Jolene Chords by Dolly Parton

[Gm] _ _ _ I want to do a song for you now that a lot of people have been asking for ever since I started doing the Dolly Show.
They asked me why I didn't sing the song about Jolene.
Now this is a true story for those of you that don't know.
I wrote this song about 20 years ago about this woman down in Nashville that worked at the bank.
She was trying [C] to take care of [Gm] my husband while I was out on the road.
Well that didn't go over too big with me.
I fought that red-headed woman like a wildcat.
She jerked my wig off and almost beat me to death with it.
But I kept [C] my husband.
I got [Gm] that sucker home and I beat the [Cm] tar out of him.
We got a whole bunch of red-headed women [G] down here.
As a matter of fact, Jolene looked a whole lot like you.
[C] You red [Eb]-headed husband.
_ [Cm] _ _ _
So here we go with the pitiful story of Jolene. _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ Jolene, [Eb]
Jolene, [Bb] Jolene, [Cm] Jolene.
_ _ [Bb] I'm begging of you, please [Cm] don't take my man. _ _
_ _ Jolene, [Eb] Jolene, [Bb] Jolene, _ [Cm] _ Jolene.
[Bb] Please don't take him just because [Cm] you can. _ _ _ _ _
Your beauty is [Eb] beyond compare with [Bb] flaming locks [Cm] of auburn hair,
[Bb] with ivory skin and eyes [Cm] of emerald green.
_ _ _ Your smile is like a [Eb] breath of spring.
Your [Bb] voice is soft [Cm] like summer rain.
[Bb] Well I cannot compete with you, [Cm] _ Jolene. _ _ _
He talks about you [Eb] in his sleep.
[Bb] There's nothing I can [Cm] do to keep from [Bb] crying when he calls your [Cm] name, Jolene.
_ _ _ Oh, but I can easily [Eb]
understand [Bb] how you could easily [Cm] take my man,
but [Bb] you don't know what he means to [Cm] me, _ Jolene.
_ _ [Bb] _
[Cm] Jolene, [Eb] Jolene, [Bb] Jolene, [Cm] Jolene.
_ [Bb] Oh, I'm begging of you, please don't [Cm] take my man.
_ _ _ _ Jolene, [Eb] Jolene, [Bb] Jolene, _ [Cm] Jolene. _
[Bb] Please don't take him just because [Cm] you can. _
_ _ _ _ Now you could have your [Eb] choice of man, [Bb] but I could never [Cm] love again,
[Bb] because he's the only one for me, [Cm] _ _ Jolene.
Jolene. _
I had to have [Eb] this talk with you.
[Bb] My happiness [Cm]
depends on [Bb] you and whatever you decide [Cm] you'll do.
Jolene, _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] Jolene, [Eb]
Jolene, [Bb] Jolene, [Cm] Jolene.
_ [Bb] Oh, I'm begging of you, please [Cm] don't take my man. _
_ _ _ Jolene, [Eb] Jolene, [Bb]
Jolene, [Cm] Jolene.
_ _ [Bb] Please don't take him just [Cm] because you can. _ _ _ _
_ Jolene, _ _ _ Jolene.
Well, it's just not [Bb] fair.
_ [Cm] _ Jolene.
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