Chords for The Life and Career of Dolly Parton

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[F#] _ _ _ She is the queen of country music.
[D#] Welcome [B] to WatchMojo.com and today we're taking a look at the life and career of Dolly [G#] Parton.
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_ _ _ Dolly Rebecca Parton [B] was born on January 19, _ 1946 [F#] in Sevierville, Tennessee.
As a child, Parton performed on radio [A] and [B] television programs before an encounter with Johnny Cash at the Grand Ole Opry [G#m] convinced her to follow her heart [G#] and pursue music [C#] by moving to Nashville after high school [D]
graduation.
In the mid-1960s, she [F#m] began writing songs for other [D] singers, and these songs reflected her humble background and the evangelical Christian beliefs of her family.
[A] The success of her track, Put It Off [G] Until [D] Tomorrow, which was recorded by Bill [Bm] Phillips, enabled [D] Parton to put out her own [G] material. _ _ _ _ _
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Her _ singles, Dumb Blonde and [G] Something Fishy peaked in the top 25 spots on the country charts and [C] later appeared on her 1967 debut, [D] Hello, I'm Dolly.
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ This record caught the [C] attention of country entertainer Porter [Em] Wagoner and sparked the beginning of a professional relationship [G] between the two that would last for several years. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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The [C] pair performed many duets together and Parton [G] even [C] appeared as a regular on his television program, The Porter [F] Wagoner Show.
[C] Their first single together was The Last Thing on My Mind, which [G] reached No.
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6 on the country charts.
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_ [G] _ _ _ The pair recorded [F] multiple albums [C] together, such as Just Between You and Me, Porter [G] Wayne and Dolly Rebecca, and Once More, which generated a number of top ten hits.
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[F] Parton continued working on her solo career as [C] well.
She released several records, like Just [F] Because I'm a Woman and In the Good Old Days When Times Were Bad, but [C] they received lackluster success in comparison to her efforts with Wagoner. _ _ _ _
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_ _ Things turned around when she released a cover of the Jimmy Rogers track, Mule Skinner Blues, which reached No.
3 on the charts.
[D] Her first No.
1 single, Joshua, [G] began a series of solo hits, [A] including Coat of Many [Dm] Colors, [D#] which later became a trademark song.
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_ 1973's Jolene, from the [B] album of the same name, [C#m] _
_ and [B] _ 1974's I Will [C#m] Always Love You, written in tribute to Wagoner, also became mega successes.
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_ [Fm] _ _ [C#] In the mid-1970s, [D#] Parton not only starred in her [G#] own variety show, Dolly, but also attempted to branch out into pop music.
This began with the [D] albums All I Can Do in 1976, followed by New Harvest First Gathering, which contained pop and R&B [E] covers. _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ The latter topped the country charts, but [A] was a mainstream [G#] disappointment.
Her [Cm] first crossover [C#] success [G#] was the Grammy-winning Here You Come Again.
It was her first album [C#] to sell over a million [D#] [Fm] copies.
The title track hit No.
1 on the country charts and No.
3 on the [C#] pop charts.
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_ _ [G#] _ _ _ Parton's [C#] commercial success grew with pop [A#m]-oriented [G#] hits, but still [Cm] found country chart [C#] success.
Examples include the duets with Kenny Rogers, [A#m] Islands in the [Cm] Stream, and Real [C] Love.
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_ _ _ [G] Following a number of television appearances [Em] in the late 1970s were several [C] film roles in the 80s.
Parton's first feature [G] film was 9 to 5, [D] for which she wrote the [G] Oscar-nominated hit of the same name.
These were followed by [D] roles in movies such as The Best Little Whorehouse in [G] Texas, Rhinestone, and Steel [F] Magnolias.
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[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] In 1987, the critically acclaimed album Trio with Linda Ronstadt and [G#] Emmylou Harris generated four top ten country hits, and was [A#m] followed by the negatively reviewed and poorly selling record Rainbow.
[C#m] Parton then decided to [E] concentrate on country [A] music, which resulted in White Limousine, [B] an effort that put her on the country charts at No.
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_ _ _ [A] In 1992, [F#m] her commercial fortune [A] significantly increased with the massive success of [F#m] Whitney Houston's version of [A] Parton's song, [D] I Will Always Love You.
Next up were collaborative efforts [F#m] such as [G] 1994's Honky Tonk Angels with Loretta [D] Lynn and Tammy Wynette, and [G] 1999's Trio 2, again with [Em] Harris and [D] Ronstadt.
These were followed by several Grammy-winning [F#m] bluegrass [Bm] albums. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ 2005 saw [A] the release of the cover [Bm] compilation Those Were the Days, [Am] and an Oscar nomination for the song [G] Travelin' Through that appeared on [F] the soundtrack to the [C] film [E] Transamerica.
Her first single on her own [A] label Dolly [B] Records would be Better Get to Livin', which was [E] later featured on the 2008 [A] record Backwoods [G] Barbie.
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Since 1966, Parton has been married to Carl Thomas [B] Dean, though he shuns the spotlight [F#] and rarely appears with her at [E] events.
While she is a philanthropist and a shrewd [B] businesswoman, Dolly Parton is [E] above all a singer-songwriter, so it is little wonder that her authentic [B] and heartfelt songs, [F#] along with her [B] voluptuous figure and flamboyant sense of style, have made her [E] one of the most successful country artists of [F#] all time.
[B] So come back now, [F#] ya hear?
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