Intro: Am (4 bars)
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
Your 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
Your smile is like a breath of spring
G Am
Your voice is soft like summer rain
G Em Am
And I cannot compete with you, Jolene
Verse 2:
Am C
He talks about you in his sleep
G Am
There's nothing I can do to keep
G Em Am
From crying when he calls your name, Jolene
Am C
And I can easily understand
G Am
How you could easily take my man
G Em Am
But you don't know what he means to me, Jolene
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 3:
Am C
You could have your choice of men
G Am
But I could never love again
G Em Am
He's the only one for me, Jolene
Am C
I had to have this talk with you
G Am
My happiness depends on you
G Em Am
Whatever you decide to do, Jolene
Verse 4:
Am C
Those fearful thoughts fill up your head
G Am
Her shadow lurking in your bed
G Em Am
You wonder if you'll wake up dead, Jolene
Am C
Her tendrils sink into your mind
G Am
In nightmare's chasm, you will find
G Em Am
Nothing but the demoness, Jolene
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 even though you can
Verse 5:
Am C
He screams about you in his sleep
G Am
And when he wakes, does naught but weep
G Em Am
In terror, of the one they call Jolene
Am C
Her teeth are sharp, her mouth agape
G Am
Her claws rend flesh, there's no escape
G Em Am
from the judgement of the Eldritch one, Jolene
Verse 6:
Am C
She pulls you in, the dreadful vice
G Am
Will not let go, will not think twice
G Em Am
There's no coming back from this, Jolene
Am C
She feeds off women's anguished cries
G Am
Swooping down from blackened skies
G Em Am
She's the one the mortals call, Jolene
Am C G Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
G Am
I'm begging of you, spare my sanity
Am C G Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
G Em Am
Spare my soul you hellspawn entity
Verse 7:
Am C
Your form is more than we can know
G Am
You lurched ashore from leagues below
G Em Am
Much worse than all our psychics had foreseen
Am C
We weep in anguish, paranoid
G Am
For when she leaves the Elder Void
G Em Am
Reality shall be unmade, Jolene
Am C
Children tremble at your name
Verse 8:
Am C
The reckoning is drawing near
G Am
All will shout or die from fear
G Em Am
As foretold by countless seers, Jolene
Am C
The quiet falls, the seas are still
G Am
The wind it blows an icy chill
G Em Am
Sweet Jesus! We were wrong, here comes Jolene
Am C G Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
G Am
I'm begging of you, please don't raze the land
Am C G Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
G Em Am
Spill our blood to stay your Eldritch hand
Verse 9:
Am C
Blackening the summer skies
G Am
With burning wings and countless eyes
G Em Am
We tremble at the sight of you, Jolene
Am C
We cower here beneath your gaze
G Am
That sets the earth and sky ablaze
G Em Am
Have mercy at the end of days, Jolene
Verse 10:
Am C
Prodigious claws, and tattered wings
G Am
She is the end of everything
G Em Am
Mortals shake and weep before Jolene
Am C
From immortal bounds the darkness prowls
G Am
With frothing hounds, who feast and howl
G Em Am
Her chariot approaches now, Jolene
Am C G Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
G Am
I'm begging of you, please don't destroy man
Am C G Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
G Em Am
Spare us all, we're not part of your plan
Verse 11:
Am C
Iron fills your mottled veins
G Am
Your visage drives us all insane
G Em Am
Do go back from whence you came, Jolene
Am C
With ruined eyes like burning coals
G Am
She truly is the Devil's foal
G Em Am
Come forth to raze us with your scythe, Jolene
Verse 12:
Am C
Our doorways bear the Elder Sign
G Am
Now do not come for me and mine
G Em Am
Beg mercy from the merciless Jolene
Am C
We pray to God, our Sacred Lord
G Am
The moon glows red, the wine outpoured
G Em Am
Drink us down and damn us all, Jolene
Am C G Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
G Am
I'm begging of you, please don't kill my man
Am C G Am
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
G Em Am
Please don't rend him even though you can
Verse 13:
Am C
Her wings spread out to snuff the sun
G Am
The works of man shall be undone
G Em Am
Under her rule, we'll all be one, Jolene
Am C
Her wrath is nigh and won't be stayed
G Am
And countless men alive are flayed
G Em Am
There's no escape from Lady Death, Jolene
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 even though you can