Jolene

Intro: Am 


   Am      C       G       Am 
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene 
     G            Em         G   Am 
I'm warnin' you, don't come for my man 

(Jolene) 
           C       G       Am 
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene 
       G 
Don't take the chance 
    Em        G    Am 
Because you think you can 


                    C 
You're beautiful beyond compare 
       G/B 
Takes more than beauty and 
   Am 
Seductive stares 
    G              Em 
To come between a family 
       G  Am 
And a happy man 

               C 
Jolene, I'm a woman too 
     G/B                Am 
The games you play are nothing new 
    G                 Em        G 
So you don't want no heat with me 
 Am 
Jolene 

            Am                C 
We've been deep in love for twenty 

Years 
   G/B                Am 
I raised that man, I raised his kids 
    G                  Em      G 
I know my man better than he knows 
 Am 
Himself 

(Yeah, what?) 
             C               G/B 
I can easily understand why you're 
           Am 
Attracted to my man 
               G 
But you don't want this smoke 
          Em             G  Am 
So shoot your shot with so_meone else 

(You heard me) 


           C       G       Am 
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene 
     G                  Em   G 
I'm warnin' you, woman find you your 
 Em   G       Am 
Find you your own man 
            C          G/B   Am 
Jolene, I know I'm a queen, Jolene 
              G            Em 
I'm still a Creole banjee bitch from 
   G  Am 
Loui_sianne (don't try me) 


                            C 
There's a thousand girls in every room 
     G/B              Am 
That act as desperate as you do 
       G               Em        G 
You a bird, go on and sing your tune 
 Am 
Jolene 

(What?) 
                    C 
I had to have this talk with you 
          G/B            Am 
'Cause I hate to have to act a fool 
      G                Em      G 
Your peace depends on how you move 
 Am 
Jolene 


                F            G 
Me and my man crossed those valleys 
 Fº                       Am 
Highs and lows and everything between 
                G                 Dm 
Good deeds roll in like tumblin' weeds 
               Em                F 
I sleep good, happy, 'cause you can't 
             G      G#º 
Dig up our planted seeds 
Am                             G 
   I know my man's gon' stand by me 
          G/B        Am 
Breathin' in my gentle breeze 

    F            G 
I crossed those valleys 
 Fº                       Am 
Highs and lows and everything between 
                G                 Dm 
Good deeds roll in like tumblin' weeds 
          Em 
Good and happy 
            F 
'Cause you can't dig up 
       G 
Them planted seeds 
   Gm              Am 
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene 
               G 
I'ma stand by her 
                   Em  Am 
She gon' stand by me, Jolene 


Final:

               G 
I'ma stand by him 
                  Em 
He gon' stand by me 
               F 
I'ma stand by her 
                   G 
She gon' stand by me 
               Dm 
I'ma stand by him 

He gon' stand by me 
 Dm 
Jolene