Chords with lyrics
Jolene:Olivia Newton John.
Album - Come On Over - #13 on BB Hot 200
on MCA Records in 1978. (Single hit #29
in Australia.)
INTRO: AbAb Eb MajorEb DbDb Eb MajorEb
CHORUS:
Eb MajorEb GbGb DbDb Eb MajorEb DbDb
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene..I'm begging
EbmEbm
of you please don't take my man.
EbmEbm GbGb DbDb Eb MajorEb DbDb
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene..please don't
Eb MajorEb
take him just because you can.
#1.
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Your beauty is beyond compare with flaming
Eb MajorEb DbDb
locks of auburn hair..with ivory skin and
Eb MajorEb
eyes of emerald green.
Eb MajorEb GbGb
Your smile is like a breath of spring..your
DbDb Eb MajorEb
voice is soft like summer rain.
DbDb Eb MajorEb
And I can not compete with you, Jolene.
#2.
Eb MajorEb GbGb
He talks about you in his sleep and there's
DbDb Eb MajorEb DbDb
nothing I can do to keep, from crying when
EbmEbm
he calls your name, Jolene.
Eb MajorEb GbGb DbDb
And I can easy understand, how you could easy
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take my man, but you don't know what he means
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to me, Jolene.
CHORUS:
Eb MajorEb GbGb DbDb Eb MajorEb DbDb
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene..I'm begging
EbmEbm
of you please don't take my man.
EbmEbm GbGb DbDb Eb MajorEb DbDb
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene..please don't
Eb MajorEb
take him just because you can.
#3.
Eb MajorEb GbGb DbDb
Now, you could have your choice of men but I could
Eb MajorEb DbDb Eb MajorEb
never love again..he's the only one for me, Jolene.
Eb MajorEb GbGb DbDb
I had to have this talk with you, my happiness
Eb MajorEb DbDb Eb MajorEb EbmEbm
depends on you..and whatever you decide to do, Jo-lene.
CHORUS:
Eb MajorEb GbGb DbDb Eb MajorEb DbDb
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene..I'm begging
EbmEbm
of you please don't take my man.
EbmEbm GbGb DbDb Eb MajorEb DbDb
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene..please don't
Eb MajorEb
take him even though you can.
OUTRO:
Eb MajorEb EbmEbm
Jolene..(x6) Jo..lene..(Fade.)
A augmentedA seventies smash from Kraziekhat.