Verse
A# D# A#
Raeleen wheeler was the first girl I loved
A#
Through the last year of high school,
F7
We were thicker than blood
D# A#
Holed up in Mississippi, and starvin’ for fun
F A#
We made love and dreamed up places to run
D# A#
I was burnin’ that summer with the big dreams I had
F
And the songs I’d written, well, the world needed bad
D# A# Gm
But a pretty girl needs more comfort and gold
A# F A#
Than a beat-up black notebook is likely to hold
[Chorus 1]
D# A#
Hey, Raelene, it’s a wide world between pearl river
C7 F
And the bright L.A. lights
D# G
And if I’d done it all without dreamin’
D# A# F A#
I’d still be in Jackson tonight
[Solo]
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| F | A# | A#
[Verse 2]
A# D# A#
Hollywood hopefuls ain’t an endangered breed
F
But luck is like lightnin’, and it sure struck me
D# A# Gm
The hit songs, the women, the standing-room halls
A# F A#
And twenty years of hard labor, holdin’ on to it all
[Solo]
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| F | F | D# | D# | A# | Gm |
| A# | A# | F | A# |
G7 C F C
Louisiana I-20 headed east from Monroe
G
G bus bound for Jackson and a homecoming show
F C Am
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 D7 G
Hey, Raelene, a wife at 19, but I heard you made out all right
F Am F
and every now and again, I still wonder
C G C
Are you somewhere in Jackson tonight?
[Solo]
| F | F | F | F | Am |
| 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 Am
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 Am Am
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 Bm
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 Bm
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 Bm
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 E A
Hey, Raelene, it’s a long way between the wantin’ and the makin’ it right
G Bm G D A D
And if I was the one that you needed I’d never leave Jackson tonight
[Outro]
G Bm G D A D
Yeah, if I had it all to do over I’d still be in Jackson tonight
G Bm A
G Bm A
G Bm A
G Bm A E
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