Jimmy Olsen's Blues
Spin Doctors
Letra

LETRA (VER LETRA CON ACORDES)

Transcribed by Gary Chapman

This is incomplete.  I also think I got some of my rhythm fig. numbers

confused somewhere.

Key:

 /   = slide

 x   = strike string

(b)  = bend note

(br) = bend note and release, returning to original note 

Intro:

   D         C       G

E 10877  (then: Rhythm fig. 1

B 1088x88x         Rhythm fig. 2

G 9/11/99x77x         Rhythm fig. 3

D 

A 

E 

(Rhythm fig. 1)

E 10877779999

B 1088x88x8810101010

G 9/11/99x77x779999

D 

A 

E 

(Rhythm fig. 2)

E 108777

B 1088x88x8x10101010

G 9/11/99x77x7x9999

D 

A 

E 

(Rhythm fig. 3)

E 1087778888

B 1088x88x8x10101010

G 9/11/99x77x7x10101010

D 

A 

E 

Verse 1:

(play Rhythm fig. 2)

I don t think I can handle this.

(Rhythm fig. 4)                                    

E 10877710 (continue

B 1088x88x8/10  Rhythm

G 9/11/99x77x71010^11  fig. 2)

D 10100

A 10^1210

E 

      A  cloudy day  in Metropolis.

(play Rhythm fig. 2)

I think I ll talk to my analyst.

(play Rhythm fig. 1)

I ve got it so bad for this little journalist.

E 10877/xx17

B 1088x88/xx18

G 9/11/99x77/xx17

D 

A 

It   drives me up the wall and through the roof.

(play Rhythm fig. 4)

Lois and Clarke in a telephone booth.

(play Rhythm fig. 2)

I think I m going out of my brain.

(play Rhythm fig. 1)

I ve got it so bad for little Miss Lois Lane.  Oh...

Chorus:

(Rhythm fig. 5)

E 

B 

G 75544445~

D 75555555~

A 7^9~/7

E 

        Lois Lane please put me in your plan.

(Rhythm fig. 6)

E 

B 

G 7554441010

D 7555551010

A 7^9~/710^1210~

E 

   Yeah Lois Lane you don t need no Superman.

(play Rhythm fig. 5)

Come downtown and stay with me tonight.

(Rhythm fig. 7)

E ----------------------------------------------------------------------

B -------------------------------------------10(br)12-------------------

G 755------------101010(br)12-------------------

D 755---------------10^12--------------1210^1212(br)15

A 7^9~/7------------10^12

E ----------------------------------------------------------------------

  I    got a pocket full of                       Kryptonite.

(play Rhythm fig. 3)

I got a pocket full of Kryptonite.

I got a pocket full of Kryptonite.

Bridge #1:  

----------

This is arranged in for two guitars.

E 00--------------00--------------00

B 10108886775

G /11----------99755755

D --------------------------------------------------------------------------

A --------------------------------------------------------------------------

E --------------------------------------------------------------------------

E --------------------------------------------------------------------------

B --------------------------------------------------------------------------

G 7----------54----------------------------------------------

D ---------------------------------------775----------

A --------------------------------------------------------------------------

E --------------------------------------------------------------------------

E 00--------------00--------------00

B 3510108886

G 446611----------99755

D --------------------------------------------------------------------------

A --------------------------------------------------------------------------

E --------------------------------------------------------------------------

E --------------------------------------------------------------------------

B --------------------------------------------------------------------------

G --------------------------------------------------------------------------

D 42-----------------------------------------------------------

A --------------------------532-----------------------

E --------------------------------------------------------------5

                Ha ha ha ha

E 0000----------

B 77535

G 7554466

D 

A 

E 

E 

B 

G 

D 5-------------------------------------------------

A 

E 

Verse 2:

(play Rhythm fig. 2)

He s leaping buildings in a single bound.

(play Rhythm fig. 4)

I m reading Shakespeare in my place downtown.

(play Rhythm fig. 2)

Come on down town and make love to me.

(play Rhythm fig. 1)

I m Jimmy Olson not a titan, you see.

(play Rhythm fig. 3)

He s faster than a bullet, stronger than a train.

(play RHythm fig. 4)

He s the one who got lucky, got his cape around Miss Lois Lane.

(play Rhythm fig. 2)

I can t believe my dilemna is real.

(play Rhythm fig. 3)

I m competing with the man of steel.

Chorus:

Bridge #2:

----------

E 00--------------00--------------00

B 10108886775

G /11----------99755755

D --------------------------------------------------------------------------

A --------------------------------------------------------------------------

E --------------------------------------------------------------------------

E --------------------------------------------------------------------------

B --------------------------------------------------------------------------

G 7----------54----------------------------------------------

D ---------------------------------------775----------

A --------------------------------------------------------------------------

E --------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                            hey hey

                                            hey hey

E 00--------------00--------------00

B 35775331

G 4466755422

D --------------------------------------------------------------------------

A --------------------------------------------------------------------------

E --------------------------------------------------------------------------

E --------------------------------------------------------------------------

B --------------------------------------------------------------------------

G --------------------------------------------------------------------------

D 42-----------------------------------------------------------

A --------------------------532-----------------------

E --------------------------------------------------------------5

                Oh Miss  

                Lois Lane

E 0000

B 1010886

G 11997755

D 

A 

E 

E 

B 

G 

D 7--------------54----------------------

A 

E 

                                          Got a pocket

                                          full of...

Solo:  (about 7 seconds worth)

E 

B 7(b)8~7(br)85577(b)8755----------

G ---------------------7------------------75(b)6

D --------------------------------------------------7~

A 

E 

Play verse 1 again.

Play through "I ve got a pocket full of Kryptonite" a few times,

just playing through D, Cadd9 and G chords, letting the notes ring.  

Add the occasional blues run. 

Very end of song:

E 35~

B 335~

G 457~              (or something like it)

D 557~

A 533~

E 3------------