Chords for A Business Lesson By Frank Zappa
Tempo:
129.8 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
D
G
Ab
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [Eb] [B]
[Dbm] [Eb] [B]
[A] [D] [A] Why did you decide to leave [E] [G]
[Bm] [G]
[D] the [Gbm]
[Fm] [Db]
[Ab] [Db] [D] band?
[Ab] What is the spirit of [F] accomplishment that surrounds this touring unit that is really quite remarkable, [Bbm]
second only to being in [Gb] the Marines?
[Abm] Because this band can go out there and do anything, and [Bb] they know it.
And they are thankful that they were [C] rehearsed to the point where, even under the most adverse circumstances, they can go [F] out and do a two-hour show that'll kick your ass.
And the crew [Eb] will have the thing up and down in record time, and everybody [D] gets along, and they're happy to be doing it.
[G] And that's what the discipline is all about.
[B] A guy who leaves the band and [C] complains about the discipline, he [N] may be regretting the fact that he's not in the band anymore.
And so how else is he going to get his name in the paper than to say that I'm a dictator?
Well, the fact [D] of the matter is I am [Am] the dictator.
I'm the [C] guy who signs the checks.
[Gb]
I'm also the guy who has to take the [Bm] responsibility [E] for everything that goes wrong.
And along with that, I have the responsibility for making sure that the band [A] delivers a good [F] performance to an audience [G] that's bought [A] a ticket.
So it's not [Em] really [Am] being a dictator.
It's being the [A] referee [G] between the audience and the band.
[Db] [G] The audience buys the ticket.
I say, OK, band, you have to do this, and these [Ab] people want it good, so give [E] it to them good.
And [Ab] if they don't do it well, they either have to [Fm] improve themselves [B] or [Fm] they go.
[Cm] The word in the band is, will that be an aisle or a window, [Bbm] which means your ticket back to Los Angeles is right over here.
And [E] everybody knows that.
And I've sent two [Ab] guys home already from this tour.
But see, the people that find that baffling would be people who have like [C] a union mentality.
The union mentality [Gm] means that too many people do too little work for too much money [Eb] and then [Ab] go on strike [Eb] in order to get more days off.
[D] And there are a lot of people like this in the world who think that that's the way things ought to be.
[C] My attitude is this.
I [Eb] pay money to have a [Fm] service performed [Eb] for me on behalf of an [Fm] audience that pays money to have a service [Ab] performed for them.
And I'm there [G] to make sure that if [C] somebody buys a ticket to my show, [G] they're not going to [Ebm] be disappointed in it.
[C] They're going to [E] see a band that knows what they're doing, [Am] that does it well, and [G] delivers entertainment [Eb] for the money that's spent.
[E] Same thing on [Eb] a record.
Whether you like the [D] style of the music is irrelevant.
[Am] The quality of what's put into the show is definitely there.
[Db] And that quality is the result of a huge cash investment that I have to put [Gb] out before the tour even starts.
[Ab] It costs a quarter of a million dollars [Db] to make a band sound like [Ab] that.
That's talking about two months of [Dm] rehearsal, six days a week, eight hours a day.
Everybody's on salary.
Crew [F] is on salary.
[Bbm] I have the cost of all those salaries plus the rental of the hall that we rehearse in, the [Am] equipment and all that stuff.
I pay for it before I get a nickel from anybody buying a ticket.
[C] There's not too [Gm] many groups that will take that kind of a risk, and not too many groups [F] that have [B] one man in [E] the group who takes that [Dm] financial risk [D] himself.
[Fm] [D] And that's the way I do my business.
So if there's something wrong with that, then let me know.
[B] [Em] [B] [Am]
[Dbm] [Eb] [B]
[A] [D] [A] Why did you decide to leave [E] [G]
[Bm] [G]
[D] the [Gbm]
[Fm] [Db]
[Ab] [Db] [D] band?
[Ab] What is the spirit of [F] accomplishment that surrounds this touring unit that is really quite remarkable, [Bbm]
second only to being in [Gb] the Marines?
[Abm] Because this band can go out there and do anything, and [Bb] they know it.
And they are thankful that they were [C] rehearsed to the point where, even under the most adverse circumstances, they can go [F] out and do a two-hour show that'll kick your ass.
And the crew [Eb] will have the thing up and down in record time, and everybody [D] gets along, and they're happy to be doing it.
[G] And that's what the discipline is all about.
[B] A guy who leaves the band and [C] complains about the discipline, he [N] may be regretting the fact that he's not in the band anymore.
And so how else is he going to get his name in the paper than to say that I'm a dictator?
Well, the fact [D] of the matter is I am [Am] the dictator.
I'm the [C] guy who signs the checks.
