Joes Garage

JOE'S GARAGE

FRANK ZAPPA

[THE WHOLE SONG CONSIST OF YOUR BASIC 1-4-5

CHORD PATTERN IN THE KEY OF E.

EX: E\\\A\B\ ETC.]

IT WASN'T VERY LARGE

THERE WAS JUST ENOUGH ROOM TO CRAM THE

DRUMS

IN THE CORNER OVER BY THE DODGE

IT WAS A FIFTY-FOUR

WITH A MASHED UP DOOR

AND A CHEESY LITTLE AMP

WITH A SIGH ON THE FRONT SAID "GENDER CHAMP"

AND A SECOND HAND GUITAR

IT WAS A STRATOCASTER WITH A WHAMMY BAR

WE COULD JAM IN JOE'S GARAGE

HIS MAMA WAS SCREAMING, HIS DAD WAS MAD

WE WAS PLAYING THE SAME OLD SONG

IN THE AFTERNOON AND SOMETIMES WE WOULD

PLAY IT ALL NIGHT LONG

IT WAS ALL WE KNOW AND EASY TOO

SO WE WOULDN'T GET IT WRONG

ALL WE DID WAS BEND THE STRING LIKE... HEY!

DOWN IN JOES GARAGE

WE DIDN'T HAVE NO DOPE OR LSD

BUT A COUPLA QUARTSA BEER

WOULD FIX IT SO THE INTONATION WOULD

NOT OFFEND YER EAR

AND THE SAME OLD CHORDS GOING OVER AND OVER

BECAME A SYMPHONY

WE WOULD PLAY IT AGAIN N AGAIN AND AGAIN

CAUSE IT SOUNDED GOOD TO ME

ONE MORE TIME

WE COULD JAM IN JOE'S GARAGE

HIS MAMA WAS SCREAMING "TURN IT DOWN"

WE WAS PLAYING THE SAME OLD SONG

IN THE AFTERNOON AND SOMETIMES WE WOULD

PLAY IT ALL NIGHT LONG

IT WAS ALL WE KNOW AND EASY TOO

SO WE WOULDN'T GET IT WRONG

EVEN IF YOU PLAYED IT ON THE SAXOPHONE

WE THOUGHT WE WAS PRETTY GOOD

WE TALKED ABOUT KEEPING THE BAND TOGETHER

AND WE FIGURED THAT WE SHOULD

CAUSE ABOUT THIS TIME WE WAS GETTING THE EYE

FROM THE GIRLS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

THEY'D ALL COME OVER AND DANCE AROUND LIKE...

SO WE PICKED OUT A STUPID NAME

HAD SOME CARDS PRINTED UP FOR A COUPLA BUCKS

AND WE WAS ON OUR WAY TO FAME

GOT MATCHING SUITS AND BEATLES BOOTS

AND A SIGH ON THE BACK OF THE CAR

AND WE WAS READY TO WORK IN A GO-GO BAR

"ONE TWO THREE FOUR, LETS SEE IF YOU GOT SOME

MORE

PEOPLE SEEMED TO LIKE OUR SONG

THEY GOT UP AND DANCED AND MAKE A LOT A

NOISE

AND IT WASN'T 'FORE VERY LONG

A GUY FROM A COMPANY WE CAN'T NAME

SAID WE OUGHT TO TAKE HIS PEN

AND SIGN ON THE LINE FOR A REAL GOOD TIME

BUT HE DIDN'T TELL US WHEN

THESE "GOOD TIMES" WOULD BE SOMETHING'

THAT WAS REALLY HAPPENING

SO THE BAND BROKE UP , AND IT LOOKS LIKE

WE WILL NEVER PLAY AGAIN

GUESS YOU ONLY GET ONE CHANCE IN LIFE

TO PLAY A SONG THAT GOES LIKE . . .

"TURN IT DOWN

I HAVE CHILDREN SLEEPING HERE"

WELL THE YEARS WAS ROLLING BY

HEAVY METAL AND GLITTER ROCK

HAD CAUGHT THE PUBLIC EYE

SNOTTY BOY WITH LIPSTICK ON

WAS REALLY FLYING HIGH

AND THEN THEY GOT THAT DISCO THING

AND NEW WAVE CAME ALONG

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I THOUGHT THE TIME

HAD COME FOR THAT OLD SONG

WE USED TO PLAY IN JOE'S GARAGE

AND IF I AM NOT WRONG

YOU WILL SOON BE DANCING TO . . .

WELL THE YEARS WAS ROLLING BY . . .

Submited by:

Will Kaemmerling

merck@svpal.org