The Jean Genie Tab

The Jean Genie by David Bowie
 
 
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!)
 
e:---------------------------|
B:---------------------------|
G:---------------------------|
D:---------------------------|
A:-10-\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\0----|
E:-12\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\0----|
 
 
[Intro/Verse]
 
    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,
 
Poor little greenie,  ooo oohooo
 
 
Chorus 2:  Same as chorus 1
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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
 
 
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| x  Dead note
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| ~  Vibrato
 
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