[Intro BPM 111 - use sock and put some licks in] Vamp Pattern - AxAx x(55555)xA xxAx x(55555)xA Effectively - hammer onto A at 5th fret from full barre of all 5th frets hammer onto D from C/D
[Verse 1] [A] Well, I swear your perfume baby [A] Is made out of turnip greens [A] Every time I kiss you girl [A] It tastes like pork and beans [D] Even though you're wearin' those [D] Up-town high heels [A] I can tell from your giant step [A] You been walkin' through the cotton fields [E] you'reeeeeeeeeee ........................ You're soo [D] ooo down (stop - no snare or chord - slide up vocal) .......... [A] home [A] girl
[Verse 2] [A] Every time you monkey child [A] Takes my breath away (Double at 3rd I think) [A] Well, every time you move like that, girl [A] I got to get down and pray [D] Girl, you know that dress you're wearin' [D] Is made out of fiberglass [A] Every time you move like that, girl [A] I got to go to Sunday Mass [E] you'reeeeeeeeeee ........................ You're soo [D] ooo down (stop - no snare or chord - slide up vocal) .......... [A] home [A] girl
[Solo - Harp] Verse chords A A A A - D D A A Finish with [E] you'reeeeeeeeeee ........................ You're soo [D] ooo (stop - snare + D) down (stop - no snare or chord - slide up vocal) .......... [A] home [A] girl
[Verse 3] [A] I'm gonna take you to the muddy river [A] And push you in (Double at 3rd I think) [A] So I can watch the water roll on [A] Down your velvet skin [D] I'm gonna take you down to New Orleans [D] Down in ......Dix ie....... la.....and [A] So I can watch you do the second line - with an [A] Umbrella in your hand [E] you'reeeeeeeeeee ........................ You're soo [D] ooo down (stop - no snare or chord - slide up vocal) .......... [A] home [A] girl
Verse chords A A G A A G A A G AAGA (snare on last 4)
[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)