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Flakes Tab

by Frank Zappa



FLAKES
by Frank Zappa

FLAKES! FLAKES
FLAKES, FLAKES

               
THEY DON'T DO NO GOOD
             
THEY NEVER BE WORKIN
             
WHEN THEY OUGHTA SHOULD
               
THEY WASTE YOUR TIME
             
THERE WASTIN MINE

CALIFORNIA GOT THE MOST OF THEM

BOY THEY GOT A HOST OF THEM

[CHORUS]
                           
SWEAR TO GOD THEY GET THE MOST
AT EVERY BUSINESS ON THE COAST
SWEAR TO GOD THEY GET THE MOST
AT EVERY BUSINESS ON THE COAST

THEY GOT THE FLAKES

FLAKES! FLAKES!
                
THEY CAN'T FIX YER BRAKES
                        
YOU ASK THEM "WHERE'S MY MOTOR?"
               
WELL IT WAS EATEN SNAKES
                        
YOU CAN STAB AN SHOOT AN SPIT
                      
BUT THEY WONT BE FIXIN IT

THERE LYIN AND LAZY

THEY CAN BE DRIVIN YOU CRAZY

[CHORUS]
TAKE IT AWAY BOB!!!
                  
I ASKED AS NICE AS I COULD


          
IF MY JOB WOULD
                     
SOMEHOW BE FINISHED BY FRIDAY
                    
WELL THE WHOLE DAMN WEEKEND

CAME AND WENT FRANKIE

AN THEY DIDN'T DO NOTHING
                             
BUT THEY CHARGED ME DOUBLE FOR SUNDAY
                       
YOU KNOW NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO

THEY GONNA CHEAT AN ROB YOU
                       
THEN THEY'LL SEND YOU A BILL
                      
THAT'LL GET YOU SENSES REELING
                        
AND IF YOU DO NOT PAY
           
THEY GOT COMPUTER COLLECTORS
                    
THAT'LL GET YOU SO CRAZY
        
TIL YOU HEAD'LL GO THROUGH THE CEILING
YES IT WILL

    ,     ...ETC

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I'M A MORON AN THIS IS MY WIFE
SHE FROSTING A CAKE WITH A PAPER KNIFE
ALL WHAT WE GOT HERE'S AMERICAN MAKE
IT'S A LITTLE BIT CHEESEY
BUT ITS NICELY DISPLAYED
WELL WE DON'T GET EXCITED WHEN IT
CRUMBLES AND BREAKS
WE JUST GET ON THE PHONE AND CALL SOME FLAKES
THEY RUSH ON OVER AND BREAK IT SOME MORE
AND WE ARE SO DUMB THERE LINING UP AT OUR DOOR

WELL THE TOILET WENT CRAZY
                
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
                                    
THE PLUMBER HE SAYS NEVER FLUSH A TAMPOON


                                    
THIS GREAT INFO COST ME HALF A WEEKS PAY
        
AND THE TOILET BLEW UP
                
LATER ON THE NEXT DAY
BLEW UP THE NEXT DAY

      ETC..

WE ARE MILLION AN MILLIONS
WERE COMING TO GET YOU
WERE PROTECTED BY UNIONS
SO DON'T LET IT UPSET YOU
CANT ESCAPE THE CONCLUSION
ITS PROBABLY GOD'S WILL
THAT CIVILIZATION
WILL GRIND TO A STANDSTILL
AND WE ARE THE PEOPLE
WHO WILL MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN
WHILE YER CHILDREN IS SLEEPIN
YER PUPPY IS CRAPPIN
YOU MIGHT CALL US FLAKES
OR SOMETHING ELSE YOU MIGHT COIN US
BUT WE KNOW YOU'RE SO GREEDY
THAT YOU'LL PROBABLY JOIN US

WERE COMING TO GET YOU, WERE
COMING TO GET YOU

If you know this song it should come easy!

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You might want to check some of the chord sequences!!

Submited by
Will Kaemmerling