The Downtown Talent Scout
The Downtown Talent Scout

The Downtown Talent Scout easy guitar chords by Frank Zappa

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    • Verse 1
    Frank 
    zappa (lead guitar, 
    vocals) 

    Elliot 
    ingber (rhythm guitar) 

    Roy estrada 
    (bass) 

    Jimmy carl 
    black 
    (drums) 

    Ray 
    collins 
    (tambourine) 

    Verse 2
    The kids 
    are 
    freaking 
    out 

    Everybody's 
    goin' 
    nuts 

    The 
    heats 
    out 
    every 
    night 

    To 
    call 
    up 
    names 
    and 
    kick 
    their 
    butts 

    But 
    everytime 
    you 
    turn 
    around 

    You'll see 
    some 
    joker 
    staring 
    back 

    He's 
    got 
    a 
    secret 
    tape 
    recorder 

    And 
    a 
    camera 
    in 
    a 
    sack 

    Pretending 
    that 
    he's 
    just 
    another 

    Of 
    the kiddies 
    freaking 
    out 

    But 
    they pay 
    him 
    off 
    in 
    acid 

    'cause 
    he's 
    a 
    downtown 
    talent 
    scout 

    Verse 3

    He's 
    got 
    your 
    name 

    And he's 
    got 
    your 
    face 

    He's 
    got 
    your 
    ex- 
    old 
    lady's 
    place 

    He's 
    here 
    to 
    see 
    what's 
    goin 
    down 

    And they 
    don't 
    believe 
    the 
    things 

    he's 
    found 

    Verse 4

    The badges 
    gleam 
    and the 

    minors 
    scream 

    When 
    he 
    pulls 
    on 
    the scene 

    They 
    got 
    no 
    warrants 
    in 
    their 
    pockets 

    Verse 5
    But 
    that 
    badge 
    makes 
    them 
    supreme 


    You kids 
    are 
    smoking 

    dandelions 

    You're sniffing 
    paper 
    bags 
    baby 

    You're 
    dropping 
    good 
    n' 
    plenties 

    We can 
    tell 
    your 
    posture 
    sags 

    Now 
    line 
    up 
    here 
    against 
    the 
    wall 

    Your 
    bodies 
    frail 
    and 
    thin 

    And 
    open 
    up 
    your 
    pockets 

    Verse 6
    While 
    we 
    dump 
    the 
    evidence 
    in 


    Well 
    they 
    know 
    that 
    smoking 
    flowers 

    Won't 
    win 
    a 
    case 
    in 
    court 

    And 
    they 
    know 
    that 
    good 
    n' 
    plenties 

    Aren't 
    the 
    psychedelic sort 

    But 
    they 
    tear 
    your 
    place 
    apart 

    Because 
    they simply 
    couldn't 
    pass 

    A 
    chance 
    to 
    drag 
    some 
    freaks 

    downtown 

    Interlude 1
    For smoking 
    devil 
    grass 


    Verse 7
    Well 
    you 
    never 
    get 
    your 
    day 
    in 
    court 

    The 
    food 
    downtown 
    is 
    foul 

    The 
    day 
    of 
    trial 
    you 
    nearly 
    die 

    With 
    mag
    gots 
    in 
    your 
    bowel 

    But 
    modern 
    law 
    and 
    justice 

    Has 
    advanced 
    to such 
    a 
    point 

    That 
    a jury 
    trial 
    is 
    use
    less 

    They simply 
    take 
    you 
    to 
    the 
    joint 

    Cause 
    after 
    Verse 8
    all 
    you 
    look 
    so 
    freaky 

    How 
    could 
    anyone 
    believe 

    That 
    what 
    you 
    think 
    and 
    what 
    you 
    feel 

    Comes 
    close 
    at 
    all 
    to 
    what 
    is 
    real 

    Blow 
    your harmonica 
    son 

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