Skip to content
Jane Says cover art

Jane Says

Jane's Addiction
Tab
★4.6(57)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Jane Says with Solo (Acoustic Version from Unplugged)

Main riff played throughout song:

Guitar 1:

G 320033

A 002220

Guitar one can also add the folling pick-off at the end of the riff

to spice it up a bit:

E  --3-3---0-0----------------|
B  --2-2---0-0----------------|
G  --0-0---2-2--2p0-----------|
D  --0-0---2-2------2p0-------|
A  --3-3---2-2----------0-----|
G  --3-3---0-0----------------|

Guitar 2 also plays the same riff over guitar 1 throughout song until

solo, but the G and A chords are played as barred chords and with a

slight twist:

G G A A ? ? ? ?

E  --3-3---5-5--7-5--5-5----------------|
B  --3-3---5-5--5-5--7-5----------------|
G  --4-4---6-6--6-6--6-6----------------|
D  --5-5---7-7--5-5--5-5----------------|
A  --5-5---7-7--7-7--7-7----------------|
E  --3-3---5-5--5-5--5-5----------------|

? and ? above are just modified A chords. They are played by moving

your pinkey from the 3rd string (D) to the top E and B strings

(notice bottom E A D G strings don't change.) It may look complicated

but is very easy once you see what the hell I'm talking about.

When I strum the chords played by guitar 2, I strum normally

(from low E to high E) for the first fourchords.

For second set of 4 chords, you kind of strum back and forth,

alternating from high E to low E, and visa versa. Just jack around

with the srum pattern till it sounds cool.

Chorus (Repeat phrase below)

G G?

E  --3--3--|
B  --3--2--|
G  --0--0--|
D  --0--0--|
A  --2--2--|
E  --3--3--|

Solo

(Guitar 2 Solos while Guitar 1 contines main riff.)

----10-----------------------------------------------------------|
--8----8-7-8--7-8-h10--8--7-8-7----------------------------------|
--------------------------------9-7------------------------------|
------------------------------------9/11-------------------------|
-----------------------------------------12-10----10-------------|
-----------------------------------------------12----------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----8~----------------------------------------------------------|
-7-9----9\7-5---5-6----------------------------------------------|
--------------7-----7-5-7-5---5\4~-------------------------------|
----------------------------7------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------8-7-----------10-8-----------|
----------------------5-4----4-5/7------5---5/6-9------11-9-7~---|
--5-4-2-0-----------5-----5---------------7----------------------|
--------------3-5/7----------------------------------------------|
----------3-5----------------------------------------------------|
-------------------9~---6/7\5~-/12~--  12\9~---------------------|
-----------8~----------------------------------------------------|
-5-----5/7----6/9-------------------12---------------------------|
---7-5-----------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|

This song has to be the all time best 2-chord jam in history. It

totally rocks and anybody can play it cause it's just G and A.

You just gotta find a weird dude to be able to sing it right.

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

Sign in to join the conversation.

No comments yet. If you play this one, say what works.