♥ Add to my Songbook
Jean Genie Chords by David Bowie

Jean Genie chords by David Bowie

Guitar chords with lyrics

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...
For more Tabs, go to:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/3224/guitar.html

  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

Last updated:

Please rate for accuracy!
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Video/Audio