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Blue Jean

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Style:   Rock’n’Roll
Tuning:  Standard
INTRO:(Staccato chords)
|    C|    G|
VERSE 1:(Up-tempo with slow struck snare)
DBlue Jean-I just met me a girl named Blue Jean,
Blue Jean-she got a camouflaged face and no money.
GRemember they always let you down when you need 'em,
Oh, Blue Jean - is heaven any sweeter than DBlue Jean.
PRE-CHORUS 1:(Staccato chords, at the end of each line)
CShe got a police bike,A  D  
CShe got a turned up nose.G  A  
CHORUS 1:(Sax flourish intro, with vibes accent)
ASometimes I feel like (F#mOh, the whole human race),
AJazzin' for Blue Jean (F#mOh, and when my Blue Jean's blue).
ABlue Jean can send me (F#mOh, somebody send me),
ASomebody send me (F#mOh, somebody send me).C  G  
VERSE 2:
DOne day I'm gonna write a poem in a letter,
One day I'm gonna get that faculty together.
GRemember that everybody has to wait in line,
Blue Jean-look out world you know DI've got mine.
PRE-CHORUS 2:(Staccato chords, at the end of each line)
CShe got Latin roots,A  D  
CShe got everything.G  A  
CHORUS 2:
ASometimes I feel like (F#mOh, the whole human race),
AJazzin' for Blue Jean (F#mOh, and when my Blue Jean's blue).
 ABlue Jean can send me F#m(Oh, somebody send me),
 ASomebody send me F#m(Oh, somebody send me)C.G  
BRIDGE 1:
|    G|    G|
CHORUS 3:
ASometimes I feel like (F#mOh, the whole human race),
AJazzin' for Blue Jean (F#mOh, and when my Blue Jean's blue).
ABlue Jean can send me (F#mOh, somebody send me),
ASomebody send me (F#mOh, somebody send me).A  
REFRAIN 1:
ASomebody, somebody(F#mOh, somebody send me),
ASomebody send me (F#mOh, 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 
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” 
3.  In keeping with Carlos Alomar's textured guitar style, experiment in the VERSES with 
variations of D and G, with alternating D with D3add4 (XX0030)and G with Em7 (020003 or 020033).
Also, try in the PRE-CHORUS, alternating the C with C/E (XX2010).

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Blue Jean

by David Bowie

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Style: Rock’n’Roll

Tuning: Standard

INTRO:(Staccato chords)

C G

| | |

VERSE 1:(Up-tempo with slow struck snare)

Blue Jean-I just met me a girl named Blue Jean,

Blue Jean-she got a camouflaged face and no money.

Remember they always let you down when you need 'em,

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:

One day I'm gonna write a poem in a letter,

One day I'm gonna get that faculty together.

Remember that everybody has to wait in line,

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

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”

3. In keeping with Carlos Alomar's textured guitar style, experiment in the VERSES with

variations of D and G, with alternating D with D3add4 (XX0030)and G with Em7 (020003 or 020033).

Also, try in the PRE-CHORUS, alternating the C with C/E (XX2010).

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