David Bowie

Jean Genie

David Bowie


Tom: E

Intro: (basically, slide down the guitar while picking madly!)
  ---------------------------|
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|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------
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,  (