Ray LaMontagne – Jolene (Ukulele)

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INTRO   G   C/G   C/G G
   ||:  /// ///// /// ///// :||  2x

G       C           G
Cocaine flame in my bloodstream

G                   C
Sold my coat when I hit Spokane

C               C
Bought myself a hard pack of cigarettes

       C                G  C/G
in the early morning rain

G           C/G              G
  Lately my hands they don't feel like mine

G            G7         C
My eyes been stung with dust and blind

C              C
Held you in my arms one time

C                 G     G  D/F#
Lost you just the same
CHORUS:
Em    G    C          G    D/F#
   Jolene... I ain't about to go

Em    G             C         C
  strai-ght... It's too late

  G            C/G       G
I found myself face down in a ditch

D                    D
Booze in my hair and blood on my lips

  C                        C
A picture of you holding a picture of me

       C                 G       G  D/F#
In the pocket of my blue jeans

Em              G         C          C
  I still don't know what love means

Em          G         C     G/B    Am   G/B   C  G/B  Am
Still don't know what love means

  G             C     G/B   Am
Jolene... La la la la la la la

  G      C/G   C/G   G      G   C/G   C/G   G
Jolene...

G
Been so long since I seen your face

   G      G7           C
Or felt a part of this human race

          C                  C
I've been living out of this here suitcase

    C       G
for way too long

G                            G
A man needs something he can hold onto

  G          G7          C/G
A nine pound hammer or a woman like you

C                  C              C  G    G D/F#
Either one of them things will do
CHORUS:
Em    G    C          G    D/F#
   Jolene... I ain't about to go

Em    G             C        C
  strai-ght... It's too late

  G            C/G       G
I found myself face down in a ditch

D                    D
Booze in my hair and blood on my lips

  C                        C
A picture of you holding a picture of me

       C                 G       G  D/F#
In the pocket of my blue jeans

Em              G         C         C
  I still don't know what love means

Em          G         C     G/B    Am   G/B   C  G/B  Am
Still don't know what love means

  G             C     G/B   Am
Jolene... La la la la la la la

  G             C     G/B   Am
Jolene... La la la la na na na

  G      C/G   C/G   G      G   C/G   C/G   G
Jolene...
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     G         C/G         C         D/F#        Em
     ooo       x o       x  o o      oo  x     o  ooo
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     D         G/B         Am
   xxo        x oo x     xo   o
|||||| |||||| ||||1| |||1|2 |2|||| ||23|| ||||3| ||||4| |||||| All credit goes to 'JayFreddy' from the 'tdpri' forum - I simply moved it over here so that I could transcribe it easily.