[Intro - BPM 120] [Verse 1] [F#m] Ticking away the moments that make up a [A] dull day [E] Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand [F#m] way [F#m] Kicking around on a piece of ground in your [A] hometown [E] Waiting for someone or something to show you the [F#m] way
[Chorus] [Dmaj7] Tired of lying in the sunshine, [Amaj7] staying home to watch the rain [Dmaj7] You are young and life is long, and [Amaj7] there is time to kill today [Dmaj7] And then one day you find, [C#m7] ten years have got behind you [Bm7] No one told you when to run .. (run - low E - 4 2 0) [E] You missed the starting gun
[Guitar Solo] [F#m][A][E][F#m] x 4 [Dmaj7][Amaj7][Dmaj7][Amaj7][Dmaj7][C#m7][Bm7][E]
[Verse 2] And you [F#m] run and you run to catch up with the Sun, but it's [A] sinking; [E] Racing around to come up behind you ag [F#m] ain The [F#m] Sun is the same in a relative way, but you're [A] older, [E] shorter of breath, and one day closer to [F#m] death.
[Dmaj7] Every year is getting shorter, [Amaj7] never seem to find the time. [Dmaj7] Plans that either come to naught, or [Amaj7] half a page of scribbled lines. [Dmaj7] Hanging on in quiet desper [C#m7] ation is the English way. The [Bm] time is gone, the song is over. [Bm7] Thought I'd something [F] more to say.
Emadd9 (022002) A Emadd9 A
[Verse 3] [Em7] Home, home ag [A] ain [Em7] I like to be here when I [A] can [Em7] When I come home, cold and [A] tired [Em7] It's good to warm my bones beside the [A] fire [Cmaj7] Far away, across the field [Bm7] Tolling on the iron bell [Fmaj7] Calls the faithful to their knees [G] To hear the softly [D7#9 - Hendrix chord - X5456] spoken [D7b9 - x54545 - move little finger to high E string and barre] magic [Bm] spell
[BPM 110 - Intro - Original key Capo at 4 - BUT DONT BOTHER LIVE - start with drums] 2 bars - Am riff - hammer open notes onto Am to play riff
[Chorus] [Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene .. I'm [G] begging of you [Em] please don't take my [Am] man [Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene [G] Please don't take him [Em] just because you [Am] can (Please don't take him even though you can) [Am - vamp]
[Verse] Your [Am] beauty is be [C] yond compare with [G] flaming locks of [Am] auburn hair With [G] ivory skin and [Em] eyes of emerald [Am] green. [Am - vamp] Your [Am] smile is like a [C] breath of spring your [G] voice is soft like [Am] summer rain And [G] I can not com [Em] pete with you Jo [Am] lene. [Am - vamp] He [Am] 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 Jo [Am] lene [Am - vamp] Now [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, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene .. I'm [G] begging of you [Em] please don't take my [Am] man [Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene [G] Please don't take him [Em] just because you [Am] can (Please don't take him even though you can)
[Verse] [Am] You can have your [C] choice of men but [G] I could never [Am] love again [G] He's the only [Em] one for me Jo [Am] lene [Am - vamp] I [Am] had to have this [C] talk with you, my [G] happiness de [Am] pends on you And what [G] ever you de [Em] cide to do Jo [Am] lene
[Chorus] [Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene .. I'm [G] begging of you [Em] please don't take my [Am] man [Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene [G] Please don't take him [Em] just because you [Am] can (Please don't take him even though you can)
