Jolene Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays390

Jolene by Spring Heeled Jack is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, Bm and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			I like to keep it simple. Acoustic version... 

(Shortened Intro, come in after trumpets) D    A    Bm    A    D    A    Bm    G (x2) 

D              A 
Jolene you're stalling again 
Bm                   G 
So I'll wait here outside in the sun 
                  D                  A 
Where you keep me waiting for a long time 
                  Bm                        G 
Soon you'll come around and let me know its time  
           D                  A 
for you and I to say goodbye Soon you'll come around 
           Bm                G                                   
and let us know its time to leave 
                     
Then you and I will  
D       A       Bm               A            D 
Say goodbye, we know that you'll never let us go 
   A      Bm               G                  D 
Jolene we know that you'll somehow make it 
   A      Bm               A            D 
Jolene we know that you'll never let us go 
   A      Bm      A      
Jolene we know. 
D             A 
Jolene you're at it again. 
Bm                   G 
So I'll wait here outside in the sun 
                   D               A 
Where you keep me waiting for a looooong time 
Bm                                 G                D 
Soon you'll come around and let me know its time to leave  
A                                   Bm               G                                  
Soon you'll come around and let me know its time to leave 
                       
Then you and I might  
D        A       Bm               A           D 
Say goodbye, we know that you'll never let us go 
  A        Bm               G                 D 
Jolene we know that you'll somehow make it 
  A        Bm               A           D 
Jolene we know that you'll never let us go 
  A        Bm                G    
Jolene we know. We'll maybe somehow make it  

(Break for AWESOME horn solo)(Mucho simplified version of guitar fill) 
(Riff?? to the horn solo) 
D    Bm    G    A  (X4) 

(No Guitar) 
Jolene we know that you'll never let us go 
                             G            D 
Jolene we know that you'll somehow make it 
   A       Bm              A            D 
Jolene we know that you'll never let us go 
   A      Bm               G              D 
Jolene we know that you'll some how meet again. 
   A           Bm       A    D 
Jolene you're stalling again 
        A            Bm       
So I'll wait here outside  
       G      D      
in the storm (Jolene we know) 

Soon you'll come around and let me know We'll maybe somehow make it 

Jolene I can see the way 

Where's the place you're gonna stop today? 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante