Subject: TAb: The Jean Genie by David Bowie
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 17:51:31 -0000
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)
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:
B riff A riff
e:--------------------------------------|-------------------------------
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B:--------------------------------------|-------------------------------
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G:-----------------------------------x4-|--------------9/11--9-12-11~~~~
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D:--------------------------------------|--------------0-------------x2-
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A:---9---11--11--9---9-11-9-12-11~~~----|--7---9-9--7-------------------
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E:---7---7---7---7---7-7--7-7--7--------|--5---5-5--5-------------------
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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:
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
Verse 3:
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