Chords for Dolly Parton - Jolene

_ _ _ _ Thank you!
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_ [D] Thank [G] you! _
Hello!
_ _ I want to take a minute and really [F] say a [G] very, very special hello to all of you and to say hello, I'm Dolly Parton, and it is so nice to be with you tonight.
_ Ah!
[C] _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [C] [G] I wanted to do a television show, and I wanted to do it in London, because it is a beautiful city, and we do have better fans here than almost anywhere in [Cm] the world, and we [Gm] proved that tonight, right?
You're the nicest people I guess I've ever known! _
_ [Cm] _ [G] But anyway, we want all of you to join in and have a big time.
Anytime you feel like singing along with us, clapping your hands or stomping your feet, it is your show.
You've paid a lot of money to come here tonight, and I want you to [D] know that _ [Cm] [G] I appreciate it, because I do need the money.
[C] _ _ _ _ [G]
It takes all I make to keep up my appearance.
You'd be amazed at the price of industrial bras these days, and just how much money it can really take to make a person look so cheap.
_ [Cm]
So anyway, _ [Gm] _ [C] [G] we want you to have a lot of fun [C] tonight, which is exactly [G] what we intend to do, and I want to go back now and do a song for you that was a big record over here many years ago. _
This is a story about an old red-headed girl that was trying to steal my husband _ back in the late _ 60s.
Now you know women do that sort of thing, right?
Well, I want you to know she [F] didn't get [G] him.
I fought that red-headed woman like a wild [C] cat.
[Fm] She jerked my wig [Gm] off and almost beat me to death with it.
_ She beat the [Cm] tar out of me, but I [Gm] kept my husband.
I got [G] that sucker home, and I beat the tar out of him.
Her name [Cm] was Jolene. _ _
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_ Jolene, [Eb] Jolene, [Bb]
Jolene, [Cm] _ Jolene.
Oh, [Bb] I'm begging of you, please [Gm] don't take my [Cm] man. _ _ _
_ Jolene, [Eb] Jolene, [Bb]
Jolene, [Cm] _ Jolene.
_ [Bb]
Please don't take him just because [Cm] you can.
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Your beauty [Eb] is beyond [Bb] compare, with flaming locks [Cm] of auburn hair, [Bb] with ivory skin and eyes [Cm] of a blue-green.
Jolene, _ Jolene, Jolene, Jolene.
Your smile [Eb] is like a breath of spring, [Bb] your voice is soft [Cm] like summer [Bb] rain.
Why can I compete with [Cm] you, _ Jolene, Jolene? _
He talks about [Eb] you in his sleep, [Bb] and there's nothing I [Cm] can do to [Bb] keep him crying when he [Cm] calls your name.
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene.
But I can [Eb] easily understand [Gm] how you could [Cm] easily take my man,
but [Bb] you don't know what he [Cm] means to me, Jolene. _ _ _ _
_ Jolene, [Eb] Jolene, [Bb]
Jolene, [Cm] _ _ Jolene.
Oh, [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 [Cm] because you can.
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You could [Eb] have your choice of man, [Bb] I could never [Cm] love [Bb] again, because he's the only one [Cm] for me, _ Jolene.
_ _ _ I had to [Eb] have this talk with [Bb] you, my [Cm] happiness depends [Bb] on you and whether you decide [Cm] to look to [Gm] [Cm] me. _
_ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ Jolene, [Eb]
Jolene, [Bb] Jolene, [Cm] Jolene. _
[Bb] Oh, I'm begging of you, [Cm] please 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, Jolene, Jolene.
It's just not fair, [C] _ Jolene.
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