Chords for The Magic Band Speaks About Captain Beefheart
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[Eb] It was strange because Don was taking handfuls of vitamins every day [Ab] and he had food in his
closet, canned food and things, trail mix or whatever.
But his girlfriend, he was living with a girl named Lori at the time, she would roast up
a little pan of soybeans and [F] we'd have these little [B] bowls about this big around, [Db] about
that high and that would [D] be, for the whole day, that would be what we'd eat, was one
of these little bowls.
And that happened for a while.
And then Bill [Eb] had mentioned some diet that he was on because he came out of another cult
situation, Bill Harkerode.
And so he's talking about this thing where they were just down [D] to eating an apple a day
and I'm going, [Ab] oh my God.
So [Gb] all of a sudden [Dbm] now we're getting veggies, we're getting these horrible vegetable meals
with tasteless steamed vegetables.
It was just, it was terrible.
And [A] we were just always hungry and always [C] tired.
I felt exhausted all the time.
And I think that may have played a role because [E] my [N] willpower was down.
I just didn't have much fight in me.
The only finances they were really getting, Zudhorn Rollo's mother was paying, and mainly
this was for the rent, Zudhorn Rollo's mother and then Don's mother and grandmother.
And that's really where the money was coming from.
And again, these guys, I'm sure Zud didn't feel good about getting money from his mother
at 19 years old, but that's where it was coming from.
The band were so hungry, evidently they just, they kind of fell into pilfering food out
of grocery stores.
And they went to one store or market they used to go to and I guess straight out of
the Abbie Hoffman Steal This Book, what they would do is they would go and find a couple
cheap items and that they could go up to the counter and buy, but in the meanwhile, they'd
take bologna and cheese and everything else and shove it up under their coats and in their
pants and stuff like that.
So they'd buy the little items and then walk out.
I did steal food once.
And it was me and somebody else, I don't remember.
But the time the four of us went and Don instructed us to, you know, go back to that safe way and
bring back cheese, I'm hungry.
We went in there and not looking like normal safe way shoppers, it was obvious to me that
you guys are crazy, don't do this.
Don't do this.
So I'm not going to say I wasn't one of the people, I didn't that day, but I'm not saying
I was beyond that.
I was that person then.
But it was obvious and it was just like they had the party waiting for us at the door.
Come on, you guys, you know, no eyebrows and black fingernail polish and shit like that.
It was just in 1968.
It was unusual.
The problem was, again, who are they going to call to get out of jail?
Now, they knew, first of all, Don was going to be pissed off.
And even if he was, he doesn't have any money to get out and get him out of jail.
But eventually, somehow they got the word to Don and Don, of course, called Frank, who
else was going to.
And Frank, without batting an eye, actually did bail them out of jail.
And he's such a stand up guy.
And so he never, ever brought it up again.
He never mentioned it to Don or whether it came out of their royalties.
I think they got charged 65 bucks each the next day, spent the night in jail or whatever
or part of the night.
And interestingly, the guys that were in jail, you know, they mentioned, you know, they were
a band and Frank was producing and they were Zappa fans in jail.
So they kind of had a camaraderie in the jail there and there wasn't any problems.
But at any rate, Frank bailed them out, never mentioned anything again about it.
And just goes to show you, I mean, maybe Frank, he knew, he knew those guys were starving.
I mean, maybe he had a little bit of guilt there that, you know, I mean, I don't know.
But he knew that they didn't have any money.
And I guess that's why he didn't say anything.
I mean, you know, it was back then and being a musician was tough.
You just didn't, you didn't make a lot of money.
[D] [Ab]
[Eb] It was strange because Don was taking handfuls of vitamins every day [Ab] and he had food in his
closet, canned food and things, trail mix or whatever.
But his girlfriend, he was living with a girl named Lori at the time, she would roast up
a little pan of soybeans and [F] we'd have these little [B] bowls about this big around, [Db] about
that high and that would [D] be, for the whole day, that would be what we'd eat, was one
of these little bowls.
And that happened for a while.
And then Bill [Eb] had mentioned some diet that he was on because he came out of another cult
situation, Bill Harkerode.
And so he's talking about this thing where they were just down [D] to eating an apple a day
and I'm going, [Ab] oh my God.
So [Gb] all of a sudden [Dbm] now we're getting veggies, we're getting these horrible vegetable meals
with tasteless steamed vegetables.
It was just, it was terrible.
And [A] we were just always hungry and always [C] tired.
I felt exhausted all the time.
And I think that may have played a role because [E] my [N] willpower was down.
I just didn't have much fight in me.
The only finances they were really getting, Zudhorn Rollo's mother was paying, and mainly
this was for the rent, Zudhorn Rollo's mother and then Don's mother and grandmother.
And that's really where the money was coming from.
