Gina by Stray Cats from the album Blast Off.
(originally written by the Paine Brothers)
Transcribed by Juhani Laakso.
Guitar intro:
For the simple solution, just play D E A four times.
To make it more interesting, play the riff:
D E A D E Ae -----------------------------------------------------------|B -----------------------------------------------------------|G -----------------------------------------------------------|D -2-------0-0-0-0---------------0-0-0-0---------------------|A ---0-2-4---------4-2---0-0-2-4---------4-2---0-0-2-4-------|E ---------------------4---------------------4---------------|
D E A D E Ae ------------------------------------------|B ------------------------------------------|G ------------------------------------------|D -0-0-0-0---------------0-0-0-0------------|A ---------4-2---0-0-2-4---------4-2-2-0----|E -------------4----------------------------|
1. & 2. verse:
D E A
Well they say Gina don't you run with him
D E A
Because you know the trouble I've been in
D E F#m
Oh that was yesterday, oh listen when they say
D E A
Gina, don't you run with him
D E A
Well they say Gina, I'm a bad mistake
D E A
But that's the chance you gonna have to take
D E F#m
Well I'm begging on my knees, begging darling please
D E A
Oh Gina, don't you run with him
Chorus (play arpeggio-style, except the last two rows):
Bm E
Well Gina, you're a young girl
Bm E
But I think you're old enough to decide
Bm E
They think we're foolin'
D E
But I can see the love in your eyes
D E A
Oh Gina, don't you run with him
Hey!
Guitar break:
The simple way: play D E A twice and D E F#m once.
The tablature for the guitar riff:
D E A D E Ae -----------------------0-----------------------0-----------|B -----------------------2-----------------------2-----------|G -----------------------2-----------------------2-----------|D -------0-0-0-0---------2-------0-0-0-0---------2-----------|A -0-2-4---------4-2---0-0-0-2-4---------4-2-2-4-0-0-2-4-----|E -------------------4---------------------------------------|
D E F#me -------------------------2-----|B -------------------------2-----|G -------------------------2-----|D -0-0-0-0-----------------4-----|A ---------4-2-------------4-----|E -------------0-2-2-2-0-2-2-----|
D E A
Oh Gina, don't you run with him
Chorus (arpeggio-style):
Bm E
Well Gina, you're a young girl
Bm E
But I think you're old enough to decide (to sigh?)
Bm E
They think we're foolin'
D E
But I can see the love in your eyes
(non-arpeggio:)
No! (No) No! (No!)
Listen when they say it baby
3. verse:
D E A
Gina, don't you run with him
D E A
Because you know the trouble I've been in
D E F#m
Oh that was yesterday, oh listen when they say
D E A
Gina, don't you run with him
D E A
Well they say Gina, don't you run with him
D E A
Gina, don't you run with him
D E A
Well they say Gina, don't you run with him
Hey!
The ending of the song:
Play the guitar intro at the same time as you sing this line
(listen to the record and you'll know how to time it right):
D E A
*(Don't listen baby) Well they say Gina, don't you run with him
*play this 7 times
The guitar-part in the last line is just slightly different over
the last two chords, try to find it out yourself, it's very easy.
D E F#m
(Don't listen baby) Gina, don't you run with him
Listen to the record and play with it! That is the easiest
way to get the timing and the other things right.
