• Song:

    Filthy Habits

  • Artist:

    Frank Zappa

  • Album:

    LÄTHER

Song Title: Filthy Habits
Artist: Frank Zappa
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Filthy Habits by Frank Zappa
from the 1991 CD `You Can't Do That Onstage Anymore Vol 4'
Disc 1, Track 15   5min40sec
transcribed by Craig Jones (on MS Notepad)
good_king_zog@msn.com.au

Hi Again!
Here's another FZ tune. This is the way that I play this one in my band
The Zappa Instrumentaale. It's a good basic riff for a guitarist to solo
over & any band can work up some hot moments with this trance-like riff.
It's not all that hard to play but you will need to strech a bit in the `B'
section (or finger it across 2 strings). It's played on a 5-string but I
will provide alternate fingerings at the end.I would love to hear from any
other FZ fans playing this stuff (live or bedroom) & would appreciate
getting any other FZ TABs, either Bass or Guitar). I would also be pleased
to receive any corrections.  Ciao!


                                Filthy Habits - FZ
*=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----------------|--------------||
  |---------------------|--------------||


----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


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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