And again, these guys, I'm sure Zud didn't feel good about getting money from his mother
at 19 years old, but that's where it was coming from.
The band were so hungry, evidently they just, they kind of fell into pilfering food out
of grocery stores.
And they went to one store or market they used to go to and I guess straight out of
the Abbie Hoffman Steal This Book, what they would do is they would go and find a couple
cheap items and that they could go up to the counter and buy, but in the meanwhile, they'd
take bologna and cheese and everything else and shove it up under their coats and in their
pants and stuff like that.
So they'd buy the little items and then walk out.
I did steal food once.
And it was me and somebody else, I don't remember.
But the time the four of us went and Don instructed us to, you know, go back to that safe way and
bring back cheese, I'm hungry.
We went in there and not looking like normal safe way shoppers, it was obvious to me that
you guys are crazy, don't do this.
Don't do this.
So I'm not going to say I wasn't one of the people, I didn't that day, but I'm not saying
I was beyond that.
I was that person then.
But it was obvious and it was just like they had the party waiting for us at the door.
Come on, you guys, you know, no eyebrows and black fingernail polish and shit like that.
It was just in 1968.
It was unusual.
The problem was, again, who are they going to call to get out of jail?
Now, they knew, first of all, Don was going to be pissed off.
And even if he was, he doesn't have any money to get out and get him out of jail.
But eventually, somehow they got the word to Don and Don, of course, called Frank, who
else was going to.
And Frank, without batting an eye, actually did bail them out of jail.
And he's such a stand up guy.
And so he never, ever brought it up again.
He never mentioned it to Don or whether it came out of their royalties.
I think they got charged 65 bucks each the next day, spent the night in jail or whatever
or part of the night.
And interestingly, the guys that were in jail, you know, they mentioned, you know, they were
a band and Frank was producing and they were Zappa fans in jail.
So they kind of had a camaraderie in the jail there and there wasn't any problems.
But at any rate, Frank bailed them out, never mentioned anything again about it.
And just goes to show you, I mean, maybe Frank, he knew, he knew those guys were starving.
I mean, maybe he had a little bit of guilt there that, you know, I mean, I don't know.
But he knew that they didn't have any money.
And I guess that's why he didn't say anything.
I mean, you know, it was back then and being a musician was tough.
You just didn't, you didn't make a lot of money.
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_ [Eb] It was strange because Don was taking handfuls of vitamins every day [Ab] and he had food in his
closet, _ _ _ _ canned food and things, trail mix or whatever.
_ But his girlfriend, he was living with a girl named Lori at the time, she would roast up _
a little pan of soybeans _ and [F] we'd have these little [B] bowls about this big around, [Db] about
that high and that would [D] be, for the whole day, that would be what we'd eat, was one
of these little bowls.
And that happened for a while.
And then Bill [Eb] had mentioned some diet that he was on because he came out of another cult
situation, Bill Harkerode.
And so _ _ _ _ _ he's talking about this thing where they were just down [D] to eating an apple a day
and I'm going, [Ab] oh my God.
So [Gb] all of a sudden [Dbm] now we're getting veggies, we're getting these horrible vegetable meals
with tasteless _ steamed vegetables.
It was just, _ it was terrible.
And [A] we were just always hungry and always [C] tired.
_ _ _ I felt exhausted all the time.
And I think that may have played a role because [E] my [N] willpower was down. _
_ I just didn't have much fight in me.
The only finances they were really getting, Zudhorn Rollo's mother was paying, and mainly
this was for the rent, Zudhorn Rollo's mother and then Don's mother and grandmother.
_ And that's really where the money was coming from.
And again, these guys, I'm sure Zud didn't feel good about getting money from his mother
at 19 years old, but that's where it was coming from.
The band were so hungry, _ evidently _ they just, they _ kind of fell into pilfering food out
of grocery stores. _ _
And they went to one store or market they used to go to and I guess straight out of
the Abbie Hoffman Steal This Book, _ what they would do is they would go and find a couple
cheap items _ and that they could go up to the counter and buy, but in the meanwhile, they'd
take bologna and cheese and everything else and shove it up under their coats and in their
pants and stuff like that.
So they'd buy the little items and then walk out.
I did steal food once.
_ And it was me and somebody else, I don't remember.
But the time the four of us went and Don instructed us to, you know, go back to that safe way and
bring back cheese, I'm hungry.
_ _ _ _ _ We went in there and not looking like normal safe way shoppers, _ it was obvious to me that
you guys are crazy, don't do this.
Don't do this.
So I'm not going to say I wasn't one of the people, I didn't that day, but I'm not saying
I was beyond that.
I was that person then. _ _
But it was obvious and it was just like they had the party waiting for us at the door.
Come on, you guys, you know, no eyebrows and black fingernail polish and shit like that.
It was just in 1968.
It was unusual.
The problem was, again, who are they going to call to get out of jail?
