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   A
e -----------------------------------------------------------|
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   A
e ------------------------------------------|
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   A
e -----------------------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#m
e -------------------------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.