Blue Jean

	  		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).