| Am | C | G | Am | G | Em | Am | |
| Jolene, Jolene, Jo | lene, Jolene I'm begging of you please don't take my man |
| Am | C | G | Am | G | Em | Am | |
| Jolene, Jolene, Jolene. Jolene Please don't take him just because you can |
| (Please don't take him even |
| though you can) |
| Am | C | G | Am | |
| 1. Your beauty is beyond compare with flaming locks of auburn hair |
| G | Em | Am | |
| with ivory | skin and eyes of | emerald green. |
| Am | C | G | Am | |
| Your smile is like a breathe of spring your voice is soft like summer rain |
| G | Em | Am | |
| A | nd I can not compete wit | h Jolene. |
| Am | C | G | Am | |
| He talks about you in his sleep and there's nothing I can do to keep |
| G | Em | Am | |
| from crying | when he calls your n | ame Jolene |
| Am | C | G | Am | |
| N | ow I can easily understand | how you could easily | take my man |
| G | Em | Am | |
| But you don't kn | ow what he means to me Jolene | go to | chorus, |
| then to 2nd verse |
| Am | C | G | Am | |
| 2. Yo | u can have your choice of me | n but I could never love aga | in |
| G | Em | Am | |
| H | e's the only one f | or me Jolene |
| Am | C | G | Am | |
| I had to have this talk w | ith you My happines | s depends on you |
| G | Em | Am | |
| an | d whatever you decide to d | o Jolene |
| go to chorus, then ending. |
| ENDING: |
| Am | |
| Jolene Jolene. |