• Song:

    The Idiot Bastard Son

  • Artist:

    Frank Zappa

  • Album:

    We're Only in It for th...

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The   idi - ot  bas  - tard son: 
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(THE FATHER'S A NA -  ZI    IN    CONGRESS TODAY . . . 
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THE MOTHER'S A HOO  - KER   SOME - WHERE IN L.A.)
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The idiot bastard son: 
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(ABANDONED TO PERISH IN BACK OF A CAR . . . 
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KENNY WILL STASH HIM AWAY IN A JAR) 

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THE   IDI - OT    BOY! 
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Am9
Try and imagine 
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The window all covered in green 
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All the time he would spend 
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At     the church he'd a - -  ttend . . . 
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Warming his pew 
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Em7        C# D# C#  D#   C# Em11
Kenny will feed him  &     Ronnie will watch 
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THE CHILD WILL   THRIVE &      GROW 
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And enter the    world 
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Of liars & cheaters & people like you 
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Who smile & think you know 
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What this is about 
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(YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING . . . maybe so) 

The song we sing: DO YOU KNOW? 

We're listening . . . 

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THE   IDI - OT    BOY! 
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Am9
Try and imagine 
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The window all covered in green 
A13(b9)               G7M(+9)
All the time he would spend 
F7M  Ebm F           Eb7M E9(b5)
All the colors he'd blend . . . 
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Where are they now?
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