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Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 10:29:28 +0100
From: Zoran Kucanda
Intro
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chorus
D A E B
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Rolling Stones
Jumpin' Jack Flash - Jagger, Richard 1968
riff1 riff2 riff1
riff2 riff1 riff2
I was born in a cross-fire hurricane
riff1
riff2 riff1 riff2
And I howled at my ma in the driving rain,
riff1
D A E B
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!
D A E
But it's all right. I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash,
B
It's a gas! Gas! Gas!
intro
riff1 riff2 riff1
riff2 riff1 riff2
I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag,
riff1
riff2 riff1 riff2
I was schooled with a strap right across my back,
riff1
D A E B
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!
D A E
But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash,
B
It's a gas! Gas! Gas!
intro (many times)
riff1 riff2 riff1
riff2 riff1 riff2
I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead.
riff1
riff2 riff1 riff2
I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled.
riff1
riff2 riff1 riff2
I frowned at the crumbs of a crust of bread.
riff1
riff2 riff1 riff2
I was crowned with a spike right thru my head.
riff1
D A E B
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!
D A E
But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash,
B
It's a gas! Gas! Gas!
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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scotty 2 hotty Rhythm Player |
#1 by scotty 2 hotty at May 21, 1971 at 4:03 AM EST |
| what a fukin cool gardener | |
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Caitlin Rhythm Player |
#2 by Caitlin Carlisle at Jan 4, 1977 at 12:56 AM EST |
| Gas = meaning: That song was a real gas! means it was wild etc etc. | |
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Alex Wanna Be |
#3 by Alex Jurek at Apr 28, 1977 at 5:23 AM EST |
| I probably sound really stupid but what does it's a gas mean? I belive it means that it's a fun time or something... please correct me if i am wrong | |
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sean Wanna Be |
#4 by sean bradly at Aug 27, 1982 at 7:12 AM EST |
| right, it was about the gardener, they were in their house which was actually an old castle or something and they stayed up late trying to write a song and the gardener walked by the widow at like 5 30 in the morning and they created the character and made up a story for him. They almost give him impish qualties. | |
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tom Average |
#5 by tom jenkins at Sep 12, 1985 at 2:53 PM EST |
| yeah, it is about the gardener, i read it in a stones book...this may be why, every time they perform this song, petals and water are thrown out to the audience. people need to stop overanalyzing these simple songs...heroine, yeah...just like "abc" by the jackson five is about devil-worshipping... | |
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Goat Average |
#6 by Goat Screwer at Oct 28, 1988 at 5:22 PM EST |
| I think the line about Jack Flash sitting on a candlestick in the song "American Pie" is about Mick Jagger and the Stones. | |
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bob Average |
#7 by bob fred at Jul 29, 1998 at 4:04 AM EST |
| The gardener thing is what I read too. Never know--it could be something they made up. It's a great song--Keith's favorite. The guitar riff in this song is basically the same as Satisfaction which was purely a Keith Richards invention. No one disputes that yet Bill Wyman still cries that he wrote the JJF riff. | |
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dylan Average |
#8 by dylan markus at Apr 9, 2003 at 8:07 PM EST |
| i can say in relative confidence, that the song jumpin jack flash was when keith and mick where in keiths redlands mansion and keiths gardner, Jack Dyer walked past the window at 6am, schwelching loudly with his soaking boots on the path, mick was startled and keith explained it was "Jumpin Jack" and that night they laid down the base for the classic song. As regards a heroin perspective, this perhaps may be a side meaning, at a later stage... but that is how the song was created originally. | |
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