By: Dolly Parton 1973
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| Dm | F | C | Dm | Dm |
Jo | lene, Jo | lene, Jo | lene, Jo | lene | |
| C | C | Dm | Dm |
I'm | begging of you | please don't take | my man | |
| Dm | F | C | Dm | Dm |
Jo | lene, Jo | lene, Jo | lene, Jo | lene | |
| C | 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 | summer's rain |
| C | Dm |
And | I cannot compete with you, Jo | lene |
| 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 Jo | lene |
| 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 | | | | | | | | |
Created 2009 Sept 11 22:28
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