Intro: Am (4 bars)Am C G Am Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene G Am I'm begging of you, please don't take my man Am C G Am Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene G Em Am Please don't take him just because you canVerse 1:
Am C Your beauty is beyond compare G Am With flaming locks of auburn hair G Em Am With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green Am C Your smile is like a breath of spring G Am Your voice is soft like summer rain G Em Am And I cannot compete with you, JoleneVerse 2:
Am C He talks about you in his sleep G Am There's nothing I can do to keep G Em Am From crying when he calls your name, Jolene Am C And I can easily understand G Am How you could easily take my man G Em Am But you don't know what he means to me, JoleneAm C G Am Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene G Am I'm begging of you, please don't take my man Am C G Am Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene G Em Am Please don't take him just because you canVerse 3:
Am C You could have your choice of men G Am But I could never love again G Em Am He's the only one for me, Jolene Am C I had to have this talk with you G Am My happiness depends on you G Em Am Whatever you decide to do, JoleneVerse 4:
Am C Those fearful thoughts fill up your head G Am Her shadow lurking in your bed G Em Am You wonder if you'll wake up dead, Jolene Am C Her tendrils sink into your mind G Am In nightmare's chasm, you will find G Em Am Nothing but the demoness, JoleneAm C G Am Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene G Am I'm begging of you, please don't take my man Am C G Am Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene G Em Am Please don't take him even though you canVerse 5:
Am C He screams about you in his sleep G Am And when he wakes, does naught but weep G Em Am In terror, of the one they call Jolene Am C Her teeth are sharp, her mouth agape G Am Her claws rend flesh, there's no escape G Em Am from the judgement of the Eldritch one, JoleneVerse 6:
Am C She pulls you in, the dreadful vice G Am Will not let go, will not think twice G Em Am There's no coming back from this, Jolene Am C She feeds off women's anguished cries G Am Swooping down from blackened skies G Em Am She's the one the mortals call, JoleneAm C G Am Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene G Am I'm begging of you, spare my sanity Am C G Am Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene G Em Am Spare my soul you hellspawn entityVerse 7:
Am C Your form is more than we can know G Am You lurched ashore from leagues below G Em Am Much worse than all our psychics had foreseen Am C We weep in anguish, paranoid G Am For when she leaves the Elder Void G Em Am Reality shall be unmade, Jolene Am C Children tremble at your nameVerse 8:
Am C The reckoning is drawing near G Am All will shout or die from fear G Em Am As foretold by countless seers, Jolene Am C The quiet falls, the seas are still G Am The wind it blows an icy chill G Em Am Sweet Jesus! We were wrong, here comes JoleneAm C G Am Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene G Am I'm begging of you, please don't raze the land Am C G Am Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene G Em Am Spill our blood to stay your Eldritch handVerse 9:
Am C Blackening the summer skies G Am With burning wings and countless eyes G Em Am We tremble at the sight of you, Jolene Am C We cower here beneath your gaze G Am That sets the earth and sky ablaze G Em Am Have mercy at the end of days, JoleneVerse 10:
Am C Prodigious claws, and tattered wings G Am She is the end of everything G Em Am Mortals shake and weep before Jolene Am C From immortal bounds the darkness prowls G Am With frothing hounds, who feast and howl G Em Am Her chariot approaches now, JoleneAm C G Am Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene G Am I'm begging of you, please don't destroy man Am C G Am Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene G Em Am Spare us all, we're not part of your planVerse 11:
Am C Iron fills your mottled veins G Am Your visage drives us all insane G Em Am Do go back from whence you came, Jolene Am C With ruined eyes like burning coals G Am She truly is the Devil's foal G Em Am Come forth to raze us with your scythe, JoleneVerse 12:
Am C Our doorways bear the Elder Sign G Am Now do not come for me and mine G Em Am Beg mercy from the merciless Jolene Am C We pray to God, our Sacred Lord G Am The moon glows red, the wine outpoured G Em Am Drink us down and damn us all, JoleneAm C G Am Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene G Am I'm begging of you, please don't kill my man Am C G Am Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene G Em Am Please don't rend him even though you canVerse 13:
Am C Her wings spread out to snuff the sun G Am The works of man shall be undone G Em Am Under her rule, we'll all be one, Jolene Am C Her wrath is nigh and won't be stayed G Am And countless men alive are flayed G Em Am There's no escape from Lady Death, JoleneAm C G Am Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene G Am I'm begging of you, please don't take my man Am C G Am Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene G Em Am Please don't take him even though you can