Now, they knew, first of all, Don was going to be pissed off.
And even if he was, he doesn't have any money to get out and get him out of jail.
But eventually, somehow they got the word to Don and Don, of course, called Frank, who
else was going to.
And Frank, without batting an eye, actually did bail them out of jail.
_ _ And he's such a stand up guy.
And so _ he never, ever brought it up again.
He never mentioned it to Don or whether it came out of their royalties.
I think they got charged 65 bucks each the next day, spent the night in jail or whatever
or part of the night.
And interestingly, the guys that were in jail, you know, they mentioned, you know, they were
a band and Frank was producing and they were Zappa fans in jail.
So they kind of had a camaraderie in the jail there and there wasn't any problems.
_ _ _ But at any rate, Frank bailed them out, never mentioned anything again about it.
_ And just goes to show you, I mean, maybe Frank, he knew, he knew those guys were starving.
I mean, maybe he had a little bit of guilt there that, you know, I mean, I don't know.
But he knew that they didn't have any money.
And I guess that's why he didn't say anything.
I mean, you know, it was back then and being a musician was tough.
You just didn't, you didn't make a lot of money. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] It was strange because Don was taking handfuls of vitamins every day [Ab] and he had food in his
closet, _ _ _ _ canned food and things, trail mix or whatever.
_ But his girlfriend, he was living with a girl named Lori at the time, she would roast up _
a little pan of soybeans _ and [F] we'd have these little [B] bowls about this big around, [Db] about
that high and that would [D] be, for the whole day, that would be what we'd eat, was one
of these little bowls.
And that happened for a while.
And then Bill [Eb] had mentioned some diet that he was on because he came out of another cult
situation, Bill Harkerode.
And so _ _ _ _ _ he's talking about this thing where they were just down [D] to eating an apple a day
and I'm going, [Ab] oh my God.
So [Gb] all of a sudden [Dbm] now we're getting veggies, we're getting these horrible vegetable meals
with tasteless _ steamed vegetables.
It was just, _ it was terrible.
And [A] we were just always hungry and always [C] tired.
_ _ _ I felt exhausted all the time.
And I think that may have played a role because [E] my [N] willpower was down. _
_ I just didn't have much fight in me.
The only finances they were really getting, Zudhorn Rollo's mother was paying, and mainly
this was for the rent, Zudhorn Rollo's mother and then Don's mother and grandmother.
_ And that's really where the money was coming from.
And again, these guys, I'm sure Zud didn't feel good about getting money from his mother
at 19 years old, but that's where it was coming from.
The band were so hungry, _ evidently _ they just, they _ kind of fell into pilfering food out
of grocery stores. _ _
And they went to one store or market they used to go to and I guess straight out of
the Abbie Hoffman Steal This Book, _ what they would do is they would go and find a couple
cheap items _ and that they could go up to the counter and buy, but in the meanwhile, they'd
take bologna and cheese and everything else and shove it up under their coats and in their
pants and stuff like that.
So they'd buy the little items and then walk out.
I did steal food once.
_ And it was me and somebody else, I don't remember.
But the time the four of us went and Don instructed us to, you know, go back to that safe way and
bring back cheese, I'm hungry.
_ _ _ _ _ We went in there and not looking like normal safe way shoppers, _ it was obvious to me that
you guys are crazy, don't do this.
Don't do this.
So I'm not going to say I wasn't one of the people, I didn't that day, but I'm not saying
I was beyond that.
I was that person then. _ _
But it was obvious and it was just like they had the party waiting for us at the door.
Come on, you guys, you know, no eyebrows and black fingernail polish and shit like that.
It was just in 1968.
It was unusual.
The problem was, again, who are they going to call to get out of jail?
Now, they knew, first of all, Don was going to be pissed off.
And even if he was, he doesn't have any money to get out and get him out of jail.
But eventually, somehow they got the word to Don and Don, of course, called Frank, who
else was going to.
And Frank, without batting an eye, actually did bail them out of jail.
_ _ And he's such a stand up guy.
And so _ he never, ever brought it up again.
He never mentioned it to Don or whether it came out of their royalties.
I think they got charged 65 bucks each the next day, spent the night in jail or whatever
or part of the night.
And interestingly, the guys that were in jail, you know, they mentioned, you know, they were
a band and Frank was producing and they were Zappa fans in jail.
So they kind of had a camaraderie in the jail there and there wasn't any problems.
_ _ _ But at any rate, Frank bailed them out, never mentioned anything again about it.
_ And just goes to show you, I mean, maybe Frank, he knew, he knew those guys were starving.
I mean, maybe he had a little bit of guilt there that, you know, I mean, I don't know.
But he knew that they didn't have any money.
And I guess that's why he didn't say anything.
I mean, you know, it was back then and being a musician was tough.
You just didn't, you didn't make a lot of money. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _