David Bowie – Blue Jean (Guitar Tab)

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Chords

The Chords are pretty Easy, I'm gonna mostly concentrate on the lead. Starts with chords:

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The Verse Riff: (make an open D chord and use your pinky for the '3' on the first string when needed)

e|---3-2--|-3-2-0-2|---3-2--|----3-2-|-3-2-0-2||:----3-2-:||
B|--3-----|--------|--3-----|--3-----|--------||:--3-----:||
G|-2------|--------|-2------|-2------|--------||:-2------:|| (6x)
D|0-------|--------|0-------|0-------|--------||:0-------:|| 
A|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------||:--------:||
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------||:--------:||
1.Blue Jean, I just met a girl named blue jean...
2. One day, I'm gonna write a poem and a letter...

                    CCC               CCC   GG
e|---3-2--|-3-2-0-2|--------|---3-2--|--------|
B|--3-----|--------|--------|--3-----|--------|
G|-2------|--------|--------|-2------|--------|
D|0-------|--------|--------|0-------|--------|
A|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

First Saxophone fill (in case you're in one of those lame-o bands without a Saxophone ;))

1st Sax fill:
e|-12-------|
B|---12b--10|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|

2nd Sax fill:
(slide up to the last note
and hold it as long as you can...
squeeze tight for sustain!)
e|-12-------|----/17---|
B|---12b--10|----------|
G|----------|----------|
D|----------|----------|
A|----------|----------|
E|----------|----------|

Chorus: (no leads here on the original version, but I put some in as the song is kind of boring with out them (and if you don't have a sax in your band) So I make my F#m and A like this:

F#m    A   
-2-   -X- 
-2-   -2-
-2-   -2-
-4-   -2-
-4-   -0-
-2-   -X-

Use your first finger to make the A chord, and you're right in position for some fills using your A pentanoic MAJOR scale

  F#m                A
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||:--------|--------|--------|--------:|| (x4)
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Sometime I feel like...

 CCC   GG
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OK, now just repeat the Verse and Intro from above again, but before the chorus use the second sax fill...

Now the bridge:
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||:---3-6-3|---3-6-3:||
||:--------|--------:||
||:-5------|--------:|| (x2)
||:--------|--------:||
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And back to the chorus..., and your done. Almost. End on:

 CCC   GG CCC   GG E
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Great simple song for new lead players. give it a shot... send questions, complaints, compliments, and penis enlargement ads to: [email protected]