David Bowie – Blue Jean (Guitar)

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Song: Blue Jean Artist: David Bowie URL’s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Jean; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonight_%28David_Bowie_album%29 Style: Rock’n’Roll INTRO:(Staccato chords) |C |G | VERSE 1:(Up-tempo with slow struck snare)
D
Blue Jean-I just met me a girl named Blue Jean,
Blue Jean-she got a camouflaged face and no money.
G
Remember they always let you down when you need 'em,

                                           D
Oh, Blue Jean - is heaven any sweeter than Blue Jean.
PRE-CHORUS 1:(Staccato chords, at the end of each line)
C                      A  D
She got a police bike,

C                        G  A
She got a turned up nose.
CHORUS 1:(Sax flourish intro, with vibes accent)
A                      F#m
Sometimes I feel like (Oh, the whole human race),

A                      F#m
Jazzin' for Blue Jean (Oh, and when my Blue Jean's blue).

A                      F#m
Blue Jean can send me (Oh, somebody send me),

A                 F#m                   C  G
Somebody send me (Oh, somebody send me).
VERSE 2:
D
One day I'm gonna write a poem in a letter,
One day I'm gonna get that faculty together.
G
Remember that everybody has to wait in line,

                                  D
Blue Jean-look out world you know I've got mine.
PRE-CHORUS 2:(Staccato chords, at the end of each line)
C                   A  D
She got Latin roots,

C                   G  A
She got everything.
CHORUS 2:
A                      F#m
Sometimes I feel like (Oh, the whole human race),

A                      F#m
Jazzin' for Blue Jean (Oh, and when my Blue Jean's blue).

A                      F#m

Blue Jean can send me (Oh, somebody send me),

A                 F#m                   C  G

Somebody send me (Oh, somebody send me).
BRIDGE 1: |G |G | CHORUS 3:
A                      F#m
Sometimes I feel like (Oh, the whole human race),

A                      F#m
Jazzin' for Blue Jean (Oh, and when my Blue Jean's blue).

A                      F#m
Blue Jean can send me (Oh, somebody send me),

A                 F#m                    A
Somebody send me (Oh, somebody send me).
REFRAIN 1:
A                  F#m 
Somebody, somebody(Oh, somebody send me),

A                 F#m 
Somebody send me (Oh, somebody send me).
CODA:(Staccato)
|C  G  |C  G  |
|E     |(Hold & Sustain)
[End] NOTES: 1. “…Interviewed in 1987 and asked to compare a track like "Time Will Crawl" to "Blue Jean," Bowie said "'Blue Jean' is a piece of sexist rock 'n roll. [laughs] It's about picking up birds. It's not very cerebral, that piece. …” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Jean 2. “…A basic workout in D major (the slight tension in the early bars of each verse is owed to a wavering between D and a D suspended fourth), “Blue Jean”‘s chorus moves between the dominant, A major, and the mediant, F# minor—so the song is mainly keeping to the basic tones of the D chord (D, F#, A); there are no real surprises except swapping in a natural C (on “police bike”) for a sharp one. Two verses, three choruses, no bridges or solos save a four-bar Alomar riffing transition. “Blue Jean” ends just when you get sick of it. …” https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/blue-jean/ 3. In keeping with Carlos Alomar's textured guitar style, experiment in the VERSES with variations of D and G, with alternating D with D3add4 (XX0030)and G with Em7 (020003 or 020033). Also, try in the PRE-CHORUS, alternating the C with C/E (XX2010).