[Gb]
I'm also the guy who has to take the [Bm] responsibility [E] for everything that goes wrong.
And along with that, I have the responsibility for making sure that the band [A] delivers a good [F] performance to an audience [G] that's bought [A] a ticket.
So it's not [Em] really [Am] being a dictator.
It's being the [A] referee [G] between the audience and the band.
[Db] [G] The audience buys the ticket.
I say, OK, band, you have to do this, and these [Ab] people want it good, so give [E] it to them good.
And [Ab] if they don't do it well, they either have to [Fm] improve themselves [B] or [Fm] they go.
[Cm] The word in the band is, will that be an aisle or a window, [Bbm] which means your ticket back to Los Angeles is right over here.
And [E] everybody knows that.
And I've sent two [Ab] guys home already from this tour.
But see, the people that find that baffling would be people who have like [C] a union mentality.
The union mentality [Gm] means that too many people do too little work for too much money [Eb] and then [Ab] go on strike [Eb] in order to get more days off.
[D] And there are a lot of people like this in the world who think that that's the way things ought to be.
[C] My attitude is this.
I [Eb] pay money to have a [Fm] service performed [Eb] for me on behalf of an [Fm] audience that pays money to have a service [Ab] performed for them.
And I'm there [G] to make sure that if [C] somebody buys a ticket to my show, [G] they're not going to [Ebm] be disappointed in it.
[C] They're going to [E] see a band that knows what they're doing, [Am] that does it well, and [G] delivers entertainment [Eb] for the money that's spent.
[E] Same thing on [Eb] a record.
Whether you like the [D] style of the music is irrelevant.
[Am] The quality of what's put into the show is definitely there.
[Db] And that quality is the result of a huge cash investment that I have to put [Gb] out before the tour even starts.
[Ab] It costs a quarter of a million dollars [Db] to make a band sound like [Ab] that.
That's talking about two months of [Dm] rehearsal, six days a week, eight hours a day.
Everybody's on salary.
Crew [F] is on salary.
[Bbm] I have the cost of all those salaries plus the rental of the hall that we rehearse in, the [Am] equipment and all that stuff.
I pay for it before I get a nickel from anybody buying a ticket.
[C] There's not too [Gm] many groups that will take that kind of a risk, and not too many groups [F] that have [B] one man in [E] the group who takes that [Dm] financial risk [D] himself.
[Fm] [D] And that's the way I do my business.
So if there's something wrong with that, then let me know.
[B] [Em] [B] [Am]
Key:
Eb
D
G
Ab
C
Eb
D
G
_ [Em] _ _ [Eb] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [B] _
[A] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ Why did you decide to leave _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] the _ [Gbm] _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [D] band? _
[Ab] What is the spirit of [F] accomplishment that surrounds this touring unit that is really quite remarkable, [Bbm]
second only to being in [Gb] the Marines?
[Abm] Because this band can go out there and do anything, and [Bb] they know it.
And they are thankful that they were [C] rehearsed to the point where, even under the most adverse circumstances, they can go [F] out and do a two-hour show that'll kick your ass.
And the crew [Eb] will have the thing up and down in record time, and everybody [D] gets along, and they're happy to be doing it.
_ _ _ [G] _ And that's what the discipline is all about.
[B] A guy who leaves the band and [C] complains about the discipline, he [N] may be regretting the fact that he's not in the band anymore.
And so how else is he going to get his name in the paper than to say that I'm a dictator?
Well, the fact [D] of the matter is I am [Am] the dictator.
I'm the [C] guy who signs the checks.
[Gb]
I'm also the guy who has to take the [Bm] responsibility [E] for everything that goes wrong.
And along with that, I have the responsibility for making sure that the band [A] delivers a good [F] performance to an audience [G] that's bought [A] a ticket.
So it's not [Em] really [Am] being a dictator.
It's being the [A] referee [G] between the audience and the band.
[Db] [G] The audience buys the ticket.
I say, OK, band, you have to do this, and these [Ab] people want it good, so give [E] it to them good.
And [Ab] if they don't do it well, they either have to [Fm] improve themselves [B] or [Fm] they go.
[Cm] _ The word in the band is, will that be an aisle or a window, [Bbm] which means your ticket back to Los Angeles is right over here.
And [E] everybody knows that.
And I've sent two [Ab] guys home already from this tour.
But see, the people that find that baffling would be people who have like [C] a union mentality.
_ _ The union mentality [Gm] means that too many people do too little work for too much money [Eb] and then [Ab] go on strike [Eb] in order to get more days off.
[D] And there are a lot of people like this in the world who think that that's the way things ought to be.
[C] My attitude is this.
I [Eb] pay money to have a [Fm] service performed [Eb] for me on behalf of an [Fm] audience that pays money to have a service [Ab] performed for them.
