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The Jean Genie by David Bowie
The Jean Genie
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:--------------------------------------|-------------------------------
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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:
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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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version 2
intro strum away on E and slide down
E
|0-----|
|0-----|
|13----|
|14----|
|14----|
|0-----|
E
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|-----------------|
|-----------0-2-0-|
|2---2---2--0-2-0-|
|2---2---2----0---|
|0---0---0--------|
|E |E |
A small Jean Genie snuck off to the city
Strung out on lasers and slash back blazers and
Ate all your razors while pulling the waiters
Talking bout Monroe and walking on Snow White
New York's a go-go when everything tastes right
Poor little Greenie ooh ooh
B
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|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|9---9---11--9---|9-11-9-12\11~------|
|7---7---7---7---|7-7--7-7--7--------|
Forget that one
The Jean Genie lives on his back
The Jean Genie loves chimney stacks
He's outrageous he screams and he bawls
Jean Genie let yourself go..........
A
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|----------------|5/7p5-8-7~--8\----|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------7-----|----x-7-----------|
|7---9---9-7-----|7-7-x-7-9---------|
|5---5---5-------|5-5-----5---------|
go....
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