Eldritch - Jolene

	  		
Intro Am (x4) 

  Am      C       G       Am 
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene 
     G                                  Am 
I'm begging of you, please don't take my man 
  Am      C       G      Am 
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene 
   G                   Em             Am 
Please don't take him just because you can 


verse 1 
       Am        C 
Her beauty is beyond compare 
       G                Am 
With flaming locks of auburn hair 
       G             Em              Am 
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green 
       Am           C 
The closer that you get to her 
    G                Am 
The more those edges seem to blur 
       G             Em           Am 
To something you can only call Jolene 
    Am                 C 
Her voice is soft like siren song 
    G                        Am 
But when she smiles, there’s something wrong 
    G                Em               Am 
God can’t protect us from the dread Jolene 

  Am      C       G       Am 
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, 
  G                                    Am 
I beg you, children, don’t disturb her sleep 
  Am      C       G       Am 
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, 
   G                   Em             Am 
You’re safe while she slumbers in the deep
 

verse 2 
       Am        C 
We cower here beneath the gaze 
       G                Am 
That sets the earth and sky ablaze 
       G          Em              Am 
Have mercy at the end of days, Jolene 
       Am              C 
Our sleep disturbed by growling breath 
       G                Am 
Eyes closed against the threat of death 
       G             Em            Am 
That lies behind the maw of that Jolene 
    Am                  C 
Her teeth are wide, her mouth agape 
       G                      Am 
Her claws rend flesh, there’s no escape 
       G             Em              Am 
From judgement of the Eldritch One, Jolene 
       Am      C 
Blackening the summer skies 
       G                Am 
With burning wings and countless eyes 
   G             Em                Am 
We tremble at the thought of you Jolene 

  Am      C       G       Am 
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, 
  G                                    Am 
I beg you, children, don’t disturb her sleep 
  Am      C       G       Am 
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, 
   G                   Em             Am 
You’re safe while she slumbers in the deep 


verse 3 
       Am                C 
Some foolish souls tried to defend 
          G                   Am 
But their broken minds 'd no time to mend 
     G                Em              Am 
They fell at the mere sight of you, Jolene 
    Am              C 
Before her wrath no foe could stand 
       G             Am 
Their corpses piled upon the sand 
       G             Em              Am 
The blood of gods is on her hands: Jolene 
    Am          C 
And as the massacre began 
          G          Am 
I saw how easily you took my man 
         G                 Em             Am 
But you don’t know what he meant to me, Jolene 
       Am             C 
He screamed about you in his sleep 
    G                Am 
And when he woke did naught but weep 
     G           Em              Am 
In terror of the one he called Jolene 
    Am              C 
And in the end, his poor heart caved 
  G           Am 
I had to dig another grave 
  G                Em              Am 
Inside the growing family plot, Jolene 

  Am      C       G       Am 
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, 
     G                                  Am 
I beg you, children, don’t disturb her sleep 
  Am      C       G       Am 
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, 
   G                   Em             Am 
You’re safe while she slumbers in the deep 


verse 4 
    Am                C 
You could’ve had your choice in men 
    G            Am 
But I will never love again 
    G             Em              Am 
And his demise is why I’m here Jolene 
       Am               C 
Bliss withers from your awful truth 
     G           Am 
Gone is the ignorance of youth 
    G           Em             Am 
The unrelenting mark of you, Jolene 
     Am               C 
I’ve seen beyond your auburn hair 
    G                 Am 
My eyes have met your vacant stare 
    G                  Em               Am 
And I’ve been told I’m hard to scare, Jolene 

Outro 
  Am      C       G       Am 
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, 
     G                    Em                 Am 
I’ve read the books, I’ve found your weakest spot 
  Am      C       G       Am 
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, 
   G             Em                 Am 
Before you wake, you’ll be dead and left to rot 
     G              Em                Am 
Your head will mark my family plot, Jolene