Year: 1984 - Album: Best of David Bowie
Written by David Bowie
Starts with chords: CCC GG |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| 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 ||:--------|--------|--------|--------:|| ||:--------|--------|--------|--------:|| ||:--------|--------|--------|--------:|| ||:--------|--------|--------|--------:|| (x4) ||:--------|--------|--------|--------:|| ||:--------|--------|--------|--------:|| Sometime I feel like... CCC GG |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| OK, now just repeat the Verse and Intro from above again, but before the chorus use the second sax fill... Now the bridge: ||:--------|-3------:|| ||:---3-6-3|---3-6-3:|| ||:--------|--------:|| ||:-5------|--------:|| (x2) ||:--------|--------:|| ||:--------|--------:|| And back to the chorus..., and your done. Almost. End on: CCC GG CCC GG E |--------|--------|--------| |--------|--------|--------| |--------|--------|--------| |--------|--------|--------| |--------|--------|--------| |--------|--------|--------| Great simple song for new lead players. give it a shot... send questions, complaints, compliments, and penis enlargement ads to: [email protected]