Verse
G C G
Raeleen wheeler was the first girl I loved
G
Through the last year of high school,
D7
We were thicker than blood
C G
Holed up in Mississippi, and starvin’ for fun
D G
We made love and dreamed up places to run
C G
I was burnin’ that summer with the big dreams I had
D
And the songs I’d written, well, the world needed bad
C G Em
But a pretty girl needs more comfort and gold
G D G
Than a beat-up black notebook is likely to hold
[Chorus 1]
C G
Hey, Raelene, it’s a wide world between pearl river
A7 D
And the bright L.A. lights
C E
And if I’d done it all without dreamin’
C G D G
I’d still be in Jackson tonight
[Solo]
| C | C | C | C | Em |
| D | G | G
[Verse 2]
G C G
Hollywood hopefuls ain’t an endangered breed
D
But luck is like lightnin’, and it sure struck me
C G Em
The hit songs, the women, the standing-room halls
G D G
And twenty years of hard labor, holdin’ on to it all
[Solo]
| G | G | C | G | G | G | G |
| D | D | C | C | G | Em |
| G | G | D | G |
E7 A D A
Louisiana I-20 headed east from Monroe
E
E bus bound for Jackson and a homecoming show
D A F#m
Staring through the dark glass at the flat miles beyond
A E A
Tryin’ not to look at a face that is gone
[Chorus 2]
D A B7 E
Hey, Raelene, a wife at 19, but I heard you made out all right
D F#m D
and every now and again, I still wonder
A E A
Are you somewhere in Jackson tonight?
[Solo]
| D | D | D | D | F#m |
| E | A | A | A | A
[Verse 3]
A D A
Well, we killed ‘em, we crushed ‘em, burned the place to the ground
E
And in the dressing room quiet, I was still coming down
D A F#m
When in the doorway appeared an old flame, full-grown
A E A
Looking pretty as ever, and entirely alone
D A
She said the divorce nearly broke her, she was learning to stand
E
And as she talked it came clearer that she wanted a hand
D F#m F#m
So, I drew her close to me, and I kissed my sweet Rae
A E A
And the miles and the memories just melted away
[Verse 4]
B N.C. E B
Then I glanced in the mirror, and in a split second’s time
N.C. F#
Just before recognizing that old face as mine
E N.C. B G#m
I saw a strange, sad man in a cheap rhinestone shirt
N.C. F# B
And a woman he held onto like his last hope on earth
N.C. E B
He was worn and trod down as the road he’d been on
N.C. F#
And his eyes were half-dead, lookin’ too hard, too long
N.C. E B G#m
His life measured in nights that flashed and grew dim
N.C. B N.C.
Leaving no one really happy, least of all him
[Verse 5]
B E B
Then the loading gate slammed, and I let my arms fall
F#
We traded numbers, small talk, promised to call
E B G#m
And as she faded from me, and the night closed around
E F# B
Well, I picked up a black notebook and I let it spill down
[Chorus 3]
E B C# F#
Hey, Raelene, it’s a long way between the wantin’ and the makin’ it right
E G#m E B F# B
And if I was the one that you needed I’d never leave Jackson tonight
[Outro]
E G#m E B F# B
Yeah, if I had it all to do over I’d still be in Jackson tonight
E G#m F#
E G#m F#
E G#m F#
E G#m F# E
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