And I'm there [G] to make sure that if [C] somebody buys a ticket to my show, [G] they're not going to [Ebm] be disappointed in it.
[C] They're going to [E] see a band that knows what they're doing, [Am] that does it well, and [G] delivers entertainment [Eb] for the money that's spent.
_ [E] Same thing on [Eb] a record.
Whether you like the [D] style of the music is irrelevant.
_ _ [Am] The quality of what's put into the show is definitely there.
[Db] And that quality is the result of a huge cash investment that I have to put [Gb] out before the tour even starts.
[Ab] It costs a quarter of a million dollars [Db] to make a band sound like [Ab] that.
That's talking about two months of [Dm] rehearsal, six days a week, eight hours a day.
Everybody's on salary.
Crew [F] is on salary.
[Bbm] I have the cost of all those salaries plus the rental of the hall that we rehearse in, the [Am] equipment and all that stuff.
I pay for it before I get a nickel from anybody buying a ticket.
[C] _ There's not too [Gm] many groups that will take that kind of a risk, and not too many groups [F] that have [B] one man in [E] the group who takes that [Dm] financial risk [D] himself. _
[Fm] [D] And that's the way I do my business.
So if there's something wrong with that, then let me know.
_ [B] _ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [B] _
[A] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ Why did you decide to leave _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] the _ [Gbm] _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [D] band? _
[Ab] What is the spirit of [F] accomplishment that surrounds this touring unit that is really quite remarkable, [Bbm]
second only to being in [Gb] the Marines?
[Abm] Because this band can go out there and do anything, and [Bb] they know it.
And they are thankful that they were [C] rehearsed to the point where, even under the most adverse circumstances, they can go [F] out and do a two-hour show that'll kick your ass.
And the crew [Eb] will have the thing up and down in record time, and everybody [D] gets along, and they're happy to be doing it.
_ _ _ [G] _ And that's what the discipline is all about.
[B] A guy who leaves the band and [C] complains about the discipline, he [N] may be regretting the fact that he's not in the band anymore.
And so how else is he going to get his name in the paper than to say that I'm a dictator?
Well, the fact [D] of the matter is I am [Am] the dictator.
I'm the [C] guy who signs the checks.
[Gb]
I'm also the guy who has to take the [Bm] responsibility [E] for everything that goes wrong.
And along with that, I have the responsibility for making sure that the band [A] delivers a good [F] performance to an audience [G] that's bought [A] a ticket.
So it's not [Em] really [Am] being a dictator.
It's being the [A] referee [G] between the audience and the band.
[Db] [G] The audience buys the ticket.
I say, OK, band, you have to do this, and these [Ab] people want it good, so give [E] it to them good.
And [Ab] if they don't do it well, they either have to [Fm] improve themselves [B] or [Fm] they go.
[Cm] _ The word in the band is, will that be an aisle or a window, [Bbm] which means your ticket back to Los Angeles is right over here.
And [E] everybody knows that.
And I've sent two [Ab] guys home already from this tour.
But see, the people that find that baffling would be people who have like [C] a union mentality.
_ _ The union mentality [Gm] means that too many people do too little work for too much money [Eb] and then [Ab] go on strike [Eb] in order to get more days off.
[D] And there are a lot of people like this in the world who think that that's the way things ought to be.
[C] My attitude is this.
I [Eb] pay money to have a [Fm] service performed [Eb] for me on behalf of an [Fm] audience that pays money to have a service [Ab] performed for them.
And I'm there [G] to make sure that if [C] somebody buys a ticket to my show, [G] they're not going to [Ebm] be disappointed in it.
[C] They're going to [E] see a band that knows what they're doing, [Am] that does it well, and [G] delivers entertainment [Eb] for the money that's spent.
_ [E] Same thing on [Eb] a record.
Whether you like the [D] style of the music is irrelevant.
_ _ [Am] The quality of what's put into the show is definitely there.
[Db] And that quality is the result of a huge cash investment that I have to put [Gb] out before the tour even starts.
[Ab] It costs a quarter of a million dollars [Db] to make a band sound like [Ab] that.
That's talking about two months of [Dm] rehearsal, six days a week, eight hours a day.
Everybody's on salary.
Crew [F] is on salary.
[Bbm] I have the cost of all those salaries plus the rental of the hall that we rehearse in, the [Am] equipment and all that stuff.
I pay for it before I get a nickel from anybody buying a ticket.
[C] _ There's not too [Gm] many groups that will take that kind of a risk, and not too many groups [F] that have [B] one man in [E] the group who takes that [Dm] financial risk [D] himself. _
[Fm] [D] And that's the way I do my business.
So if there's something wrong with that, then let me know.
_ [B] _ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _