[Intro]

(4 bars)

[Chorus]
           
Jolene, Jolene

           
, Jolene, Jole

ne
             
I'm begging of

              
 you, please d

            
on't take my m

an
           
Jolene, Jolene

          
, Jolene, Jole

ne
             
Please don't t

            
ake him just b

          
ecause you can

[Verse]
            
Your beauty is

   
 beyond compar

e
             
With flaming l

          
ocks of auburn

 hair
             
With ivory ski

            
n and eyes of 

         
emerald green
            
Your smile is 

        
like a breath 

of spring
             
Your voice is 

            
soft like summ

er rain
             
And I cannot c

            
ompete with yo

    
u, Jolene

[Verse]
            
He talks about

     
 you in his sl

eep
             
There's nothin

        
g I can do to 

keep
             
From crying wh

            
en he calls yo

          
ur name, Jolen

e
            
And I can easi

    
ly understand
             
How you could 

        
easily take my

 man
             
But you don't 

              
know what he m

           
eans to me, Jo


lene

[Chorus]
           
Jolene, Jolene

           
, Jolene, Jole

ne
             
I'm begging of

              
 you, please d

            
on't take my m

an
           
Jolene, Jolene

           
, Jolene, Jole

ne
             
Please don't t

            
ake him just b

          
ecause you can

[Verse]
            
You could have

        
 your choice o

f men
             
But I could ne

     
ver love again
             
He's the only 

            
one for me, Jo


lene
            
I had to have 

      
this talk with

 you
             
My happiness d

  
epends on you
             
Whatever you d

            
ecide to do, J

 
olene

[Verse]
            
Those fearful 

        
thoughts fill 

up your head
             
Her shadow lur

        
king in your b

ed
             
You wonder if 

          
you'll wake up

 dead, Jolene
            
Her tendrils s

       
ink into your 

mind
             
In nightmare's

         
 chasm, you wi

ll find
             
Nothing but th

            
e demoness, Jo

    
lene

[Chorus]
           
Jolene, Jolene

           
, Jolene, Jole

ne
             
I'm begging of

              
 you, please d

            
on't take my m

an
           
Jolene, Jolene

           
, Jolene, Jole

ne
             
Please don't t

            
ake him even t

         
hough you can

[Verse]
            
He screams abo

        
ut you in his 

sleep
             
And when he wa

        
kes, does naug

ht but weep
             
In terror, of 

            
the one they c

 
all Jolene
            
Her teeth are 

       
sharp, her mou

th agape
             
Her claws rend

         
 flesh, there'

s no escape
             
from the judge

            
ment of the El

    
dritch one, Jo

lene

[Verse]
            
She pulls you 

    
in, the dreadf

ul vice
             
Will not let g

    
o, will not th

ink twice
             
There's no com

            
ing back from 

  
this, Jolene
            
She feeds off 

    
women's anguis

hed cries
             
Swooping down 

    
from blackened

 skies
             
She's the one 

           
the mortals ca


ll, Jolene

[Chorus]
           
Jolene, Jolene

           
, Jolene, Jole

ne
             
I'm begging of

              
 you, spare my

            
 sanity
           
Jolene, Jolene

           
, Jolene, Jole

ne
             
Spare my soul 

            
you hellspawn 

         
entity

[Verse]
            
Your form is m

        
ore than we ca

n know
             
You lurched as

        
hore from leag

ues below
             
Much worse tha

          
n all our psyc

hics had fores

een
            
We weep in ang

      
uish, paranoid
             
For when she l

        
eaves the Elde

r Void
             
Reality shall 

          
be unmade, Jol

ene


[Verse]
            
The reckoning 

    
is drawing nea

r
             
All will shout

    
 or die from f

ear
             
As foretold by

            
 countless see

  
rs, Jolene
            
The quiet fall

    
s, the seas ar

e still
             
The wind it bl

    
ows an icy chi

ll
             
Sweet Jesus! W

           
e were wrong, 


here comes Jol

ene

[Chorus]
           
Jolene, Jolene

           
, Jolene, Jole

ne
             
I'm begging of

              
 you, please d

            
on't raze the 

land
           
Jolene, Jolene

           
, Jolene, Jole

ne
             
Spill our bloo

            
d to stay your

         
 Eldritch hand

[Verse]
            
Blackening the

    
 summer skies
             
With burning w

    
ings and count

less eyes
             
We tremble at 

            
the sight of y

  
ou, Jolene
            
We cower here 

    
beneath your g

aze
             
That sets the 

    
earth and sky 

ablaze
             
Have mercy at 

           
the end of day


s, Jolene

[Verse]
            
Prodigious cla

       
ws, and tatter

ed wings
             
She is the end

        
 of everything
             
Mortals shake 

          
and weep befor

e Jolene
            
From immortal 

       
bounds the dar

kness prowls
             
With frothing 

         
hounds, who fe

ast and howl
             
Her chariot ap

            
proaches now, 

    
Jolene

[Chorus]
           
Jolene, Jolene

           
, Jolene, Jole

ne
             
I'm begging of

              
 you, please d

            
on't destroy m

an
           
Jolene, Jolene

           
, Jolene, Jole

ne
             
Spare us all, 

            
we're not part

         
 of your plan

[Verse]
            
Iron fills you

        
r mottled vein

s
             
Your visage dr

        
ives us all in

sane
             
Do go back fro

          
m whence you c

ame, Jolene
            
With ruined ey

       
es like burnin

g coals
             
She truly is t

         
he Devil's foa

l
             
Come forth to 

            
raze us with y

    
our scythe, Jo

lene

[Verse]
            
Our doorways b

    
ear the Elder 

Sign
             
Now do not com

    
e for me and m

ine
             
Beg mercy from

            
 the merciless

  
 Jolene
            
We pray to God

    
, our Sacred L

ord
             
The moon glows

    
 red, the wine

 outpoured
             
Drink us down 

           
and damn us al


l, Jolene

[Chorus 5]
           
Jolene, Jolene

           
, Jolene, Jole

ne
             
I'm begging of

              
 you, please d

            
on't kill my m

an
           
Jolene, Jolene

           
, Jolene, Jole

ne
             
Please don't r

            
end him even t

         
hough you can

[Verse 13] (slower)
            
Her wings spre

    
ad out to snuf

f the sun
             
The works of m

    
an shall be un

done
             
Under her rule

            
, we'll all be

  
 one, Jolene
            
Her wrath is n

    
igh and won't 

be stayed
             
And countless 

    
men alive are 

flayed
             
There's no esc

           
ape from Lady 


Death, Jolene

[Chorus 1](big finish)
           
Jolene, Jolene

           
, Jolene, Jole

ne
             
I'm begging of

              
 you, please d

            
on't take my m

an
           
Jolene, Jolene

           
, Jolene, Jole

ne
             
Please don't t

            
ake him even t

         
hough you can