{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":88826,"song":"Joes Garage","artist":"Frank Zappa","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11550965-joes-garage-chords-by-frank-zappa/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/88826?type=chord","rating":4.76096,"votes":72,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe take you now, to a garage in Canoga Park[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt makes it's own sauce if you add water[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt wasn't very large[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThere was just enough room to cram the drums[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn the corner over by the Dodge[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIt was a '54 with a mashed up door[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd a cheesy little amp[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWith a sign on the front said \"Fender Champ\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd a second hand guitar[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIt was a Stratocaster with a whammy bar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]    \r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe could jam in Joe's Garage  [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHis mama was screamin', his dad was mad[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe was playin' the same old song[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn the afternoon, and sometimes we would play it all night long[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIt was all we knew, and easy too[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo we wouldn't get it wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAll we did was bend the string like[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nDown in Joe's Garage[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWe didn't have no dope or LSD[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut a coupla quartsa beer[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWould fix it so the intonation would not offend yer ear[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd the same old chords goin' over an' over[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBecame a symphony[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWe could play it again and again and again[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\n'Cause it sounded good to me[/tab]\r\nN.C.\r\nOne more time \r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe could jam in Joe's Garage[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHis mama was screamin' \"Turn it down!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe was playing' the same old song[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn the afternoon, and sometimes we would play it all night long[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIt was all we knew, and easy too[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]  \r\nSo we wouldn't get it wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nEven if you played it on a saxophone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe thought we was pretty good[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWe talked about keepin' the band together[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd we figured that we should[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]B[/ch]\r\n'Cause about this time we was gettin' the eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFrom the girls in the neighborhood[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThey'd all come over and dance around, like[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo we picked out a stupid name[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHad some cards printed up for a coupla bucks[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\n'N' we was on our way to fame[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nGot matching suits and beatle boots[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd a sign on the back of the car[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd we was ready to work in a Go-Go Bar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\nN.C.\r\nOne, two, three, four\r\nN.C.\r\nLet's see if you've got some more\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nPeople seemed to like our song[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThey got up and danced and made a lotta noise[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAn' it wasn't 'fore very long[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nA guy from a company we can't name[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSaid we oughta take his pen[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd sign on the line for a real good time[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut he didn't tell us when[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThese \"good times\" would be somethin' that was really happenin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSo the band broke up and it looks like [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe will never play again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\nN.C.\r\nGuess you only get one chance in life\r\nN.C.\r\nTo play a song that goes like\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\n         Turn it down![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\n         Turn it down![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   I have children sleeping here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nDon't you boys know any nice songs?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell, the years was rollin' by, yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHeavy metal and glitter rock had caught the public eye, yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSnotty boys with lipstick on was really flyin' high, yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd then they got that disco thing, and new wave came along[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd all of a sudden I thought the time had come for that old song[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWe used to play in Joe's Garage[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd if I am not wrong, you will soon be dancin' to[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe white zone is for loading and unloading only[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]          \r\nIf you gotta load or unload go to the white zone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI said, the years was rollin' by, yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe years was rollin' by[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSo the years was rollin' by [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe years was rollin' by [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBy, by, the years was rollin' by[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe years was rollin' by[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe years was rollin' by[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe years was rolling by[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nB\n\n\n[Chorus]    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nE  A B\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nN.C.\nOne more time \n\n\n[Instrumental]\nE  A B\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nE A B\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\nN.C.\nOne, two, three, four\nN.C.\nLet's see if you've got some more\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nE  A B\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\nN.C.\nGuess you only get one chance in life\nN.C.\nTo play a song that goes like\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["E","A","B","C","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}