David Bowie

Blue Jean(Chords)

David Bowie

Key: C

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Capo on 1st fret
	        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 
Tuning:  Standard 

 
 

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 Dadd4 (XX0030)and G with Em7 (020003 or 020033). Also, try in the Pre-Chorus, alternating the C with C/E (XX2010).

Written by David Bowie

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