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Frank Vincent Zappa (born December 21, 1940 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States – December 4, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, United States) was an American composer, guitarist, singer, bandleader and producer. He was one of the most prolific musicians of his time, releasing over fifty albums of original material spanning over a thirty-five year career.
Zappa's earliest influences were 1950s pop and rock (such as doo-wop and rhythm and blues), and 20th-century classical composers including Igor Stravinsky and Edgard Varèse.
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Billy The Mountain
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Billy The Mountain
N.C.
A regular picturesque
N.C.
Postcardy mountain
N.C.
Residing between lovely
N.C.
Rosamond and Gorman
N.C.
With his stunning wife ETHELL,
Eb5
A tree!
Eb5
A tree!
N.C.
BILLY was a mountain
N.C.
ETHELL was a tree
N.C.
Growing off of his shoulder
N.C.
BILLY was a mountain
N.C.
(BILLY was a mountain!)
N.C.
ETHELL was a tree
N.C.
Growing off of his shoulder
N.C.
(ETHELL was a tree growing off of his shoulder)
N.C.
(hey, hey hey!)
Ab
Billy had two big caves for eyes,
G
With a cliff for a jaw that would go up 'n down,
F#
And whenever it did he'd puff out some dust,
B Bb5 B Bb5 Ab5
And hack up a boulder
(HACK!)
B Bb5 B Bb5 Ab5
Hack up a boulder
(HACK! HACK!)
B Bb5 B Bb5 Ab5
Hack up a boulder
(HACK! HACK! HACK!)
Up a boulder
N.C.
Now, one day, now I believe it was on a Tuesday, a man in a checkered double-knit suit drove up in a large El
N.C.
Dorado Cadillac, leased from BOB SPREEN... (where the freeways meet in Downey)
N.C.
And he laid a HUGE, BULGING ENVELOPE right at the corner of BILLY THE MOUNTAIN, that was right where his
'foot' was supposed to be.
N.C.
Now, BILLY THE MOUNTAIN, he couldn't believe it! All those postcards he'd posed for, for ALL OF THOSE YEARS,
N.C.
and finally, now, AT LAST, his Royalties!
N.C.
Royalties!
N.C.
Royalties . . .
N.C.
Royalties!
N.C.
Royalty check is in, honey!
Ab5
Yes, BILLY THE MOUNTAIN was RICH!
Ab5
Yes, and his eyeball-caves, they widened in amazement, and his jaw (which was a cliff), well it dropped thirty
feet!
N.C.
A bunch of dust puffed out! Rocks and boulders hacked up, (hack! hack!) crushing 'The LINCOLN'!
Ab
I gave him the money
Bb
He acted real funny
Db
He hocked up a rock and
Db C Bb Ab
It TOTALLED my car!
Ab
Oh, do you know any trucks
Bb
Might be bound for THE VALLEY?
Db
I don't wanna stand here
Db C Bb Ab
All night in this bar
(Dear Lord)
Db
I don't wanna stand here
Db C Bb Ab
All night in this bar
(No shit!)
Db
I don't wanna stand here
Db Eb
All night in this bar!
N.C.
By two o'clock, when the bars are already closed down, BILLY had broken 'THE BIG NEWS' to ETHELL.
N.C.
And with dust and boulders everywhere, BILLY, choked with excitement, announced . . .
N.C.
"ETHELL, we're going on a VACATION!"
N.C.
Yes, and they WERE going on a vacation! (Oh, and ETHELL, ETHELL, ETHELL, like every little woman,
N.C.
she of course was very excited! She creaked a little bit, and some old birds flew off of her.)
N.C.
BILLY told ETHELL they were going to . . .
Ab G
N.C.
Yes! They were going to NEW YORK!
N.C.
"ETHELL, we're going to . . . New York!"
N.C.
But first they were gonna stop in LAS VEGAS . . .
Ab
It's off to LAS VEGAS
Bb
to check out the lounges
Db
Pull a few handles,
Db C Bb Ab
And drink a few beers,
(Oh, ETHELL!)
Ab
ETHELL, my darling,
Bb
you know that I love you!
Db
I'm glad we could have a
Db C Bb Ab
Vacation this year!
(Oh, NEET-O!)
Db
Glad we could have a
Db Eb
Vacation this year!
F G (repeat this section)
They left that night, crunchin' across the Mojave Desert . . . their voices echoing through the canyons of
your minds (POO-AAH!)
"ETHELL, wanna get a cuppa cawfee?"
(Howard Johnson's! Howard Johnson's!
Howard Johnson's! Howard Johnson's!)
"Ahhh! there's a HOWARD JOHNSONS! Wanna eat some CLAMS?"
Ab
The first noteworhty piece of real estate they destroyed was EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE . . .
Ab
And TO THIS VERY DAY, 'Wing Nuts' and Data Reduction Clerks alike, speak in reverent whispers about that
Ab
fateful night when TEST STAND #1 and THE ROCKET SLED ITSELF . . . (We have ignition!) . . .
