Jimmy Olsens Blues Chords & Tabs
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JIMMY OLSEN,S BLUES
As recorded by Spin Doctors
(From the 1991 Album POCKET FULL OF KRYPTONITE)
Words and Music by Spin Doctors
Transcribed by Tone Jone,s
A5 G5 D
x 0 2 2 x x 3 x 0 0 3 3 x x 0 2 3 2
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion Gtr.'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion Gtr.'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Overdriven Gtr.(Guitar Solo)'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=120
D C G
4/4
Gtr I
Q e S S +S E. e S S Q Q Q E S S
|------10---------8--8-----|-7--7\-----------|
|------10---------8--8-----|-8--8\-----x---x-|
|-/11-----x-9-(9)----9---x-|-7--7\-----x-----|
|--------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------|
D C G A
Q e S S +S E. e S S Q e S S S E S S S S S
|------10---------8--8-----|-7--7---7---7-x--9--9--9--9--|
|------10---------8--8-----|-8--8---8---8-x-10-10-10-10--|
|-/11-----x-9-(9)----9---x-|-7--7---7---7-x--9--9--9--9--|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
D C G F
Q e S S +S E. e S S S S E E S S S e S S S S S
|------10---------8--8-----|-7-7-7-7---x---7----8--8--8--8-|
|------10---------8--8-----|-8-8-8-8---x---8---10-10-10-10-|
|-/11-----x-9-(9)----9---x-|-7-7-7-7---x---7-x-10-10-10-10-|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
D C G A
Q e S S +S E. e S S S S E e S S S E S S S S S
|------10---------8--8-----|-7-7-7-7---7---7-x--9--9--9--9--||
|------10---------8--8-----|-8-8-8-8---8---8-x-10-10-10-10--||
|-/11-----x-9-(9)----9---x-|-7-7-7-7---7---7-x--9--9--9--9--||
|--------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------------||
Verse 1,2,3
$
D C
Q e S S +S E. e S S
||-------10---------8--8-----|
||o------10---------8--8-----|
||--/11-----x-9-(9)----9---x-|
||---------------------------|
||o--------------------------|
||---------------------------|
G A D C
S S E e S S S e S S S S S Q e S S +S E. e S S
|-7-7-7-7---x---7---5-5-5-5-|------10---------8--8-----|
|-8-8-8-8---x---8---5-5-5-5-|------10---------8--8-----|
|-7-7-7-7---x---7-x-6-6-6-6-|-/11-----x-9-(9)----9---x-|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
G N.C. (F)
S S E e S S +S S S S +S S E
|-7-7-7-7---7-(7)/----------------------|
|-8-8-8-8---8-(8)/----------------------|
|-7-7-7-7---7-(7)/-------10-(10)-10-----|
|------------------------10-(10)-10-----|
|------------------10h12------------12\-|
|---------------------------------------|
D C G A
Q e S S +S E. e S S S S E e S S S e S S E S
|------10---------8--8-----|-7-7-7-7---x---7---5-5-5--|
|------10---------8--8-----|-8-8-8-8---x---8---5-5-5--|
|-/11-----x-9-(9)----9---x-|-7-7-7-7---x---7-x-6-6-6--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D C G A
Q e S S +S E. e S S S S E e S S S E S S S S S
|------10---------8--8-----|-7-7-7-7---7---7-x--9--9--9--9-|
|------10---------8--8-----|-8-8-8-8---8---8-x-10-10-10-10-|
|-/11-----x-9-(9)----9---x-|-7-7-7-7---7---7-x--9--9--9--9-|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
D C
Q e S S +S E. e S S
|------10---------8--8------|
|------10---------8--8------|
|-/11-----x-9-(9)----9---x--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
G F D C
S S E Q E S S Q Q e S S +S E. e S S
|-7-7-7-7/----x-x-17\--|------10---------8--8-----|
|-8-8-8-8/----x-x-18\--|------10---------8--8-----|
|-7-7-7-7/----x-x-17\--|-/11-----x-9-(9)----9---x-|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
G N.C. (F)
S S E e S S +S S S S +S S E
|-7-7-7-7---7-(7)/-------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8---8-(8)/-------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7---7-(7)/-------10-(10)-10--------|
|------------------------10-(10)-10--------|
|------------------10h12------------12\----|
|------------------------------------------|
D C G F D C
Q e S S +S E. e S S S S E e S S e. S S E S Q e S S +S E. e S S
|------10---------8--8-----|-7-7-7-7---x-7----5-5-5-|------10---------8--8-----|
|------10---------8--8-----|-8-8-8-8---x-8----5-5-5-|------10---------8--8-----|
|-/11-----x-9-(9)----9---x-|-7-7-7-7---x-7--x-6-6-6-|-/11-----x-9-(9)----9---x-|
|--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
Chorus 1,2,3
G A D C G C5
~~ ~
S S E e S S S e S S S S S S E. e S a S +S E. E E Q e S S S e S Q
