The Mammy Anthem
by Frank Zappa

from "You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore Vol1"

Transcribed by Mark Hawling
Email : chooka@zipworld.com.au

This is a fairly simple rockin' tune from the 84 band. The guitar line is pretty simple and 
is played by the three guitarists to get a really thick sound. The bass doesn't just play 
the roots, instead it adds some interesting bass notes to colour the main chords. Hence 
I have written this tune out with guitar and bass.


Main Theme 1st Time:

gtr                                          3x                                                      
||------------------------|-----------------||-----------------||--
||------------------------|--10--------12---||--8--------------||--
||*-----------7-----5-----|--10--------12--*||--8--------------||--
||*--7--7--7--5--7--3--7--|--10--------12--*||--8--------------||--
||---5--5--5-----5-----5--|--8---------10---||--6--------------||--
||------------------------|-----------------||-----------------||--

bass                                        3x                                                      
||_-----------------------|-----------------||-----------------||--
||*-----------5-----3-----|--3-------------*||-----------------||--
||*--5--5--5-----5-----5--|------------3---*||--11-------------||--
||------------------------|-----------------||-----------------||--


The guitars play the melody in harmony while the bass does some interesting notes beneath.

The bass starts off with a loose octave riff. When it drops to the G# it should be
played nice and aggresively.

Chorus:

gtr                                                      3x                                            
||-------------------------------------------------------||-------
||---4-------------------------------7-------------------||-------
||*--3-------------------------------6-----------6------*||-------
||*----------------------------------------------6------*||-------
||-------------------------------------------------------||-------
||-------------------------------------------------------||-------
                                                                                                    
bass                                                     3x                                 
||-------------------------------------------------------||------
||*----------------13----------------9------------------*||------
||*-11-------11-11----11----------11--------------------*||------
||-----------------------------------------------4-------||------
                                                                                                    

Bridge:

This leads out of the chorous. The first D5 chord is the beginning of
the main theme riff as shown above.


                                and back into the main theme riff                                  
				                etc..etc......
gtr                                                                                                    
-------------------------------|-----------------------
-------------------------------|-----------------------
-------------------------------|-----------7-----5-----
-5--5--2--5--5--2--5--5--2--5--|--7--7--7--5--7--3--7--
-3--3--0--3--3--0--3--3--0--3--|--5--5--5-----5-----5--
-------------------------------|-----------------------
                                                                                                    
bass
-------------------------------|------------------------
-------------------------------|-----------5-----3------
-3--3--0--3--3--0--3--3--0--3--|--5--5--5-----5-----5---
-------------------------------|------------------------

Main Theme 2nd Time and Variations
                                 
One guitar does two edge of pick or just noisy hand slides from D down the wound strings. 

gtr 1                                        3x                                                      
||------------------------|------------------------------------||-----------------||
||------------------------|--10------12------------------------||--8--------------||
||*-----------------------|--10------12-----------------------*||--8--------------||
||*-----------------------|--10------12-----------------------*||--8--------------||
||--\12-----------\12-----|--8-------10----3-3-2-5-3-3-2-3-2---||--6--------------||
||--\10-----------\10-----|----------------------------------1-||-----------------||
 
gtr 2                                        3x                                                      
||------------------------|------------------------------------||-----------------||
||------------------------|--10------12------------------------||--8--------------||
||*-----------7-----5-----|--10------12-----------------------*||--8--------------||
||*--7--7--7--5--7--3--7--|--10------12-----------------------*||--8--------------||
||---5--5--5-----5-----5--|--8-------10------------------------||--6--------------||
||------------------------|------------------------------------||-----------------||

bass                                        3x                                                      
||_-----------------------|------------------------------------||-----------------||
||*-----------5-----3-----|--3--------------------------------*||-----------------||
||*--5--5--5-----5-----5--|----------3----3-3-2-5-3-3-2-3-2---*||--11-------------||
||------------------------|---------------------------------1--||-----------------||


The tune is arranged with these sequences and ends on the Eb.