Inca Roads Lyrics

Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention
One Size Fits All (1975)
quartal scale
Now, here's the opening bassline, and the chord stabs over it.
bass line
Melody
Did a vehicle come from somewhere out there just to
land in the Andes was it round and did it have a motor
or was it something di-if'rent very fast bit
did a vehicle did a vehicle did a vehicle fly
along the mountain and find a place to park it se-e-lf
park it se-e-lf
park it park it or did someone build a place
to leave a space for such a thing to land
flute line 4x
Fill over flute line guitar solo
Here's the vocal melody that brings us out of the guitar solo. The melody is the top
the other two are the harmonies.
The Middle Section.
did a vehicle come from somewhere out there did a vehicle
come
come from somewhere out there did the indians first on the
bill carve up her hill
This is the same melody that is played before and after the guitar solo, but twice as
It ain't easy...
To solo (keyboard or sax)
And then this bit, which is the same as before except (you guessed it) twice as fast. Urrgghh.
(Best Band version)
did a booger bear come from somewhere out there just to land
in the Andes was it round and did it have a motor or was
it something diff'rent guacamole queen guacamole queen
guacamole queen at the arm-a-dillo in Austin Texas her aura or
did someone clear the place and leave a space for
Chester's thing to land
(lyrics are from memory - apologies if they're not right)
did a booger bear come from somewhere out there did a booger
bear come from somewhere out there did the in-di-ans first
on the bill carve up her hill
on ruth on ruth ha ha that's ruth