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Jolene Guitar Tablature
band: The White Stripes               
song: Jolene 
lyrics written by: Dolly Parton
guitar played by: Jack White
as seen on: Connan O’Brian
tabbed by: Jose Calderon               

Standard Tuning (E A D G B e)
h=hammer on

Note: Always Play the F chord as a power chord
Note: The intro is based on the Dm chord

THE CHORDS USED:
   Dm      F       C         
|--1--| |-----| |-----|
|--3--| |-----| |--1--|
|--2--| |-----| |--0--|
|--0--| |--3--| |--2--|
|-----| |--3--| |--3--|
|-----| |--1--| |-----|


______________________________________________________________________________
SONG STARTS...:

INTRO (fingerpick the intro):

|-------0--0h1-0--------0h1-----|
|-----------------3----------3--|(x4)
|----2--------------------------|
|--0-----------------0----------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|



CHORUS (x2): 

Dm      F       C      (intro x1)
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jole~ne 
    C                                       (intro x2)
I'm begging of you please don't take my man... ... ... 
Dm      F       C      (intro x1)
Jolene  Jolene  Jolene  Jole~ne 
    C                                     (intro x2)
Please don't take him even though you can... ... ... 



VERSE 
       Dm              F                
Your beauty is beyond compare 
          C              Dm
with flaming locks of almond hair 
      C                                   
With ivory skin 
                          
and eyes 
                 (intro x2)
of emerald green... ... ...  

       Dm              F                        
Your smile is like a breath of spring 
            C                 Dm
and your voice is soft like summer rain 
    C                                
And I cannot 

compete with you 
      (intro x2)
Jolene... ... ...

     Dm              F                       
He talks about you in his sleep 
             C            Dm
and there's nothing I can do to keep 
       C
from cryin 

when he calls your name 
       (intro x2)
Jolene... ... ... 

 
---->REPEAT CHORUS (bend the Dm chord when starting)


---->PLAY INTRO (Jack plays this intro sli~ghtly differently):

SLI~GHTLY DIFFERENT
INTRO (fingerpick):

|-------0--0h1-0--------0h1-0-----|
|-----------------3------------3--|(x1)
|----2----------------------------|
|--0-----------------0------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

|-------0--0h1-0--------3h1-0-----|
|-----------------3------------3--|(x2)
|----2----------------------------|
|--0-----------------0------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

|--3h1--0-----1-------------------|
|----------3-----3----------------|(x1)
|-------------------2-------------|
|----------------------0----------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
(not exactly sure how the last part 
is done but it sound right to me:)


VERSE 
     Dm                  F        
Well I can easily understand 
     C                  Dm
how you can easily take my man 
         C
But you don't know 

what he means to me 
       (intro x2)
Jolene... ... ... 


     Dm                   F
Well you could have your choice of man 
    C              Dm
but I could never love again 
 C
He's the only one for me 
       (intro x2)
Jolene... ... ... 

      Dm                F
An’ I had to have this talk with you 
    C                   Dm
my happiness depends on you and 
      C
whatever 

You decide to do 
       (intro x2)
Jolene... ... ...



---->REPEAT CHORUS 

...song ends. 
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