Hello all you Stray Cats fans! Here are the chords and some tabs for one of their catchiest tunes, Gina, from the Blast Off album. I've also included the guitar parts (the intro and the middle-part) in tablature. I'm pretty sure they all are right. If you have any comments and/or corrections then feel free to mail me at:
Enjoy! Juhani
Gina by Stray Cats from the album Blast Off. (originally written by the Paine Brothers) Transcribed by Juhani Laakso.
Guitar intro:
For the simple solution, just play D E A four times. To make it more interesting, play the riff:
e ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- -2-------0-0-0-0---------------0-0-0-0--------------------- ---0-2-4---------4-2---0-0-2-4---------4-2---0-0-2-4------- ---------------------4---------------------4---------------
e ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ -0-0-0-0---------------0-0-0-0------------ ---------4-2---0-0-2-4---------4-2-2-0---- -------------4----------------------------
1. & 2. verse:
Well they say Gina don't you run with him
Because you know the trouble I've been in
Oh that was yesterday, oh listen when they say
Gina, don't you run with him
Well they say Gina, I'm a bad mistake
But that's the chance you gonna have to take
Well I'm begging on my knees, begging darling please
Oh Gina, don't you run with him
Chorus (play arpeggio-style, except the last two rows):
Well Gina, you're a young girl
But I think you're old enough to decide
They think we're foolin'
But I can see the love in your eyes
Oh Gina, don't you run with him
Hey!
Guitar break:
The simple way: play D E A twice and D E F#m once. The tablature for the guitar riff:
e -----------------------0-----------------------0----------- -----------------------2-----------------------2----------- -----------------------2-----------------------2----------- -------0-0-0-0---------2-------0-0-0-0---------2----------- -0-2-4---------4-2---0-0-0-2-4---------4-2-2-4-0-0-2-4----- -------------------4---------------------------------------
e -------------------------2----- -------------------------2----- -------------------------2----- -0-0-0-0-----------------4----- ---------4-2-------------4----- -------------0-2-2-2-0-2-2-----
Oh Gina, don't you run with him
Chorus (arpeggio-style):
Well Gina, you're a young girl
But I think you're old enough to decide (to sigh?)
They think we're foolin'
But I can see the love in your eyes (non-arpeggio:) No! (No) No! (No!)
Listen when they say it baby
3. verse:
Gina, don't you run with him
Because you know the trouble I've been in
Oh that was yesterday, oh listen when they say
Gina, don't you run with him
Well they say Gina, don't you run with him
Gina, don't you run with him
Well they say Gina, don't you run with him
Hey!
The ending of the song: Play the guitar intro at the same time as you sing this line (listen to the record and you'll know how to time it right):
*(Don't listen baby) Well they say Gina, don't you run with him
*play this 7 times
The guitar-part in the last line is just slightly different over the last two chords, try to find it out yourself, it's very easy.
(Don't listen baby) Gina, don't you run with him
Listen to the record and play with it! That is the easiest way to get the timing and the other things right.
