The Jean Genie by David Bowie
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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet (f.maquet@ic.ac.uk)
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!
Don't forget to drop me a line:
Comments/Corrections: f.maquet@ic.ac.uk...
For more Tabs, go to:
http://www.oocities.com/SunsetStrip/3224/guitar.html
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
Here's what someone's (ROCKHEAD) sent me, I don't really understand the tab
but they're basically two strings....I'm sure someone will get it!
Jean Genie's SOLO:
Hi Fred!
> I pulled the tab for Jean Genie for your homepage last night and
> I found it to be as you say 90% accurate.
> I sat down this morning and figured out the very cool Mick
> Ronson solo, God bless and rest his soul. Another great guitarist taken
> away from us too early to that "Great Gig In The Sky."
> Anyway the solo starts at 2:19 and goes as follows;
>
> The Jean Genie by David Bowie
>
> 3sl.3 2 1 2~ 2sl.2 2 3 2 2 3^2 3~3~ 3sl.3///3/// 3sl.3 2 2^1
> 3 5 3 3 5 5 3 0 2 0 0 4 3 4 4 4 7 9 5 7 5 7 7
>
>
> 2^1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 2^1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2~
> 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 5 7 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 7 5
>
>
>
> 1 3^ 2 1 3^ 2 1,2 play last four notes 15x.
> 12 14 12 12 14 12 12
>
>
> 3 2 1,2 3,^ 2
> 14 12 12 14, 15 go to E5 chord and then to chorus.
>
>
> That's pretty much it, on the 15th note where Mick slides up
> from the b to the d on to the e he's strumming the b and e string open.
> On the following section he's bending the f# on the second string
> seventh fret with the e open after each bend to a gradual release on the
> f#. He does the same thing in the next section except he adds the b on
> the e string brillant stuff! In the last section of the solo where you
> see more than one string placed together with the note it just means
> that Mick is playing those notes at the same time.
> You probably have never seen music tabbed this way before but
> it's how I have always done it. Just remember that the top number is the
> string and the number or numbers underneath or the frets. Good Luck and
> have fun!
> RockHead.....
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