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 cnev
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Hey Alan I've been a big Bowie fan since I first heard his music would you have a tab for Jean Genie?

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I think Elmore James' "Dust My Broom" is the first I played more or less recognizably.

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The first song I played on my electric was "Photograph". The Def Leppard one, not Nickelback. It's really easy. The solo isn't hard either. Just give it some distortion and wail away! :D


   
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If I remember correctly mine was Strange Brew by Cream, about a year ago :D


   
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I learned a bunch of riffs first (smoke on the water, iron man etc...), but the first song i learned from start to finish was Fell in Love with a Girl by the White Stripes. It's a pretty easy song with just 5 power chords and a nice fast tempo.

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First songs I learned to play all the way through were Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead and the GN Lesson version of Wish You Were Here.


   
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(@alangreen)
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Hey Alan I've been a big Bowie fan since I first heard his music would you have a tab for Jean Genie?

I wish - Tab barely existed when I was learning so I did it all from piano score and chord boxes. the main riff is E - Esus4 - E, you can probably work out which strings you need to play from that. I'll dig out the book tonight and let you know the chorus progression. In the meantime, this might help

http://www.guitaretab.com/b/bowie-david/2185.html

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A :-)

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Mine will have been Street Spirit or Back in Black.

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I recommend some nirvana song or Iron Man by Black Sabbath...

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Well, I am a country girl and I just got a new Telecaster for my birthday after playing acoustic for a year.
The first loud, annoy-the-neighbors, electric song that I am working on is Miranda Lambert's 'Kerosene'.

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My first song on electric was "SimpleMan" by Lynryd Skynyrd. Quickly followed by many G'nR's songs.


   
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The first thing that I learnt all the way through was "Apache" by the Shadows, if I remember - this was the first time around with guitar (1962-3-ish), which was followed by a 35+ year hiatus (girls, booze, work, marriage, children - the usual reasons . :lol: ).

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Rumble by Link Wray


   
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