Who Needs The Peace Corps

Frank Zappa

This is the second track on Frank Zappa's fourth album. This song is really great, especially the lyrics. It's built on many different melodies and riffs. There are two guitars on this song, and ive figered them both out. Intro(Both guitars): Cadd9 Bbadd9 x2 Riff 1(Both guitars): Played along to "What's there to live for...". E|---------------------------------------------- B|-7--7--10-8--7---10--9--7---7---7--7--10-8--7- G|--------------------------9------------------- D|---------------------------------------------- A|---------------------------------------------- E|---------------------------------------------- -----------12------10----------14---9-10-12-------| -10--9-7---------------12-8-----------------12-10-| ---------9------------------11--------------------| --------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| Riff 2(Both guitars): Played after riff 1, along with "Think I'll just DROP OUT..". E|-9-10-12-------| B|---------12-10-| G|---------------| D|---------------| A|---------------| E|---------------| Riff 3(The lead guitar plays the tab below, the rhythm guitar plays the Aadd9): Played along with "Ill go to Frisco..." Aadd9 E|----------------------------5-| B|-14---12---10---8---7---3---5-| G|-14---12---11---9---7---4---6-| D|------------------------------| A|------------------------------| E|------------------------------| Riff 4(Both guitars): Played just before Riff 5 E|-------------------------------| B|-------------------------------| G|-------5--4-----------5--4-----| D|-7----------7-5--7---------7-5-| A|----7--------------7-----------| E|-------------------------------| Riff 5(Lead plays tab, rhythm plays chords): Fadd9 Dadd9 Cadd9 Dadd9 E|-----------------------------| B|-------10-10-8-8-------------| G|-9-9-9-----------9-9-7-7-5-7-| D|-----------------------------| A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| Riff 6a(Lead guitar): This is the "Go to San Fra-an-cisco-o-o" part. E|----------8---7--8--7------------| B|-10---8------------------10-8-10-| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| Riff 6b(Rhythm guitar): E|---------------------------------| B|-10---8---13---12-13-12--10-8-10-| G|--7---5---10----9-10-9----7-5-7--| D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| Riff 7: "How I love you, how I love you, how I love you, how I love you, Frisco" part. Cadd9 F#m E|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------| G|-11-9-8-9-11-9-8-9-11-9-8-9--10--\--7-| D|--------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| Cadd9 E|-----------------------------9-10-12-------| B|-------------------------------------12-10-| G|-11-9-8-9-11-9-8-9-11-9-8-9----------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| Outro(just play these chords over and over again): Cadd9 F#m So that's the riffs, and here is the structure of the song: Intro Riff 1 Riff 2 Riff 3 Riff 1 Riff 2 Riff 3 x3 Riff 4 Riff 5 Riff 6 Riff 7 Riff 5 Riff 6 Outro If you've got any comments or wonderings, mail me at [email protected] /Daniel "HanMeGitarren" Widegren

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