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[Chorus]
  Am      C       G       Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene,
    G                                    Am          Am
I'm begging of you please don't take her   man.
  Am      C       G       Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene,
G                                    Am         Am
please dont hold on just because you   can.

[Verse 1]
     Am          C
Your beauty is beyond compare
     G                Am
with flaming locks of auburn hair
     G                              Am         Am
with ivory skin and eyes of emerald   green.
     Am              C
Your smile is like a breath of spring,
     G                  Am
your voice is soft like summer rain,
    G                           Am            Am
but I can't keep on seeing you,   Jolene.     
            Am               C                    
Honey, I've talked about you in my sleep
            G               Am
and there's nothing she can do to keep 
     G                            Am          Am
from crying when I say your name,   Jolene, yeah.
    Am           C          
But I can easily understand 
    G              Am                
how you can easily change our plans 
        G                                Am        Am
but you don't know what she means to me,   Jolene.

[Chorus]
  Am      C       G       Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene,
    G                                    Am          Am
I'm begging of you please don't take her   man.
  Am      C       G       Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene,
G                                    Am         Am
please dont hold on just because you   can.

[Verse 2]
Am                C            
You can have your choice of men 
    G             Am
but I could never love again,
G                          Am          
she's the only one for me,   Jolene.
      Am               C
So, I had to have this talk with you, 
    G           Am
our happiness depends on you 
                               Am 
and whatever you decide to do,   Jolene.

[Chorus]
  Am      C       G       Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene,
    G                                    Am  
I'm begging of you please don't take her   man.
  Am      C       G       Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene,
G                                    Am       Am
please dont hold on just because you   can.

[Chorus]
  Am      C       G       Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene,
    G                                Am          Am
I'm begging of you please don't take her man.
  Am      C       G       Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene,
G                                    Am         Am
please dont hold on just because you   can.

[End-Chorus]
  Am      C       G       Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene,
    G                                Am          Am
I'm begging of you please don't take her man.
  Am      C       G       Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene,
G                                    Am         Am
please dont hold on just because you   can.

[Outro]
  Am          Am          Am
Jolene.