[Verse 1] Bm/E Sometimes you're better off dead Bm/E There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head Am7 You think you're mad, too unstable Am7 Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables Bm/E In a restaurant in a West End town Bm/E Call the police, there's a madman around Am7 Running down underground Am7 To a dive bar in a West End town
[Chorus] Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls D B/D# | E | E D B/D# | E | % | West End girls
[Verse 2] Bm/E Too many shadows, whispering voices Bm/E Faces on posters, too many choices Am7 If, when, why, what? Am7 How much have you got? Bm/E Have you got it, do you get it, if so, how often? Bm/E And which do you choose, a hard or soft option? Am7 (How much do you need?)
[Chorus] Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls D B/D# | E | E D B/D# | E | West End girls, West End girls
[Chorus] Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 East End boys and West End girls D B/D# | E | E D B/D# | E | % | West End girls
[Verse] Bm/E You've got a heart of glass or a heart of stone Bm/E Just you wait 'til I get you home Am7 We've got no future, we've got no past Am7 Here today, built to last Bm/E In every city, in every nation Bm/E From Lake Geneva to the Finland station Am7 (How far have you been?)
[Chorus] Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 East End boys, West End girls D B/D# | E | E D B/D# | E [ D B/D# | Cmaj7 ] West End girls (West End girls
[Outro] D B/D# | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | West End girls | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | West End girls (How far have you been?) D B/D# | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | West End girls (repeat and fade)
[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)
