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