Verse
F A# F
Raeleen wheeler was the first girl I loved
F
Through the last year of high school,
C7
We were thicker than blood
A# F
Holed up in Mississippi, and starvin’ for fun
C F
We made love and dreamed up places to run
A# F
I was burnin’ that summer with the big dreams I had
C
And the songs I’d written, well, the world needed bad
A# F Dm
But a pretty girl needs more comfort and gold
F C F
Than a beat-up black notebook is likely to hold
[Chorus 1]
A# F
Hey, Raelene, it’s a wide world between pearl river
G7 C
And the bright L.A. lights
A# D
And if I’d done it all without dreamin’
A# F C F
I’d still be in Jackson tonight
[Solo]
| A# | A# | A# | A# | Dm |
| C | F | F
[Verse 2]
F A# F
Hollywood hopefuls ain’t an endangered breed
C
But luck is like lightnin’, and it sure struck me
A# F Dm
The hit songs, the women, the standing-room halls
F C F
And twenty years of hard labor, holdin’ on to it all
[Solo]
| F | F | A# | F | F | F | F |
| C | C | A# | A# | F | Dm |
| F | F | C | F |
D7 G C G
Louisiana I-20 headed east from Monroe
D
D bus bound for Jackson and a homecoming show
C G Em
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 A7 D
Hey, Raelene, a wife at 19, but I heard you made out all right
C Em C
and every now and again, I still wonder
G D G
Are you somewhere in Jackson tonight?
[Solo]
| C | C | C | C | Em |
| 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 Em
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 Em Em
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. E
Just before recognizing that old face as mine
D N.C. A F#m
I saw a strange, sad man in a cheap rhinestone shirt
N.C. E 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. E
And his eyes were half-dead, lookin’ too hard, too long
N.C. D A F#m
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
E
We traded numbers, small talk, promised to call
D A F#m
And as she faded from me, and the night closed around
D E A
Well, I picked up a black notebook and I let it spill down
[Chorus 3]
D A B E
Hey, Raelene, it’s a long way between the wantin’ and the makin’ it right
D F#m D A E A
And if I was the one that you needed I’d never leave Jackson tonight
[Outro]
D F#m D A E A
Yeah, if I had it all to do over I’d still be in Jackson tonight
D F#m E
D F#m E
D F#m E
D F#m E E
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