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The Jean Genie by David Bowie
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...
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  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)
--------

E   E   E          A E E E A
Small Jean Genie...

E   E   E    A E E E A
Strung out...

"Get back on me" (spoken)-> play B riff

Chorus:
-------
     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...

B riff
Jean Genie...

A riff x2
Ohooo...

Verse 2:
--------

Sits like...

Chorus 2:  Same as chorus 1
---------

Verse 3:
--------

He's so simple...

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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