{title: Jolene} {artist: Dolly Parton} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 110} {key: C#m} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {meta: url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixrje2rXLMA} {start_of_part: Intro} [C#msus2] {end_of_part} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} Jo[C#m]lene, Jo[E]lene, Jo[B]lene, Jo[C#m]lene I'm [B]begging of you, please don't take my [C#msus2]man Jo[C#m]lene, Jo[E]lene, Jo[B]lene, Jo[C#m]lene [B]please don't take him just because you [C#msus2]can {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} your [C#m]beauty is be[E]yond compare, with [B/D#]flaming locks of [C#m]auburn hair with [B]ivory skin and eyes of emerald [C#msus2]green your [C#m]smile is like a [E]breath of spring, your [B/D#]voice is soft like [C#m]summer rain and [B]I cannot compete with you, Jo[C#msus2]lene {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} he [C#m]talks about you [E]in his sleep, there's [B/D#]nothing I can [C#m]do to keep from [B]crying when he calls your name, Jo[C#msus2]lene and [C#m]I can easily [E]understand how [B/D#]you could easily [C#m]take my man but [B]you don't know what he means to me, Jo[C#msus2]lene {end_of_verse} {chorus: Chorus 2} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} [C#m]you could have your [E]choice of men, but [B/D#]I could never [C#m]love again [B]he's the only one for me, Jo[C#msus2]lene I [C#m]had to have this [E]talk with you, my [B/D#]happiness de[C#m]pends on you and what[B]ever you decide to do, Jo[C#msus2]lene {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 3} Jo[C#m]lene, Jo[E]lene, Jo[B]lene, Jo[C#m]lene I'm [B]begging of you, please don't take my [C#msus2]man Jo[C#m]lene, Jo[E]lene, Jo[B]lene, Jo[C#m]lene [B]please don't take him even though you [C#msus2]can {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Outtro} Jo[C#msus2]lene, Jolene {end_of_part}