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The Strypes were a 4-piece rock band from Cavan, Ireland, formed in 2010 by Ross Farrelly (lead vocals/harmonica), Josh McClorey (lead guitar/vocals), Pete O'Hanlon (bass guitar/harmonica) and Evan Walsh (drums).
After several months gigging around their hometown, the band began playing clubs and pubs around Ireland, playing sets mixing original material with rhythm and blues covers. Their set of fast-paced, gritty, garage rock "speed blues", which mixed the powerful approach of Dr.
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What a song. Raucous. To the point.
This is transcribed from the unplugged performance they
gave at Glastonbury 2013, and adds some nice passing
notes into the refrain, and also shows the little riff
that runs through the verses (Riff1)
Let's go!
Standard tuning
A x02220
A/G 3x2220
A/C x32220
D xx0232
D/A x0x232
E 022100
Riff1
=====
E ---0---0---0-------|
B ---2---2---2-------|
G ---2---2---2-------|
D ---2---2---2-------|
A -0-------0---3-0---|
E -----3-----------3-|
Intro
=====
Riff1 x 4 (guitar only)
Riff1 x 4 (guitar + drums)
Verse 1
=======
A /G A /C /G
Blue collar Jane
A /G A /C /G
Lives in fifty-four
A /G A /C /G
Always got a teacup when she
A /G A /C /G
Knocks u-pon my door
A /G A /C /G
She just wants some milk and sugar but
A /G A /C /G
All I want is her
A /G A /C /G
Blue collar Jane my girl you're
A /B /C
Causing quite a stir
Refrain 1
=========
/Db D
All we could be b-l-u-e
A
C-o-l-l-A-r J-A-n-E oh baby please
D
If you could see then you'd agree
E A
That I love blue collar Jane and she loves me
Riff1 x 2
=========
Verse 2
=======
A /G A /C /G
Blue collar Jane
A /G A /C /G
Always in your town
A /G A /C /G
Never wears her hair up be-cause she's
A /G A /C /G
Always dressing down
A /G A /C /G
You got a four wheel drive you know that's
A /G A /C /G
How she gets a-round
A /G A /C /G
Blue collar Jane my girl you
A /B /C
Knock me to the ground
Refrain 2
=========
/Db D
All we could be b-l-u-e
A
C-o-l-l-A-r J-A-n-E oh baby please
D
If you could see then you'd agree
E A
That I love blue collar Jane and she loves me
Watch out!
Inst
====
D A E D A
Verse 3
=======
A /G A /C /G
Blue collar Jane
A /G A /C /G
Always in your town
A /G A /C /G
Never wears her hair up be-cause she's
A /G A /C /G
Always dressing down
A /G A /C /G
You got a four wheel drive you know that's
A /G A /C /G
How she gets a-round
A /G A /C /G
Blue collar Jane my girl you
A /B /C
Knock me to the ground
Refrain 3
=========
/Db D
All we could be b-l-u-e
A
C-o-l-l-A-r J-A-n-E oh baby please
D
If you could see then you'd agree
E A
That I love blue collar Jane and she loves me
E A
That I love blue collar Jane and she loves me
End
===
Riff 1 x 2 (slowing up) then finish on A
-----------------------------------------
I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
July 2013
[email protected]
This is transcribed from the unplugged performance they
gave at Glastonbury 2013, and adds some nice passing
notes into the refrain, and also shows the little riff
that runs through the verses (Riff1)
Let's go!
Standard tuning
A x02220
A/G 3x2220
A/C x32220
D xx0232
D/A x0x232
E 022100
Riff1
=====
E ---0---0---0-------|
B ---2---2---2-------|
G ---2---2---2-------|
D ---2---2---2-------|
A -0-------0---3-0---|
E -----3-----------3-|
Intro
=====
Riff1 x 4 (guitar only)
Riff1 x 4 (guitar + drums)
Verse 1
=======
A /G A /C /G
Blue collar Jane
A /G A /C /G
Lives in fifty-four
A /G A /C /G
Always got a teacup when she
A /G A /C /G
Knocks u-pon my door
A /G A /C /G
She just wants some milk and sugar but
A /G A /C /G
All I want is her
A /G A /C /G
Blue collar Jane my girl you're
A /B /C
Causing quite a stir
Refrain 1
=========
/Db D
All we could be b-l-u-e
A
C-o-l-l-A-r J-A-n-E oh baby please
D
If you could see then you'd agree
E A
That I love blue collar Jane and she loves me
Riff1 x 2
=========
Verse 2
=======
A /G A /C /G
Blue collar Jane
A /G A /C /G
Always in your town
A /G A /C /G
Never wears her hair up be-cause she's
A /G A /C /G
Always dressing down
A /G A /C /G
You got a four wheel drive you know that's
A /G A /C /G
How she gets a-round
A /G A /C /G
Blue collar Jane my girl you
A /B /C
Knock me to the ground
Refrain 2
=========
/Db D
All we could be b-l-u-e
A
C-o-l-l-A-r J-A-n-E oh baby please
D
If you could see then you'd agree
E A
That I love blue collar Jane and she loves me
Watch out!
Inst
====
D A E D A
Verse 3
=======
A /G A /C /G
Blue collar Jane
A /G A /C /G
Always in your town
A /G A /C /G
Never wears her hair up be-cause she's
A /G A /C /G
Always dressing down
A /G A /C /G
You got a four wheel drive you know that's
A /G A /C /G
How she gets a-round
A /G A /C /G
Blue collar Jane my girl you
A /B /C
Knock me to the ground
Refrain 3
=========
/Db D
All we could be b-l-u-e
A
C-o-l-l-A-r J-A-n-E oh baby please
D
If you could see then you'd agree
E A
That I love blue collar Jane and she loves me
E A
That I love blue collar Jane and she loves me
End
===
Riff 1 x 2 (slowing up) then finish on A
-----------------------------------------
I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
July 2013
[email protected]
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