N.C.
got LUNCHED!
I said LUNCHED! (Lunched!) By a FAMOUS MOUNTAIN-IN and his SMALL, WOODEN WIFE.
Billy The Mountain
Ebsus4
Billy The Mountain
N.C.
A regular picturesque
N.C.
Postcardy mountain
N.C.
Residing between lovely
N.C.
Rosamond and Gorman
N.C.
With his stunning wife ETHELL,
Eb5
A tree!
Eb5
A tree!
N.C.
BILLY was a mountain
N.C.
ETHELL was a tree
N.C.
Growing off of his shoulder
N.C.
BILLY was a mountain
N.C.
(BILLY was a mountain!)
N.C.
ETHELL was a tree
N.C.
Growing off of his shoulder
N.C.
(ETHELL was a tree growing off of his shoulder)
N.C.
(hey, hey hey!)
Ab
Billy had two big caves for eyes,
G
With a cliff for a jaw that would go up 'n down,
F#
And whenever it did he'd puff out some dust,
B Bb5 B Bb5 Ab5
And hack up a boulder
(HACK!)
B Bb5 B Bb5 Ab5
Hack up a boulder
(HACK! HACK!)
B Bb5 B Bb5 Ab5
Hack up a boulder
(HACK! HACK! HACK!)
Up a boulder
N.C.
Now, one day, now I believe it was on a Tuesday, a man in a checkered double-knit suit drove up in a large El
N.C.
Dorado Cadillac, leased from BOB SPREEN... (where the freeways meet in Downey)
N.C.
And he laid a HUGE, BULGING ENVELOPE right at the corner of BILLY THE MOUNTAIN, that was right where his
'foot' was supposed to be.
N.C.
Now, BILLY THE MOUNTAIN, he couldn't believe it! All those postcards he'd posed for, for ALL OF THOSE YEARS,
N.C.
and finally, now, AT LAST, his Royalties!
N.C.
Royalties!
N.C.
Royalties . . .
N.C.
Royalties!
N.C.
Royalty check is in, honey!
Ab5
Yes, BILLY THE MOUNTAIN was RICH!
Ab5
Yes, and his eyeball-caves, they widened in amazement, and his jaw (which was a cliff), well it dropped thirty
feet!
N.C.
A bunch of dust puffed out! Rocks and boulders hacked up, (hack! hack!) crushing 'The LINCOLN'!
Ab
I gave him the money
Bb
He acted real funny
Db
He hocked up a rock and
Db C Bb Ab
It TOTALLED my car!
Ab
Oh, do you know any trucks
Bb
Might be bound for THE VALLEY?
Db
I don't wanna stand here
Db C Bb Ab
All night in this bar
(Dear Lord)
Db
I don't wanna stand here
Db C Bb Ab
All night in this bar
(No shit!)
Db
I don't wanna stand here
Db Eb
All night in this bar!
N.C.
By two o'clock, when the bars are already closed down, BILLY had broken 'THE BIG NEWS' to ETHELL.
N.C.
And with dust and boulders everywhere, BILLY, choked with excitement, announced . . .
N.C.
"ETHELL, we're going on a VACATION!"
N.C.
Yes, and they WERE going on a vacation! (Oh, and ETHELL, ETHELL, ETHELL, like every little woman,
N.C.
she of course was very excited! She creaked a little bit, and some old birds flew off of her.)
N.C.
BILLY told ETHELL they were going to . . .
Ab G
N.C.
Yes! They were going to NEW YORK!
N.C.
"ETHELL, we're going to . . . New York!"
N.C.
But first they were gonna stop in LAS VEGAS . . .
Ab
It's off to LAS VEGAS
Bb
to check out the lounges
Db
Pull a few handles,
Db C Bb Ab
And drink a few beers,
(Oh, ETHELL!)
Ab
ETHELL, my darling,
Bb
you know that I love you!
Db
I'm glad we could have a
Db C Bb Ab
Vacation this year!
(Oh, NEET-O!)
Db
Glad we could have a
Db Eb
Vacation this year!
F G (repeat this section)
They left that night, crunchin' across the Mojave Desert . . . their voices echoing through the canyons of
your minds (POO-AAH!)
"ETHELL, wanna get a cuppa cawfee?"
(Howard Johnson's! Howard Johnson's!
Howard Johnson's! Howard Johnson's!)
"Ahhh! there's a HOWARD JOHNSONS! Wanna eat some CLAMS?"
Ab
The first noteworhty piece of real estate they destroyed was EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE . . .
Ab
And TO THIS VERY DAY, 'Wing Nuts' and Data Reduction Clerks alike, speak in reverent whispers about that
Ab
fateful night when TEST STAND #1 and THE ROCKET SLED ITSELF . . . (We have ignition!) . . .
N.C.
got LUNCHED!
I said LUNCHED! (Lunched!) By a FAMOUS MOUNTAIN-IN and his SMALL, WOODEN WIFE.
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