------|-------------------11-14-----------|---
||-----16p14p12------14-16-12---|-(12)--------12--------------------|---
||--------------13--------------|----------13----13-------13---11---|---
||------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---
||------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---
||------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---
-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----
---------12------14------|-------------------------14-----12h14h16-|----
14-13-11-----------------|-15-13----------11-13-11-----------------|----
--------------12----14---|-------13-11-11--------------------------|----
-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----
-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----
12----------------------|-------------11-14------|------------------12-|
---16p14p12----14-16-12-|(12)----12--------------|---------12----14----|
------------13----------|-----13----13-----13-11-|-14-13-11------------|
------------------------|------------------------|------------12-------|
------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
14-14-13-14-14-16-14-14-13-------13--------------|----------------|-----
---------------------------16-16----14-----------|----------------|-----
-----------------------------------------15---13-|-11-13----------|-----
-------------------------------------------------|-------14-------|-----
-------------------------------------------------|----------------|-----
-------------------------------------------------|----------------|-----
10-10-9-10-10-12-10-10-9-------9---------------|-----------|-----------|
-------------------------12-12---10------------|-----------|---10------|
--------------------------------------11---9---|-7-9-------|------7----|
-----------------------------------------------|-----10----|-9---------|
-----------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
-----------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
9-10-10-12-10-12-10-9----9-----------------------9----------12-9-|------
----------------------12---12-10------10------12---12-10-12------|------
---------------------------------11-9----11-9--------------------|------
-----------------------------------------------------------------|------
-----------------------------------------------------------------|------
-----------------------------------------------------------------|------
10--------------------------|----------------------16-19-16-----------|-
-----14p12p10----12-14-10---|-------19----19-17-19----------17--------|-
--------------11------------|-16-18----18----------------------18-16--|-
----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-
----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-
----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-
------------------------------18-21-------------------------|---------||
---14-------------------14-19-------21-19-18----------------|---------||
15----13-------------15----------------------20-18----------|---------||
---------16-15-13----------------------------------20-18----|---------||
------------------16-------------------------------------18-|--14-----||
------------------------------------------------------------|-(19)----||

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