Janie´s Got A Gun

F5           G5        Ab5       Bb5
Dum, dum Dum Honey what have you done?
Eb5                    F5
Dum, Dum, dum It's the sound of my gun
F5           G5        Ab5      Bb5
Dum dum dum honey what have you done
Eb5                   Eb5
Dum dum dum it's the sound it's the sound
 F    G    Bb     F    G    Csus4
Nah, nah, nah,   Nah, nah, nah,
 F    G    Bb    C    Csus4
Nah, nah, nah.....
 F      Gm7   Csus4   F      Gm7  Csus4
Janie's got a gun,    Janies got a gun
     F            Gm7   Csus4        F               Gm7     Csus4
Her whole world's come undone, from looking straight at the sun
F            Bb     C    F          Bb        C
What did her daddy do?  What did he put you through?
               Dmadd9
They said when Janie was arrested,
     Bb(add#11)                 F. F5. Eb5/F. Ab5/F. Eb5/F.  F5
They found him underneath a train,
    Dmadd9                          Bb(add#11)
But man he had it coming, now that Janie's got a gun
           Gm7                   C  F/C C7..
She ain't never gonna be the same
Janie's got a gun. Janie's got a gun
Her dog day's just begun, Now everybody is on the run
Tell me now it's  untrue, What did her daddy do?
He jacked a little bitty baby
The man has got to be insane
They say the spell that he was under, The lightning and the thunder
Knew that someone had to stop the rain
Db             Eb            Fm7
Run away,  Run away from the pain, Yeah, yeah, Yeah, yeah
Db             Eb            Fm7   Eb5/F                           Fm7
Run away,  Run away from the pain, Yeah, yeah, Yeah Yeahyeah Yeah, yeah
Db        Eb        Bbm      Csus4
Run away, run away, run,run away.............................
Janie's got a gun, Janie's got a gun
Her dog day's just begun, Now everybody's on the run
What did her daddy do? It's Janie's last I.O.U
She had to take him down easy
And put a bullet in his brain
She said cos nobody believes me, The man was such a sleaze
He aint never gonna be the same
Run away, run away from the pain, Yeah yeah, yeah,yeah, yeah
Run away, run away,from the pain yeah, yeah, yeahyeah yeah, yeah
Run away, run away, run, run away...........................
F       Gm7   Csus4    F      Gm7   C sus4
Janie's got a gun,    Janie's got a gun
F      Gm7    Csus4       F      Gm7    Csus4
Janie's got a gun,   everybody's on the run. (rpt ad lib)

Words and Music by Steven Tyler and Tom Hamilton
Fig. 7 - Intro, Chorus, and Verse
        "Janie's Got a Gun" is a showcase for Aerosmith's more produced, textural style
of the late eighties and has become an all-time favorite in the repertorie. The song sounds
in F. Either tune your guitar up a half step or play all the notes one fret higher.
        The atmospheric intro (0:11), and much of the song, hangs on Joe Perry's sparse
but effective power chord figure. This clean-tone part is played with the fingers and
is processed with a chorus effect. It uses simple E5 and B5 power chords fretted at the
seventh position. Note the pedal-point effect in measure 12 where the E5 and B5 chords
are played over a B bass note. In measures 16 and 17, the B5-B6-B7 progression presents
yet another variation of the venerable Chuck Berry comping riff--which has found its way
into countless rock tunes since the fifties.
        The verse (0:46) employs Rhy. Fig. 1, and understated E5-B5 power chord pattern
which grows out of the intro changes. The pre-chorus (1:03) features a low-register
chord figure which is consistently palm-muted on the sixth and fifth strings. This
progression uses E and G# over an E5 pedal, and completes the cycle with A5 and B5
chords --- elaborating nicely on the I-IV-V harmonic resources of straightahead rock.
        The chorus (1:11) is, by contrast, more textural. It incorporates slurred fourth
dyads over C#5 and A5 chords, as well as a heavy, space-conscious riff of dyads
(E5-D5-G5-D5-E5) over a low E pedal. The chorus concludes with two measures of B5
pounded out in quarter-note rhythm.
INTRO (0:11)
       Dum,  dum,_ dum, hon-ey  what have you _ done?
 1

    Dum,   dum,_ dum it's the  sound of my   gun.
 3

       Dum,   dum,_ dum,hon-ey what have you_ done?
 5

    Dum,   dum,_ dum it's the sound,  it's the sound.
 7

       Nyah,    nyah,     nyah.                              Nyah,    nyah,     nyah__
 9

                         Nyah,           nyah,               nyah.
 12

   Nyah,       nyah,       nyah.______________________________
 15

VERSE (0:46)
          Jan-ie's got a ___ gun. _
 18

          Jan-ie's got a ___ gun. _
 20

   whole world's come un  - done                      from
 22

  look-in' sraight  at  the__  sun.__
 24

PRE-CHORUS (1:03)
      What did her__  dad-dy__  do?___
 26

      What did he__   put you_ through?          They say when
 28

CHORUS (1:11)
     Jan-ie was ar-rest-ed,    they found him un-der-neath a   train.__
 30

                                                    But
 32

     man, he had it com-in'. Now that Jan-ie's got a gun she ain't nev -
 34

      - er gon-na be the   same.___________________________
 36

        The bridge (2:17) features a well-conceived piece of Aerosmith guitar orchestration.
Gtr, 1 plays a simple, single-note melody in 8 notes.
        Joe Perry's solo (2:44) is a classic Aerosmith guitar moment. Played on a Chet
Atkins electric-acoustic, it occurs over the progression of E5-D5-G5-A5. The melodies
are based on the E minor pentatonic scale (E-G-A-B-D) with occasional additions of the
6th and 9th (C# and F#) in measures 17, 18, 20, 22 and 23. There are plenty of trademark
open-string pull-off licks throughout (see measures 15,17-19, and 25). These have been
a mainstay of Perry's solo style since the beginning. Interesting rhythmic twists abound;
check out the triplet figure in measure 14-19 and 24-25. The solo closes decisively in measures
26-29 with a series of blues-inspired, open-position guitar licks--featuring slides
and unison intervals, and making good use of the open first and second strings.
BRIDGE (2:17)
      Run a- way,               run____           a- way_ from the
 1

     pain,_    yeah,_   yeah,__ yeah,  yeah,yeah.
 3

      Run         a -way,         run____          a - way_  from the
 5

   pain,       yeah,_ yeah,   yeah._
 7

     ___ yeah,   yeah,____  yeah._     Run         a- way,
 8

    run          a- way,
 10

       run,_____________   run   a   -   way.__________________________
 11

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GUITAR SOLO (2:44)
KEY =
L=Hit string and let off
P=Hit string and pound the next
^=bend String to shown measure, ex. 3^¼