Verse
E A E
Raeleen wheeler was the first girl I loved
E
Through the last year of high school,
B7
We were thicker than blood
A E
Holed up in Mississippi, and starvin’ for fun
B E
We made love and dreamed up places to run
A E
I was burnin’ that summer with the big dreams I had
B
And the songs I’d written, well, the world needed bad
A E C#m
But a pretty girl needs more comfort and gold
E B E
Than a beat-up black notebook is likely to hold
[Chorus 1]
A E
Hey, Raelene, it’s a wide world between pearl river
F#7 B
And the bright L.A. lights
A C#
And if I’d done it all without dreamin’
A E B E
I’d still be in Jackson tonight
[Solo]
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| B | E | E
[Verse 2]
E A E
Hollywood hopefuls ain’t an endangered breed
B
But luck is like lightnin’, and it sure struck me
A E C#m
The hit songs, the women, the standing-room halls
E B E
And twenty years of hard labor, holdin’ on to it all
[Solo]
| E | E | A | E | E | E | E |
| B | B | A | A | E | C#m |
| E | E | B | E |
C#7 F# B F#
Louisiana I-20 headed east from Monroe
C#
C# bus bound for Jackson and a homecoming show
B F# D#m
Staring through the dark glass at the flat miles beyond
F# C# F#
Tryin’ not to look at a face that is gone
[Chorus 2]
B F# G#7 C#
Hey, Raelene, a wife at 19, but I heard you made out all right
B D#m B
and every now and again, I still wonder
F# C# F#
Are you somewhere in Jackson tonight?
[Solo]
| B | B | B | B | D#m |
| C# | F# | F# | F# | F#
[Verse 3]
F# B F#
Well, we killed ‘em, we crushed ‘em, burned the place to the ground
C#
And in the dressing room quiet, I was still coming down
B F# D#m
When in the doorway appeared an old flame, full-grown
F# C# F#
Looking pretty as ever, and entirely alone
B F#
She said the divorce nearly broke her, she was learning to stand
C#
And as she talked it came clearer that she wanted a hand
B D#m D#m
So, I drew her close to me, and I kissed my sweet Rae
F# C# F#
And the miles and the memories just melted away
[Verse 4]
G# N.C. C# G#
Then I glanced in the mirror, and in a split second’s time
N.C. D#
Just before recognizing that old face as mine
C# N.C. G# Fm
I saw a strange, sad man in a cheap rhinestone shirt
N.C. D# G#
And a woman he held onto like his last hope on earth
N.C. C# G#
He was worn and trod down as the road he’d been on
N.C. D#
And his eyes were half-dead, lookin’ too hard, too long
N.C. C# G# Fm
His life measured in nights that flashed and grew dim
N.C. G# N.C.
Leaving no one really happy, least of all him
[Verse 5]
G# C# G#
Then the loading gate slammed, and I let my arms fall
D#
We traded numbers, small talk, promised to call
C# G# Fm
And as she faded from me, and the night closed around
C# D# G#
Well, I picked up a black notebook and I let it spill down
[Chorus 3]
C# G# A# D#
Hey, Raelene, it’s a long way between the wantin’ and the makin’ it right
C# Fm C# G# D# G#
And if I was the one that you needed I’d never leave Jackson tonight
[Outro]
C# Fm C# G# D# G#
Yeah, if I had it all to do over I’d still be in Jackson tonight
C# Fm D#
C# Fm D#
C# Fm D#
C# Fm D# E
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