|-7-7-7-7---x---7---5-5-5-5-||-------------------------|--------------------|
|-8-8-8-8---x---8---5-5-5-5-||-------------------------|--------------------|
|-7-7-7-7---x---7-x-6-6-6-6-||------7-----------5--5---|-4--4---4---4---5---|
|---------------------------||------7-----------5--5---|-5--5-x-5---5-5-5---|
|---------------------------||-7h9----x-5h7-(7)--------|--------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------|
D C
~~
S E. E S A S +S E. E E
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|------7-----------5--5---|
|------7-----------5--5---|
|-7h9----x-5h7-(7)--------|
|-------------------------|
G N.C. (F) D C
~~
Q e S S +S S S S +S S E S E. e S a S +S E. E E
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4--4---4-(4)/-------10-(10)-10-----|------7-----------5--5---|
|-5--5---5-(5)/-------10-(10)-10-----|------7-----------5--5---|
|---------------10h12------------12\-|-7h9----x-5h7-(7)--------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
G C5 D C
~ ~~
Q e S S S e S Q S E. e S a S +S E. E E
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-4--4---4---4---5--|------7-----------5--5---|
|-5--5-x-5---5-x-5--|------7-----------5--5---|
|-------------------|-7h9----x-5h7-(7)--------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
To Coda
N.C.
S S S S S S S S S S S S +E +E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------10-------10-10h12-10----10----------------|
|-------10-10h12-10----------12----/14-(14)-(14)\-|
|-10h12-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
D C G F
Q e S S +S E. e S S S S E e S S S e S S S S S
|------10---------8--8-----|-7-7-7-7---7---7----8--8--8--8-|
|------10---------8--8-----|-8-8-8-8---8---8---10-10-10-10-|
|-/11-----x-9-(9)----9---x-|-7-7-7-7---7---7-x-10-10-10-10-|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
D C G
Q e S S +S E. e S S S S E e S S S E. +E +E
|------10---------8--8-----|-7-7-7-7---7---7--(7)------||
|------10---------8--8-----|-8-8-8-8---8---8--(8)------||
|-/11-----x-9-(9)----9---x-|-7-7-7-7---7---7--(7)-(7)/-||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
Interlude
1.
Dadd9 C G6 Fmaj7
Gtr I
E S S +S E S +S E S +S E. E S S +S E S +S E S +S E.
|-------0-(0)----------0----------|-----0-(0)---------0----------|
|----10-------10---------8-(8)----|---8-------8---------6-(6)----|
|-11-------------9-(9)---------9--|-7-----------5-(5)---------5--|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H H H H
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--7----------------5-------------|-4----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------7-------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
Dadd9 C Bmadd4 Am
E S S +S E S +S E S +S E S +S E S +S E S +S E S S E.
|-----0-(0)---------0-----------|-----0---------------0--------|
|---7-------7---------5-(5)-----|-------3-(3)-----------1-1----|
|-7-----------5-(5)---------5-4-|-(4)---------4-2-(2)-------2--|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| H H H H
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-7--------------5--------------|--4---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------7-----------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
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Dadd9 C G6 F
E S S +S E S +S E S +S E. E S S +S E S +S E S +S E.
|-------0-(0)----------0----------|-----0-(0)---------0----------|
|----10-------10---------8-(8)----|---8-------8---------6-(6)----|
|-11-------------9-(9)---------9--|-7-----------5-(5)---------5--|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| H H H H
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--5----------------3-------------|-2--------------0-------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
Dadd9 C/D Bmadd4 A/D
E S S +S E S +S E S +S E S +S E S +S E S +S E S +S E.
|-----0-(0)---------0-----------|-----0---------------0-----------||
|---7-------7---------5-(5)-----|-------3-(3)-----------5-(5)----o||
|-7-----------5-(5)---------5-4-|-(4)---------4-6-(6)---------6---||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|
| W +W
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-5-----------------------------|-(5)----------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
2.
