im the slime

TABLATURE
Ok, this is a tab of a Frank Zappa song -- some of you may know it ,
provided that you're into Zappa. It's called "I'm The Slime."
The symbols I'm using work like this:
h = hammer on, p = pull off, b = bend, x = harmonics, % = slide
The intro is a growling solo that is really Zappa's signature. This
being my first time tabbing, I don't really know the actual solo the
way Zappa played it, but it really sounds like him if you add a little 
distortion, and crank up the treble to get a really glassy sound. It's 
basically just an improvisational solo on the 2nd and 4th frets of the 
six strings. And, without further ado, I play it a little like this 
(though much, much slower than Zappa played it.)
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------2---------------8-|
b-----------------------------------------2h5b---5-2-------2---2-2-5-2-0h2h5----------------8-|
g------------------------------2b------2h4-----------4-2-4---4------------------------------8-|
d-------2h4p2h4-2----------2h4p0--4p2h4-------------------------------------------------------|
a--2-h4----------4-2-0-2-h4-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Then the main riff goes like this:
e------------------------|---------------------------|
b------------------------|---------------------------|
g------------------------|---------------------------|
d----2h4--2--------------|----2h4--2-----------------|
a--4-----4--4p2p0h2-h4p2-|--4-----4--4p2p0h0-h4p0----|
E------------------------|------------------------2--|
Repeat this four times, with a brass section doing harmony on the last 
two times. Then go like this:
e--------------|
b--------------|
g--------------|
d-2-p0-------2-|
a-----4-p0h2---|
E--------------|
Do that three times, and on the third go:
e--------------|
b--------------|
g--------------|
d--------------|
a--3-2-0-------|
E--------3-2-1-|
And then just slide up and down the low E, like this:
E-1%15(fill the measure)-|-15%1(fill the measure)-|
Then we go into the verse. This is actually instrumented on the 
keyboard, but if you wish to play it on your guitar these power chords 
will correspond.
E (throughout, on the eighth note)
I am gross and perverted
I'm obsessed and deranged
I have existed for years
But very little has changed
I'm the tool of the government
And industry, too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you
I may be vile and malicious
But you can't look away
I'll make you think I'm delicious
With the stuff that I say
I'm the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
(end chords)
I'm the slime oozing out from your TV set
E#
You will obey me while I lead you
Eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don't need you
Don't go for help, no one will heed you
A
Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold
e--------------|
b--------------|
g--------------|
d-2-p0-------2-|
a-----4-p0h2---|
E--------------|
Do that three times then this one, same as before.
e--------------|
b--------------|
g--------------|
d--------------|
a--3-2-0-------|
E--------3-2-1-|
Bang out an E power chord, and let it wail through this next verse:
(Announcer-type voice) That's right, folks! Don't touch that dial!
e------------------------|---------------------------|
b------------------------|---------------------------|
g------------------------|---------------------------|
d----2h4--2--------------|----2h4--2-----------------|
a--4-----4--4p2p0h2-h4p2-|--4-----4--4p2p0h0-h4p0----|
E------------------------|------------------------2--|
...I am the slime......  ..oozing around on the.......
Repeat this four times, with a vocal quartet doing harmony on the last 
two times.
Then just bang out a solo similiar to the one used for the intro, and 
fade out. This is a very improv piece, dontcha know.
Disclaimers 'N' Stuff
"I'm The Slime" is the property of the Zappa family. This is simply an 
interpretation of it. To make it simple, don't sue my ass. Please.