Verse
D G D
Raeleen wheeler was the first girl I loved
D
Through the last year of high school,
A7
We were thicker than blood
G D
Holed up in Mississippi, and starvin’ for fun
A D
We made love and dreamed up places to run
G D
I was burnin’ that summer with the big dreams I had
A
And the songs I’d written, well, the world needed bad
G D Bm
But a pretty girl needs more comfort and gold
D A D
Than a beat-up black notebook is likely to hold
[Chorus 1]
G D
Hey, Raelene, it’s a wide world between pearl river
E7 A
And the bright L.A. lights
G B
And if I’d done it all without dreamin’
G D A D
I’d still be in Jackson tonight
[Solo]
| G | G | G | G | Bm |
| A | D | D
[Verse 2]
D G D
Hollywood hopefuls ain’t an endangered breed
A
But luck is like lightnin’, and it sure struck me
G D Bm
The hit songs, the women, the standing-room halls
D A D
And twenty years of hard labor, holdin’ on to it all
[Solo]
| D | D | G | D | D | D | D |
| A | A | G | G | D | Bm |
| D | D | A | D |
B7 E A E
Louisiana I-20 headed east from Monroe
B
B bus bound for Jackson and a homecoming show
A E C#m
Staring through the dark glass at the flat miles beyond
E B E
Tryin’ not to look at a face that is gone
[Chorus 2]
A E F#7 B
Hey, Raelene, a wife at 19, but I heard you made out all right
A C#m A
and every now and again, I still wonder
E B E
Are you somewhere in Jackson tonight?
[Solo]
| A | A | A | A | C#m |
| B | E | E | E | E
[Verse 3]
E A E
Well, we killed ‘em, we crushed ‘em, burned the place to the ground
B
And in the dressing room quiet, I was still coming down
A E C#m
When in the doorway appeared an old flame, full-grown
E B E
Looking pretty as ever, and entirely alone
A E
She said the divorce nearly broke her, she was learning to stand
B
And as she talked it came clearer that she wanted a hand
A C#m C#m
So, I drew her close to me, and I kissed my sweet Rae
E B E
And the miles and the memories just melted away
[Verse 4]
F# N.C. B F#
Then I glanced in the mirror, and in a split second’s time
N.C. C#
Just before recognizing that old face as mine
B N.C. F# D#m
I saw a strange, sad man in a cheap rhinestone shirt
N.C. C# F#
And a woman he held onto like his last hope on earth
N.C. B F#
He was worn and trod down as the road he’d been on
N.C. C#
And his eyes were half-dead, lookin’ too hard, too long
N.C. B F# D#m
His life measured in nights that flashed and grew dim
N.C. F# N.C.
Leaving no one really happy, least of all him
[Verse 5]
F# B F#
Then the loading gate slammed, and I let my arms fall
C#
We traded numbers, small talk, promised to call
B F# D#m
And as she faded from me, and the night closed around
B C# F#
Well, I picked up a black notebook and I let it spill down
[Chorus 3]
B F# G# C#
Hey, Raelene, it’s a long way between the wantin’ and the makin’ it right
B D#m B F# C# F#
And if I was the one that you needed I’d never leave Jackson tonight
[Outro]
B D#m B F# C# F#
Yeah, if I had it all to do over I’d still be in Jackson tonight
B D#m C#
B D#m C#
B D#m C#
B D#m C# E
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