Chorus:
[ Am
]
Jolene,
[ C
]
Jolene,
[ G
]
Jolene,
[ Am
]
Jolene
I'm
[ G
]
begging of you
[ Em
]
please don't
[ Am
]
take my man
[ Am
]
Jolene,
[ C
]
Jolene,
[ G
]
Jolene,
[ Am
]
Jolene
[ G
]
Please don't take him
[ Em
]
just because
[ Am
]
you can
Verse:
Your
[ Am
]
beauty is
[ C
]
beyond compare
With
[ G
]
flaming locks of auburn
[ Am
]
hair
With
[ G
]
ivory skin and
[ Em
]
eyes of emerald
[ Am
]
green
Your
[ Am
]
smile is like a
[ C
]
breath of spring
Your
[ G
]
voice is soft like summer
[ Am
]
rain
And
[ G
]
I cannot
[ Em
]
compete with you
[ Am
]
Jolene
[ Am
]
He talks about you
[ C
]
in his sleep
And there's
[ G
]
nothing I can
[ Am
]
do to keep
From
[ G
]
crying when he
[ Em
]
calls your name
[ Am
]
Jolene
And
[ Am
]
I can easily
[ C
]
understand
How
[ G
]
you could easily
[ Am
]
take my man
But you
[ G
]
don't know what he
[ Em
]
means to me
[ Am
]
Jolene
Chorus:
[ Am
]
Jolene,
[ C
]
Jolene,
[ G
]
Jolene,
[ Am
]
Jolene
I'm
[ G
]
begging of you
[ Em
]
please don't
[ Am
]
take my man
[ Am
]
Jolene,
[ C
]
Jolene,
[ G
]
Jolene,
[ Am
]
Jolene
[ G
]
Please don't take him
[ Em
]
just because
[ Am
]
you can
(Please don't take him even though you can)
Verse:
[ Am
]
You could have your
[ C
]
choice of men
But
[ G
]
I could never
[ Am
]
love again
[ G
]
He's the only
[ Em
]
one for me
[ Am
]
Jolene
I
[ Am
]
had to have this
[ C
]
talk with you
My
[ G
]
happiness
[ Am
]
depends on you
And
[ G
]
whatever you
[ G
]
decide to do
[ Am
]
Jolene
Chorus:
[ Am
]
Jolene,
[ C
]
Jolene,
[ G
]
Jolene,
[ Am
]
Jolene
I'm
[ G
]
begging of you
[ Em
]
please don't
[ Am
]
take my man
[ Am
]
Jolene,
[ C
]
Jolene,
[ G
]
Jolene,
[ Am
]
Jolene
[ G
]
Please don't take him
[ Em
]
just because
[ Am
]
you can
(Please don't take him even though you can)
[ Am
]
Jolene, Jolene