[Intro - Tab] * means strum with right hand little finger + strum up with little finger so mainly playing notes on high E
E 1--t5s3p0t5--*8s7p5--h8--8--0-+12-+1212s10--+1010s8--+8s10-*10-*8---5-3------ A 1-------------3-------------1-------------------------------3---1---6-5------- D 2-------------3-------------0-------------------------------3---2---5-5------- G 3-------------3-------------2-------------------------------3---3------------- B 3-------------1-------------3-------------------------------1---3------------- E 1-------------x-------------------------------------------------1-------------
[Verse 1] [F] A bottle of white [Gm7/F-113333] a bottle of red [C/F] Perhaps a bottle of [Bb/F] rose ins [F] tead
Rhythm coming into run is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 F Run starts on 2
[Run to C - starts on beat] B ------1h3-- G -0h2h3----- D 3(ring)----
[C] We'll get a [C]table [Bb]near the [F/A]street In our [F/A]old [Bb]familiar [C]place [Gm7] You and I [C] --fa-a-a [Gm7] ce to [C] face [Bb/C-x3333x] hmmm
[F] A bottle of red, [Gm7/F] a bottle of white [C/F] It all depends on your [Bb/F] aaaa ppe [F] tite (Run to C) [G7] I'll meet you [F/A]any time [G/B]you want [C] In our I [Bb/D] taliaa [C/E] aaan ....Restaurant [F][Gm7/F]
[Phrase during F to Gm7/F] E 5-5-----5--6-5-3--6 A 6---8p6-6--3------ D 5-------5--3------ G 7-------7--x------ B 8-------8--5------ E 5-------5--3------
[Verse 2 - All barre chords for hard staccato] [G-355433] Things are okay with [D/G-35777x] me these days [G7] Got a good job, [G9-35x435] got a good office [C] Got a new wife, [F] got a new life And the [Dsus4 - x5778x] family's fine [G/D - x55433][D - x57775]
[G] We lost touch [D/G] long ago [G7] You lost weight I [G9] did not know [C] You could ever [F] look so good after [Dsus4] So much time. [G/D][D]
[Verse 3] You re [Eb] member those days hanging [Bb] ou At the village [F] green [Eb] Engineer boots, leather [Bb] jackets And tight blue [F] jeans Drop a [Eb] dime in the box play the [Bb] Song about New Or [F] leans [Eb] Cold beer, [Bb] hot lights [C] My sweet r [D] omantic teenage nights
[Solo G barre - chords barres] [G][Gmaj7-364433][G7][G7] - [C][F][Am7][D] [G][Gmaj7][G7][G7] - [C][F][Am7][D] [D][D][D][D] - play ascending line if can
[Piano] G Bass - play octaves staccato [G][F][C/E-03555x][D-x5777x] x 4
[G] Oooh o [F] h oh o [C/E] h oh oh [D] oh oh oh oh [G] Oooh o [F] h oh o [C/E] h oh oh [D] oh oh oh oh
[Verse 4 - Dont go double time] [G] Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies And the [D] king and the queen of the prom [D][C] [G] Riding around with the [G/B] car top down and the [C] radio on [F][C][F][C] [G] Nobody looked any f [D] iner [D][C] Or was [G] more of a hit at the [C] Parkway Diner [G] We never knew we could [F] want more than that out of l [E7] ife Surely [Am7] Brenda and [G/B] Eddie would [C] always know [Am7/D] how to survive [G] . [G] Oooh [F] oh oh [C/E] oh oh o [D] h oh oh oh oh [G] Oooh [F] oh oh [C/E] oh oh o [D] h oh oh oh oh
[Verse 5] [G] Brenda and Eddie were still going steady in the [D] summer of '75 [D][C] [G] When they decided the [G/B] marriage would be at the [C] end of July [F][C][F][C] [G] Everyone said they were [D] crazy [D][C] [G] Brenda you know you're [C] much too lazy [G] Eddie could never af [F] ford to live that kind of [E7] life." But [Am7] there we were [G/B] wavin' [C] Brenda and [Am7/D] Eddie good [G] bye. [G] Oooh [F] oh oh [C/E] oh oh o [D] h oh oh oh oh
[Verse 6] They [F/C] got an apartment with deep pile carpet [D] And a couple of paintings [G] from Sea [C] rs [G] A [F/C] big waterbed that they bought with the bread They had [D] saved for a couple of [G] years [C][G] They [F/C] started to fight when the money got tight And [D] they just didn't count on the [Em] tears. Whoa oh [A7] oh oh oh oh [Am7/D] oh yaaa rock n'roll
[Verse 7] They l [F/C] ived for a while in a very nice style But it's [D] always the same in the [C] en [G] d They [F/C] got a divorce as a matter of course And they [D] parted the closest of fr [C] eh- [G] ends Then the [F/C] king and the queen went back to the green But you can [D] never go back there a [Em7] gain. Oh oh oh [A7] ohhhhh oh oh oh [Am7/D] ohhhhhh
[Verse 8] [G] Brenda and Eddie had had it already By the [D] summer of '75 [D][C] From the [G] high to the low To the [G/B] end of the show For the [C] rest of their lives [F][C][F][C] They [G] couldn't go back to the [D] greasers [D][C] The [G] best they could do was pick [C] up the pieces We [G] always knew they would [F] both find a way to get [E7] by ooooh [Am7] That's all I [G/B] heard about [C] Brenda and [D] Eddie [Am7] Can't tell you [G/B] more than I [C] told you al [D] ready [Am7] And here we are [G/B] wavin' [C] Brenda and [Am7/D] Eddie good
[Interlude] By [G] e. Oh [F] oh Oh [C/E] oh Oh o [D] h Oh oh [G] oh Oh o [F] h Oh [C/E] oh Oh o [D] h Oh oh [G] oh Oh [F] oh Oh [C/E] oh Oh [D] oh oh oh oh
[Descending Chords] ** = fret these notes with right hand first finger behind the 8th fret and pull off the 8th fret with left hand to sound them
[F][F/E][F/D][F/C][F/Bb][F/A] E -------------------- A -10(keep ringing)--- D -10------------------ G -10------------------ B -8-----7---------------- E ------------10-----8----6-s----5**
[C][Bb][Bb/A][Bb/G][Bb/F][Bb/E] E -------------------- A 5---3----3(keep ringing) D 5---3----3--------------- G 5---3----3--------------- B 3---1----0--------------- E -----------------3-------1----0
[Orchestrated section - each chord count 1 2 3 4 unless in brackets - then count just 2] [F][F][Gm7/F][Gm7/F][C/F][C/F][Bb/F][F] [C] ([C][Bb]) [F/A] ([F/A][Bb])([C][Gm7]) ([C][Gm7]) [Gm7/C][C7] (drum fill)
[Verse 9] [F] A bottle of red, [Gm7/F] ooooo and bottle of white [C/F] Whatever kind of mood you're [Bb/F]in to [F]night [G7] I'll meet you [F/A]any tiime [G/B]you want [C] In our I [Bb/D] talian [C/E] Restau [F]rant [Gm7/F]
[Saxophone] [Cmaj7][Fmaj7][Bbmaj7] [Cmaj7][Fmaj7][Bbmaj7] [Dm7][C/E][F][Dm7/G] [F/C][C] Nice technique - play C shape at 12th fret for top 3 notes but use RH first finger to finger the 15th fret of A to get the low C and then strum with little finger
[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)
