The Jean Genie by David Bowie
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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!

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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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EE Piano Chord 
  EE Piano Chord 
  EE Piano Chord 
    AA Piano Chord 
     EE Piano Chord 
  EE Piano Chord 
  EE Piano Chord 
    AA Piano Chord 

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
EE Piano Chord 
  EE Piano Chord 
  EE Piano Chord 
    AA Piano Chord 
    EE Piano Chord 
  EE Piano Chord 
  EE Piano Chord 


Verse 1: (E riff is played twice for each line)
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EE Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 
	AA Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 
    EE Piano Chord 
     EE Piano Chord 
	   AA Piano Chord 

Small Jean Genie, she took off to the city,
EE Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 
           AA Piano Chord 
      EE Piano Chord 
    EE Piano Chord 
      EE Piano Chord 
    AA Piano Chord 

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  EE Piano Chord 
   E7E7 Piano Chord 
      EE Piano Chord 
  EE Piano Chord 
  EE Piano Chord 
    AA Piano Chord 
    EEEEEEEEEEEE Piano Chord 
EE Piano Chord 
  EE Piano Chord 
  E7E7 Piano Chord 

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