{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1802886,"song":"Blue Jean","artist":"David Bowie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1802886-blue-jean-chords-by-david-bowie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1802886?type=chord","rating":4.70301,"votes":68,"content":"Song:    Blue Jean\r\nArtist:  David Bowie\r\nURL’s:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Jean;\r\n         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonight_%28David_Bowie_album%29\r\nStyle:   Rock’n’Roll\r\nTuning:  Standard\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO:(Staccato chords)\r\n|[ch]C[/ch]    |[ch]G[/ch]    |\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 1:(Up-tempo with slow struck snare)\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlue Jean-I just met me a girl named Blue Jean,[/tab]\r\n\r\nBlue Jean-she got a camouflaged face and no money.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nRemember they always let you down when you need 'em,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, Blue Jean - is heaven any sweeter than Blue Jean.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nPRE-CHORUS 1:(Staccato chords, at the end of each line)\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe got a police bike,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe got a turned up nose.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS 1:(Sax flourish intro, with vibes accent)\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSometimes I feel like (Oh, the whole human race),[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nJazzin' for Blue Jean (Oh, and when my Blue Jean's blue).[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBlue Jean can send me (Oh, somebody send me),[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSomebody send me (Oh, somebody send me).[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 2:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne day I'm gonna write a poem in a letter,[/tab]\r\n\r\nOne day I'm gonna get that faculty together.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nRemember that everybody has to wait in line,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlue Jean-look out world you know I've got mine.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nPRE-CHORUS 2:(Staccato chords, at the end of each line)\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe got Latin roots,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe got everything.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS 2:\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSometimes I feel like (Oh, the whole human race),[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nJazzin' for Blue Jean (Oh, and when my Blue Jean's blue).[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n
Blue Jean can send me (Oh, somebody send me),[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n
Somebody send me (Oh, somebody send me).[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBRIDGE 1:\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]    |[ch]G[/ch]    |\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS 3:\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSometimes I feel like (Oh, the whole human race),[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nJazzin' for Blue Jean (Oh, and when my Blue Jean's blue).[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBlue Jean can send me (Oh, somebody send me),[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSomebody send me (Oh, somebody send me).[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nREFRAIN 1:\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nSomebody, somebody(Oh, somebody send me),[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nSomebody send me (Oh, somebody send me).[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCODA:(Staccato)\r\n[tab]|[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  |[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  |\r\n|E     |(Hold & Sustain)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[End]\r\n\r\n\r\nNOTES:\r\n1. “…Interviewed in 1987 and asked to compare a track like \"Time Will Crawl\" to \"Blue Jean,\" Bowie said \r\n\"'Blue Jean' is a piece of sexist rock 'n roll. [laughs] It's about picking up birds. It's not very \r\ncerebral, that piece. …”  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Jean\r\n2.  “…A basic workout in D major (the slight tension in the early bars of each verse is owed to a wavering \r\nbetween D and a D suspended fourth), “Blue Jean”‘s chorus moves between the dominant, \r\nA major, and the mediant, F# minor—so the song is mainly keeping to the basic tones of the D chord \r\n(D, F#, A); there are no real surprises except swapping in a natural C (on “police bike”) for a sharp one. \r\nTwo verses, three choruses, no bridges or solos save a four-bar Alomar riffing transition. “Blue Jean” \r\nends just when you get sick of it. …”  https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/blue-jean/\r\n3.  In keeping with Carlos Alomar's textured guitar style, experiment in the VERSES with \r\nvariations of D and G, with alternating D with D3add4 (XX0030)and G with Em7 (020003 or 020033).\r\nAlso, try in the PRE-CHORUS, alternating the C with C/E (XX2010).","plain_text":"Song:    Blue Jean\nArtist:  David Bowie\nURL’s:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Jean;\n         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonight_%28David_Bowie_album%29\nStyle:   Rock’n’Roll\nTuning:  Standard\n\n\n\n\nINTRO:(Staccato chords)\n|C    |G    |\n\n\nVERSE 1:(Up-tempo with slow struck snare)\n\n\nBlue Jean-she got a camouflaged face and no money.\n\n\n\n\nPRE-CHORUS 1:(Staccato chords, at the end of each line)\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS 1:(Sax flourish intro, with vibes accent)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 2:\n\n\nOne day I'm gonna get that faculty together.\n\n\n\n\nPRE-CHORUS 2:(Staccato chords, at the end of each line)\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBRIDGE 1:\n|G    |G    |\n\n\nCHORUS 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREFRAIN 1:\n\n\n\n\nCODA:(Staccato)\n\n\n\n[End]\n\n\nNOTES:\n1. “…Interviewed in 1987 and asked to compare a track like \"Time Will Crawl\" to \"Blue Jean,\" Bowie said \n\"'Blue Jean' is a piece of sexist rock 'n roll. [laughs] It's about picking up birds. It's not very \ncerebral, that piece. …”  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Jean\n2.  “…A basic workout in D major (the slight tension in the early bars of each verse is owed to a wavering \nbetween D and a D suspended fourth), “Blue Jean”‘s chorus moves between the dominant, \nA major, and the mediant, F# minor—so the song is mainly keeping to the basic tones of the D chord \n(D, F#, A); there are no real surprises except swapping in a natural C (on “police bike”) for a sharp one. \nTwo verses, three choruses, no bridges or solos save a four-bar Alomar riffing transition. “Blue Jean” \nends just when you get sick of it. …”  https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/blue-jean/\n3.  In keeping with Carlos Alomar's textured guitar style, experiment in the VERSES with \nvariations of D and G, with alternating D with D3add4 (XX0030)and G with Em7 (020003 or 020033).\nAlso, try in the PRE-CHORUS, alternating the C with C/E (XX2010).","chords":["C","G","D","A","F#m","E","F","C/E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}