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