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).