Jesus Was A Capricorn < Songs > Killing Me Softly
By: Dolly Parton, 1973
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| Dm | F | C | Dm |
| Jo | lene, Jo | lene, Jo | lene, Jo | lene |
| C | Dm |
| I'm | begging of you please don't take | my man |
| Dm | F | C | Dm |
| Jo | lene, Jo | lene, Jo | lene, Jo | lene |
| C | Dm |
| Please don't take him just because you | can |
| Dm | F | C | Dm |
| Your | beauty is be | yond compare, with | flaming locks of | auburn hair |
| C | Dm |
| With | ivory skin and eyes of emerald | green |
| Dm | F | C | Dm |
| Your | smile is like a | breath of spring, your | voice is soft like | summers rain |
| C | Dm | F C Dm |
| And | I cannot compete with you, | Jolene | |
| Dm | F | C | Dm |
| He | talks about you | in his sleep, there's | nothing I can | do to keep |
| C | Dm |
| From | crying when he calls your name Jo | lene |
| Dm | F | C | Dm |
| And | I could easily | understand, how | you easily | take my man |
| C | Dm |
| But you | don't know what he means to me Jo | lene |
| Dm | F | C | Dm |
| You could have your | choice of men, but | I could never love | again |
| C | Dm |
| He's the only one for me | Jolene |
| Dm | F | C | Dm |
| I | had to have this | talk with you, my | happiness de | pends on you |
| C | Dm |
| And what | ever you decide to do Jo | lene |
| Dm | F | C | Dm |
| Jo | lene, Jo | lene, Jo | lene, Jo | lene |
| C | Dm |
| I'm | begging of you please don't take | my man |
| Dm | F | C | Dm |
| Jo | lene, Jo | lene, Jo | lene, Jo | lene |
| C | Dm |
| Please don't take him even though you | can |
| Dm | F | C | Dm |
| Jo | lene, Jo | lene, Jo | lene, Jo | lene |
| C | Dm | Dm F C Dm Dm F C Dm |
| Please don't take him just because you | can | |
This is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
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