The Jean Genie by David Bowie
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This is an extremely fun song to play. It's quite easy to make it sound
quite like
the original. The tab is 90% correct, as I taped this off the radio.
Therefore, I'm not quite
sure about the intro (although, it should be that, if I remember
correctly),
and I think in the extended version there might be a longer solo
(probably based
on E blues),but then again, there might not be one...Enjoy!
[Intro] (basically, slide down the guitar while picking madly!)
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e:---------------------------|
B:---------------------------|
G:---------------------------|
D:---------------------------|
A:-10-\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\0----|
E:-12\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\0----|
[Intro/Verse]
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E E E A E E E A
e:-----------------------------------|
B:-------------2----------------2----|
G:--1--1--1--1-2-1---1--1--1--1-2-1--|
D:--2--2--2--0-2-0---2--2--2--0-2-0--|
A:--2--2--2--0-0-0---2--2--2--0-0-0--|
E:--0--0--0--0-------0--0--0---------|
^^^^^^
Fast succession
Make it sound like
ta ta ta tadada ta ta ta
E E E A E E E
Verse 1:
(E riff is played twice for each line)
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E E E A E E E A
Small Jean Genie, she took off to the city,
E E E A E E E A
Strung out on lasers and slash-back blazers
Ate all your razors while pulling the waiters
Talking 'bout Monroe while walking on snow white
New York's a go-go, and everything tastes nice,
Poor little greenie...
Oowwooohoo
"Get back on me" (spoken)-> play B riff
Chorus:
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B riff A riff
e:--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B:--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G:-----------------------------------x4-|--------------9/11--9-12-11~~~~|
D:--------------------------------------|--------------0-------------x2-|
A:---9---11--11--9---9-11-9-12-11~~~----|--7---9-9--7-------------------|
E:---7---7---7---7---7-7--7-7--7--------|--5---5-5--5-------------------|
Gene Genie, lives.....back
B riff
Jean Genie, lives on his back,
Jean Genie, loves Jimmy's ex,
"It's outrageous", he screams and he bawls,
Jean Genie, let yourself go!
A riff x2
Ohooo
Verse 2:
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Sits like an adder, he smiles like a reptile,
She love him, she love him, but just for a short while,
She's scratching the sand, won't let go of his hand,
He says he's a beautician, he sells you nutrition,
Keeps off your dead hair and making a bundle, (<-not sure about lyrics)
Poor little greenie, ooo oohooo
Chorus 2: Same as chorus 1
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Verse 3:
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He's so simple minded, he can't drive his module,
He bites on the neon and sleeps in a capsule
Solo-ish
EEEEEEEEEE E E7 E E E A EEEEEEEEEEEE E E7
e:---------------------|--------------------------------------|
B:---------------------|------------0---0---------------------|
G:-1111111111--1---1---|---1--1--1--1-2-1--111111111111--1--1-|
D:-2222222222--2---0---|---2--2--2--0-2-0--222222222222--2--0-|
A:-2222222222--2---2---|---2--2--2--0-0-0--222222222222--2--2-|
E:---------------------|--------------------------------------|
Loves to be loved x2
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| x Dead note
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato
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