King Kong Chords
by Frank Zappa
King Kong by Frank Zappa is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
This has appeared in the booklet with the Uncle Meat album but just in case
you haven't got it here it is in tab.
Firstly this is played over a fast 3/8 vamp over a Absus4/Ebpedal.
--6-------------------------------------|
----9-7----9-7------7-------------------|
--------8------8-6----8-6-5--8-6-5------|
-----------------------------------8----|
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--------------------------7----9--------|
------------------6---8-----6----8------|
------------6---8---6---8---------------|
----6---9-6---9-------------------------|
--8---9---------------------------------|
--6-------------------------------------|
----9-7------7---9-7--6---7-6------6----|
--------8-6----6--------8------8-6---8--|
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---------------------------6-8--11-8----|
-----------------------7-9--------------|
--6-8-5-6----------6-8------------------|
----------8---6--8----------------------|
------------9---------------------------|
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After this the live bands then often play this riff before they start blowing.
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--10--10-9-10--10-9-10--10-9-10-12-9-9--9p7---|
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