Joe's Garage (with Chords) Zappa, Frank [E] It wasn't very large, there was Just enough room It was a 54 Sign on the front Stratocaster with Down in Joe's Garage! We didn't Have no dope or LSD, but a Couple o' quarts o' beer Would fix it so The intonation would Not offend your ear... and the Same old chords Goin' over & over Became a symphony... We could Play it again & Again & again, 'cause it Sounded good to me ONE MORE TIME! We could jam in Joe's Garage! His mama was screamin' ("TURN IT DOWN!") We was playin' the same old song In the afternoon & Sometimes we would Play it all night long... It was All we knew & easy Too so we Wouldn't get it wrong... Even if you played it on a saxophone We thought we was pretty good We talked about keepin the band together We figured that we should cos about this time we was gettin the eye from The girls in the neighborhood They'd all come over & dance around like So we picked out a stupid name Had cards printed up for a Coupla bucks An' we was on our way to fame got matching suits & Beetle Boots & a Sign on the back of the car & we was ready to work in a GO-GO Bar (ONE TWO THREE FOUR, LET'S SEE IF YOU'VE GOT SOME MORE!) People seemed to like our song They got up danced & Made a lota noise & It wasn't 'fore very long, A Guy from a company We can't name said We oughta take his pen an' Sign on the line for Real good time but He didn't tell us when These Good-times would be Somethin' that was Really happenin'... 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... Well the years was rollin' by Heavy Metal & Glitter Rock had Caught the public eye Snotty boys with Lipstick on was Really flyin' high an' 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 Dancin' to the... This is the CENTRAL SCRUTINIZER. That was Joe's first confrontation with the law. Naturally, we were easy on him. One of our friendly counselors gave him A doughnut and told him to stick closer to church-oriented social activities