Dadd9 C
E S S +S E S +S E S +S E.
|-------0-(0)----------0----------|
|----10-------10---------8-(8)----|
|-11-------------9-(9)---------9--|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
G6 Fmaj7 Dadd9 C Bmadd4
E S S +S E S +S E S +S E. E S S +S E S +S E S +S E S
|-----0-(0)---------0----------|-----0-(0)---------0-----------|
|---8-------8---------6-(6)----|---7-------7---------5-(5)-----|
|-7-----------5-(5)---------5--|-7-----------5-(5)---------5-4-|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A
S E S +S E S +S E S +S E.
|---0---------------0----------|
|-----3-(3)-----------5-(5)----|
|-4---------4-6-(6)---------6--|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
Dadd9 C Bmadd4 Am
E S S +S E S +S E S +S E. E S S +S E S +S E S +S E.
|-----0-(0)---------0----------|-----0-(0)---------0-----------|
|---7-------7---------5-(5)----|---3-------3---------1-(1)-----|
|-7-----------5-(5)---------5--|-4-----------2-(2)---------2---|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Dadd9 C/D G6 D
E S S +S E S +S E S +S E S +S E S +S E S +S E S +S E.
|-------0-(0)----------0-----------|-----0---------------0----------||
|----10-------10---------8-(8)-----|-------8-(8)-----------6-(6)----||
|-11-------------9-(9)---------9-7-|-(7)---------7-5-(5)---------5--||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
Guitar Solo
A5 G5 D
Gtr II
H H W
| | |
/ / /
Gtr III
~
Q +E. S +S S S S S S S S +S S S S S E S +E S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-7b8--(7)-7b8-(7)-7-5---5-7---7b8-|-(7)-7-5---5-------------------------|
|----------------------7-----------|---------7---5b6-----------5---5-7b9-|
|----------------------------------|-----------------7-(7)-5h7---7-------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A5 G5
H H
| |
/ /
~~
|--3--|
+S E S +E S S S S E +E +S S S
|---------------8----8-10-10b12==(10)-(10)r10p9-|
|-----5s10-(10)---10----------------------------|
|-(7)-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
D
W
|
/
S S S S S S S S +E S S +S S E
|-10-8------8-10-8s12-(12)-10---------------------|
|------10-8-------------------12b14-(12)-10-12b14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
A5 G5
H H
| |
/ /
S E S E S S +S S E S E S
|-10-------10-------10------------12------------------|
|----13b15----13b15----15b17-(15)----15b17---13b14----|
|--------------------------------------------------14-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
D
W
|
/
S S S S S S S S E S S S E S
|-------------------------------17---------17-|
|----------------------------17------20b22----|
|-12-11-12-------14-17p14S19------------------|
|----------14s17------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
A5 G5
H H
| |
/ /
Gtr I
W
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-20-17------------------19----17-------------------------|
|-------19b21r(19)-17----19----17-------------------17b19-|
|---------------------19----19----19-17----17-19-17-------|
|---------------------------------------19----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
D G5
W W
| |
/ /
W W
|----------------------------------------------|-/7-----------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------|-/8-----------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------|-/7-----------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
| ~~
| +E S S S E S +S E. +E. +S H +E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------17b19==(17)r(17)-|--------------------------------||
|---------------------17-(17)------------------|-20----(20)-17----19----17-17---||
|-(17)----------19b21--------------------------|---------------19----19---------||
|------19-17-19--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
Outro
&
D5 Csus2 G5 Csus2
Gtrs I, II
Q E. S +S E. E. S Q E. S +S E. E E
||----------------------|--------------------|
||o----3--------3-------|------------------3-|
||--2--------------0--0-|----0--------0------|
||--0-------------------|-0------------------|
||o-0-----3-(3)---------|----------------3---|
||----------------------|-3-----3-(3)--------|
D5 Csus2 N.C.
Q E. S +S E S +Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|----3--------3----------|------------------------------|
|-2----------------------|------------------------------|
|-0----------------------|------------------------------|
|-0-----3-(3)---10-(10)--|---------2p0-3p0-5p0-5-7---0--|
|------------------------|-0h2h3p0----------------------|
D C G5 Csus2 D5 Csus2
Q E. S +S E. Q Q E. S +S E. E E Q E. S +S E. E. S
|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|------------------3-|----3--------3-------|
|----7--------5-----|----0--------0------|-2--------------0--0-|
|----7-----------5--|--------------------|-0-------------------|
|-9-----7-(7)-------|----------------3---|-0-----3-(3)---------|
|-------------------|-3-----3-(3)--------|---------------------|
1. 2H.=H
G G Cmaj7D5
~~~~~
E. S E +E E S S +Q Q Q H H H +H +H
|------3-(3)s7-5-3-(3)---||----3--3----|-0----5----|-(<5>)----(<5>)----*|
|------3-(3)s8-5-3-(3)--o||----3--3----|-0----3----|-(<3>)----(<3>)----*|
|------4-(4)s7-5-4-(4)---||----0--0----|-0----2----|-(<2>)----(<2>)----*|
|-0--0-------------------||-0-----0----|-2----0----|-(<0>)----(<0>)----*|
|-----------------------o||-2-----2----|-3----0----|-(<0>)----(<0>)----*|
|-3----------------------||-3-----3----|-----------|-------------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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