Camarillo Brillo chords by
Frank Zappa 
Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
F#m
E
A
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E
B
A
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E
A
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Verse 1
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E
B
A
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She had that
Camarillo brillo
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Flamin' out along her head,
E
B
A
I mean her Mendocino bean- o
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C#m
By where some bugs had made it red
Verse 2
E
B
A
She ruled the Toads of the Short Forest
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C#m
And every newt in Idaho
E
B
A
F#m
And every cricket who had chorused
C#m
By the bush in Buffalo
Verse 3
E
She said she was
B
A
A Magic Mama
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C#m
And she could throw a mean Tarot
E
B
A
And carried on without a com_ ma
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C#m
That she was someone I should know
D
She had a snake
Verse 4
A
G
for a pet
D
And an amu_ let
A
G
And she was breeding a dwarf
D
But she wasn't done yet
E
B
She had gray- green skin
F#m
C#m
A doll with a pin
B
I told her she was awright
A
But I couldn't come in
(I couldn't come in right
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F#m
C#m
E
then . . . )
B
And so she wandered Trough the door-
Verse 5
A
way
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C#m
Just like a shadow from the tomb
E
B
A
She said her ste_ reo was four- way
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C#m
An' I'd just love it in her room
Verse 6
C#m
E
B
Well, I was born
A
To have adven_ ture
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C#m
So I just followed up the steps
E
B
Right past her fuming incense
A
F#m
stencher
C#m
To where she hung her castanets
Verse 7
E
She stripped away
B
A
Her rancid poncho
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C#m
An' laid out naked by the door
E
B
A
We did it till we were un- concho
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C#m
An' it was useless any more
D
She had a snake
Verse 8
A
G
for a pet
D
And an amu_ let
A
And she was breeding a dwarf
G
D
But she wasn't done yet
E
B
She had gray- green skin
F#m
C#m
A doll with a pin
B
I told her she was awright
A
But I couldn't come in
F#m
(actually, I was very busy
A
F#m
C#m
E
then)
B
And so she wandered Through the door-
Verse 9
A
way
F#m
C#m
Just like a shadow from the tomb
E
B
A
She said her stereo was four- way
F#m
C#m
An' I'd just love it in her room
Verse 10
E
B
Well, I was born
A
To have adven_ ture
F#m
C#m
So I just followed up the steps
E
B
A
F#m
Right past her fuming incense stencher
C#m
To where she hung her castanets
Verse 11
E
B
She said she was
A
A Magic Mama
F#m
C#m
And she could throw a mean Tarot
E
B
A
And carried on without a com_ ma
F#m
C#m
That she was someone I should
Interlude 1
know
E
B
A
F#m
C#m
Verse 12
E
B
(Is that a real poncho . . . I mean
A
Is that a Mexic_ an poncho or
is that a Sears poncho?
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C#m
Hmmm . . . no foolin' . . . )
Outro 1
E
B
A
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E
B
A
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A
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E
B
A
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