Guitar chords Jolene

Jolene was inspired by a red-haired girl who asked for Dolly Partons autograph at a show. Dolly was struck by the girls beauty and the name Jolene, deciding to write a song about it. The story in the song about a woman pleading with Jolene not to take her man is fictional, but Parton has admitted that the songs tension stems from her own marriage, where a particular bank teller had taken an interest in her husband.

Key:  Am
Introduction:
Am
  
  
Am
      
C
       
G/B
     
Am
 
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
         
G
                                    
Am
 
Ooh, I'm begging of you, please don't take my man
  
Am
      
C
       
G/B
     
Am
 
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
G
                                    
Am
 
Please don't take him even though you can

     
Am
          
C
 
Your beauty is beyond compare,
     
G
                
Am
 
With flaming locks of auburn hair,
     
G
                             
Am
 
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green
     
Am
              
C
 
Your smile is like a breath of spring,
     
G
                 
Am
 
Your skin is soft like summer rain,
    
G
                            
Am
 
And I cannot compete with you, Jolene
    
Am
             
C
 
And I could easily understand
    
G
                
Am
 
How you could easily take my man
        
G
                                 
Am
 
But you don't know what he means to me, Jolene
       
Am
              
C
 
And he talks about you in his sleep,
        
G
             
Am
 
There's nothing I can do to keep
     
G
                                  
Am
 
From crying, when he calls your name, Jolene ... Jolene

  
Am
      
C
       
G/B
     
Am
 
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
G
                                    
Am
 
Please don't take him even though you can
  
Am
      
C
       
G/B
     
Am
 
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
G
                                    
Am
 
Please don't take him even though you can

Am
               
C
 
Had to have this talk with you,
   
G
           
Am
 
My happiness depends on you,
    
G
                        
Am
 
Whatever you decide to do, Jolene
    
Am
                  
C
 
And you could have your choice of men,
    
G
             
Am
 
But I could never love again
    
G
                           
Am
 
Cos he's the only one for me, Jolene ... Jolene

  
Am
      
C
       
G/B
     
Am
 
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
         
G
                                    
Am
 
Ooh, I'm begging of you, please don't take my man
  
Am
      
C
       
G/B
     
Am
 
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
G
                                    
Am
 
Please don't take him even though you can

  
Am
 
Jolene ... Jolene