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