Frank Zappa - Muffin Man Chords

Tempo:
129.65 bpm
Chords used:

C#m

B

F#

G#

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Frank Zappa - Muffin Man chords
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[A#]
The Muffin Man is seated at the table in the laboratory of the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen.
Reaching for an oversized chrome spoon, he gathers an intimate quantity of [A] dried [G#] muffin remnants,
[G] [F#] and brushing [F] his scapular [E] [D#] aside, proceeds [A#] to dump these inside of his shirt.
He turns to us and speaks,
[A] [G#] Some people like cupcakes better.
[Bm] I, for one, [G#] care less for them.
[A#] Arrogantly twisting the sterile canvas snoot of a fully charged icing anointment utensil,
he puts forth a quarter ounce green rosette near the summit of a dense but radiant muffin of his own design.
[A] Later he [G#] says,
[D] Some people, some [F] people, like [D] cupcakes exclusively, while myself I say,
there is [F] not, nor ought there be, [B] nothing so [Bm] exalted on the face of God's gray earth as that prince [F] of foods, [Bm] the muffin.
[F#] Girl, [G] you thought [B] it was a man, [C] but [C#] it was [C#m] a muffin.
[F#] He hung [G#m] around till he [B] found that [C] he [C#m] didn't know nothing.
[F#m] Girl, you [G#m] thought [B] it was a man, but [C#m] it only was a muffin.
No cries heard [B] in the night as a [C#] result of him [C#m] stopping.
[F#m]
[G#] [B] [C#m]
[F#]
[G#] [B] [C#m]
[F#]
[G#] [B] [F#] [C#]
[C#m] [F#]
[G#] [B] [C#m]
[B]
[C#m]
[F#m] [C#m]
[B] [C#m]
[F#] [B]
[C#m]
[F#]
[E] [B] [C#m]
[F#]
[B] [C#]
[F#]
[G#] [B] [C#m]
[F#]
[G#m] [B] [C#m]
[F#m]
[G#m] [C#m]
[F#]
[B] [C#m]
[F#] [B]
[C#m] You
[B] [C#m]
[F#]
[G#m] [B] [C#m]
[F#]
[G#m] [B] [C#m]
[F#]
[C#m] [B] [C#m]
[F#]
[G#m] [B] [C#m]
[B] [F#m] [G]
[G#] thought it [B] was a man, [C#m] but it was a muffin.
[C#] [C#m] [F#] No cries [G#m] heard [B] in the night as a [C#m] result of him stopping.
[A] Bruce Fowler on [F#m] trombone, Napoleon Murphy Brock [C#m] on tenor sax and lead vocals,
Mary Bozio on drums, [F#m] Tom Fowler on [A] bass, Lenny [B] Wally on slide,
George [C#m] Cuk on keyboard, Captain Bepart on [F#] vocals and soprano sax and [C#m] madness.
[F#m] Thank you very much for coming to the concert [B] tonight.
Hope you enjoyed [C#m] it.
Goodnight Austin, Texas, wherever you are.
[B] [F#] [G#] [B] [C#]
[C#m] [F#m]
[G#] [B] [C#]
[C#m] [F#]
[E] [B] [C#m] [C#]
[C#m] [F#]
[G#] [B] [C#m]
[F#]
[G#] [B] [C#m]
[N]
Key:  
C#m
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B
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F#
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G#
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F#m
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C#m
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B
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F#
134211112
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Learn the basic chords of Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers - Muffin Man chords, with this master sequence: C#m, F#, B, C#m, F#, G#, B, G#m and B. Kick off your practice at a gentle 64 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 130 BPM. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: C# Minor.

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[A#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ The Muffin Man is seated at the table in the laboratory of the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen.
_ _ _ Reaching for an oversized chrome spoon, he gathers an intimate quantity of [A] dried [G#] muffin remnants,
[G] [F#] and brushing [F] his scapular [E] [D#] aside, proceeds [A#] to dump these inside of his shirt.
_ _ _ He turns to us and speaks,
[A] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ Some people like cupcakes better.
[Bm] I, for one, [G#] care less for them. _ _ _ _ _
[A#] _ _ _ Arrogantly twisting the sterile canvas snoot of a fully charged icing anointment utensil,
he puts forth a quarter ounce green rosette near _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the summit of a dense but radiant muffin of his own design. _
_ _ _ _ [A] Later he [G#] says,
_ [D] _ Some people, some [F] people, like [D] cupcakes exclusively, while myself I say,
there is [F] not, nor ought there be, [B] nothing so [Bm] exalted on the face of God's gray earth as that prince [F] of foods, [Bm] _ the muffin.
[F#] _ Girl, [G] you thought [B] it was a man, [C] but [C#] it was [C#m] a muffin.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] He hung [G#m] around till he [B] found that [C] he [C#m] didn't know nothing. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] Girl, you [G#m] thought [B] it was a man, but [C#m] it only was a muffin.
_ _ _ _ No cries heard [B] in the night as a [C#] result of him [C#m] stopping. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[G#] _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
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[G#] _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
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[G#] _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _
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[E] _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
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[B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
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[G#] _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
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[G#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
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[G#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
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[B] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] You _ _
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_ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
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[G#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
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[G#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
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[C#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
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[G#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G]
[G#] thought it [B] was a man, [C#m] but it was a muffin. _
_ [C#] _ _ [C#m] _ [F#] No cries [G#m] heard [B] in the night as a [C#m] result of him stopping. _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Bruce Fowler on [F#m] trombone, Napoleon Murphy Brock [C#m] on tenor sax and lead vocals,
Mary Bozio on drums, _ [F#m] Tom Fowler on [A] bass, Lenny [B] Wally on slide,
George [C#m] Cuk on keyboard, Captain Bepart on [F#] vocals and soprano sax and [C#m] madness.
[F#m] Thank you very much for coming to the concert [B] tonight.
Hope you enjoyed [C#m] it.
Goodnight Austin, Texas, wherever you are.
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ [B] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [G#] _ [B] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _ [C#] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [G#] _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
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_ _ [G#] _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
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