Dum, dum Dum Honey what have you done?
Dum, Dum, dum It's the sound of my gun
Dum dum dum honey what have you done
Dum dum dum it's the sound it's the sound
Nah, nah, nah, Nah, nah, nah,
Nah, nah, nah.....
Janie's got a gun, Janies got a gun
Her whole world's come undone, from looking straight at the sun
What did her daddy do? What did he put you through?
They said when Janie was arrested,
Bb(add#11) F. F5. Eb5/F. Ab5/F. Eb5/F. F5
They found him underneath a train,
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
Run away, Run away from the pain, Yeah, yeah, Yeah, yeah
Run away, Run away from the pain, Yeah, yeah, Yeah Yeahyeah Yeah, yeah
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
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
____________________________________
13
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