[Intro - BPM 154 - no drums] D Dsus4 D x4 (pickup x x x bS
[Verse 1 - Double snare on 'This Thing' to bring drums in] This [D+sus4] thing .... called love, ... I [G] just can't [C] handle [G/B] it,..This thing, [D+sus4] called love ... I [G] must, get [C] round to [G/B] it, I ain't [D] ready ..... [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love. (bssbssbsss fill + stop)
[Verse 2] This [D+sus4] thing, called love, it [G] cries, in a [C] cradle all [G/B] night, It [D+sus4] swings, it jives, it [G] shakes all over like a [C] jelly [G/B] fish, I kinda [D] like it, .... [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love. (bssbssbsss fill + stop)
[Bridge][#######################SCROLL############] There goes my [G] baby, she [C] knows how to rock and [G] roll, ....She drives me [Bb] crazy ................. she gives me [E7] hot and cold [A7] fever, then she [F7] leaves (stop) me in a cool, cool sweat.
[Break - keep bass drum going on 1 & 3] D5 C#5 C5 N.C. A5 G#5 G5 N.C. (stabs with snare) E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 A7 (Then descending riff - just notes not chords) (G)I (F#)gotta (E)be
[Verse 3] [D+sus4] cool, relax, get [G] hip, ... get [C] on my [G/B] tracks, take a [D+sus4] back seat, hitch-hike And [G] take a long ride on my [C] motor [G/B] bike until I'm [D] ready, .....[Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love. [N.C.] (stop)
[Solo] | Bb | Bb | D G | D | | Bb | Bb | E7 A7 | F7 N.C.
[Verse 4] (no chords - just snare) I gotta be cool, relax, get hip, get on my tracks, take a back seat, hitch-hike And take a long ride on my motorbike until I'm ready, (ready Freddie) Crazy little thing called love. (bssbssbsss fill + D then stop) Bass run (G) (F#) (E)
[Verse 5 - Full drums] This thing, [D+sus4] called love, I [G] just can't [C] handle [G/B] it, This thing, [D+sus4] called love, I [G] must, get [C] round to [G/B] it, I ain't [D] ready, .... [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love.
[Outro] [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love, yeah yeah (fade out, repeats another approx 8 times)
[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)
