Blue Jean chords by David Bowie

Chords with lyrics

Song:  Blue Jean
Artist: David Bowie
Tuning: Standard

Capo 1

INTRO:(Staccato chords)
|C majorC  |G+G  |


VERSE 1:(Up-tempo with slow struck snare)
D MajorD
Blue Jean-I just met me a girl named Blue Jean,

Blue Jean-she got a camouflaged face and no money.
G?
Remember they always let you down when you need 'em,
                      D MajorD
Oh, Blue Jean - is heaven any sweeter than Blue Jean.

PRE-CHORUS 1:(Staccato chords, at the end of each line)
C majorC           A augmentedA D?
She got a police bike,
C majorC            G+G A?
She got a turned up nose.


CHORUS 1:(Sax flourish intro, with vibes accent)
A augmentedA           F# minorF#m
Sometimes I feel like (Oh, the whole human race),
A augmentedA           F#m?
Jazzin' for Blue Jean (Oh, and when my Blue Jean's blue).
A augmentedA           F#m?
Blue Jean can send me (Oh, somebody send me),
A augmentedA         F# minorF#m          C majorC G?
Somebody send me (Oh, somebody send me).


VERSE 2:
D MajorD
One day I'm gonna write a poem in a letter,

?One day I'm gonna get that faculty together.
G?
Remember that everybody has to wait in line,
                 D?
Blue Jean-look out world you know I've got mine.


PRE-CHORUS 2:(Staccato chords, at the end of each line)
C majorC          A augmentedA D?
She got Latin roots,
C majorC          G+G A?
She got everything.

CHORUS 2:
A augmentedA           F# minorF#m
Sometimes I feel like (Oh, the whole human race),
A augmentedA           F#m?
Jazzin' for Blue Jean (Oh, and when my Blue Jean's blue).
A augmentedA           F# minorF#m
?Blue Jean can send me (Oh, somebody send me),
A augmentedA         F# minorF#m          C majorC G+G
?Somebody send me (Oh, somebody send me).


BRIDGE 1:
|G+G  |G+G  |


CHORUS 3:
A augmentedA           F# minorF#m
Sometimes I feel like (Oh, the whole human race),
A augmentedA           F#m?
Jazzin' for Blue Jean (Oh, and when my Blue Jean's blue).
A augmentedA           F#m?
Blue Jean can send me (Oh, somebody send me),
A augmentedA         F# minorF#m          A augmentedA
Somebody send me (Oh, somebody send me).


REFRAIN 1:
A augmentedA         F# minorF#m
Somebody, somebody(Oh, somebody send me),
A augmentedA         F# minorF#m
Somebody send me (Oh, somebody send me).


CODA:(Staccato)
|C majorC G+G |C majorC G+G |
|E MajorE   |(Hold & Sustain)


[End]


NOTES:
1. ??Interviewed in 1987 and asked to compare a track like "Time Will Crawl" to "Blue Jean," Bowie said
"'Blue Jean' is a piece of sexist rock 'n roll. [laughs] It's about picking up birds. It's not very
cerebral, that piece. ?? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Jean
2. ??A basic workout in D MajorD major (the slight tension in the early bars of each verse is owed to a wavering
between D MajorD and a D MajorD suspended fourth), ?Blue Jean??s chorus moves between the dominant,
A augmentedA major, and the mediant, F#F# minor?so the song is mainly keeping to the basic tones of the D MajorD chord
(D, F#, A augmentedA); there are no real surprises except swapping in a natural C majorC (on ?police bike?) for a sharp one.
Two verses, three choruses, no bridges or solos save a four-bar Alomar riffing transition. ?Blue Jean?
ends just when you get sick of it. ?? https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/blue-jean/
3. In keeping with Carlos Alomar's textured guitar style, experiment in the VERSES with
variations of D MajorD and G, with alternating D MajorD with D3add4 (XX0030)and G+G with E minor 7Em7 (020003 or 020033).
Also, try in the PRE-CHORUS, alternating the C majorC with C/EC/E (XX2010).

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