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