[Intro - No drums - Think Drop D - for Bm can play low open D as in chord] D e|-2-----3p2----2p0-----------| B|---------------------5p3----| G|----------------------------| D|----0------0------0------0--| x 4 A|----------------------------| E|----------------------------|
[Verse 1 - Capo 3 - Dont bother live - Vocal melody sings a D7 so you can put that in - first 2 notes - D to C] [D] I [D7]am unwritten [D7] [D7sus2-xx0120]Can't [D7]read [Dsus4]my [D]mind, [D7sus2]I'm [D7]un [Dsus4]de [D]fined [D]I'm [D7]just beginning [D7] The [D7sus2]pen's [D7]in [Dsus4]my [D]hand, (next chords follow melody tight) [Dmaj7]end [D]ing [Dsus4]un [D]planned
[Pre-Chorus - Bass drum] [D] Staring at the blank page be [C] fore you Open up the dirty [Bm] window Let the sun illumi [Gm/Bb-013333] nate the words that you could not find [D] Reaching for something in the [C] distance So close you can almost [Bm] taste it Release your inhi [N.C.] bitions ... Feel the rain on your
[Chorus - Full drums] [Bm] skin - no one [Em] else can feel it [G] for you Only [D] you can let it [Bm] in No one [Em] else, no one [G] else can speak the [D] words on your [Bm] lips Drench your [Em] self in words un [G] spoken Live your [D] life with arms wide [Bm] open Today [Em] is where [G] your book begins [No Chord] The rest is still unwritten
[Vamp] [D] 4 times round riff
[Verse 2] [D] I [D7]break tradition [D7] [D7sus2]Some [D7]times [Dsus4]my [D]tries are [D7sus2]out [D7]side [Dsus4]the [D]lines [xx021x]i [xx0210]i [xx023x]i [D]We've [D7]been conditioned [D7] To [D7sus2]not [D7]make [Dsus4]mis [D]takes, but I [Dsus2] can't live that way [Dsus2]Oh [D5]oooo
[Pre-Chorus] [D] Staring at the blank page be [C] fore you Open up the dirty [Bm] window Let the sun illumi [Gm/Bb-013333] nate the words that you could not find [D] Reaching for something in the [C] distance So close you can almost [Bm] taste it Release your inhi [N.C.] bitions ... Feel the rain on your
[Chorus] [Bm] skin - no one [Em] else can feel it [G] for you Only [D] you can let it [Bm] in No one [Em] else, no one [G] else can speak the [D] words on your [Bm] lips Drench your [Em] self in words un [G] spoken Live your [D] life with arms wide [Bm] open Today [Em] is where (remember going quickly to another chorus) [G] your book begins Feel the rain on your
[Bm] skin - no one [Em] else can feel it [G] for you Only [D] you can let it [Bm] in No one [Em] else, no one [G] else can speak the [D] words on your [Bm] lips Drench your [Em] self in words un [G] spoken Live your [D] life with arms wide [Bm] open Today [Em] is where [G] your book begins [No Chord] The rest is still unwritten
[Vamp] [D][G] x 2
[Bridge - CHORDS JUST ON FIRST WORDS - VOCALS FOLLOW F# TO G] [D] Staring at the blank page be [G] fore you Open up the dirty [D] window Let the sun illumi [G] nate the words that you could not find [D] Reaching for something in the [G] distance So close you can almost [D] taste it [Vocal melody next is GG F#G F#G - Play Dsus4 figure] Release your inhibi [G]tions ... [G is on bass drum then stop drums - don't get to snare - High A - HOLD]
[BREAK - big fill across vocals] [G]Feel the rain on your
[Chorus - Drums back - BIG VOCALS - 35 OR 3] [Bm] skin - no one [Em] else can feel it [G] for you Only [D] you can let it [Bm] in No one [Em] else, no one [G] else can speak the [D] words on your [Bm] lips Drench your [Em] self in words un [G] spoken Live your [D] life with arms wide [Bm] open Today [Em] is where [G] your book begins - feel the rain on your skin
[Chorus] [Bm] skin - no one [Em] else can feel it [G] for you Only [D] you can let it [Bm] in No one [Em] else, no one [G] else can speak the [D] words on your [Bm] lips Drench your [Em] self in words un [G] spoken Live your [D] life with arms wide [Bm] open Today [Em] is where [G] your book begins [N.C.] The rest is still unwritten
[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)
