Текст песни с аккордами
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From video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-PT0KLIcfc
[Verse 1]
C F C
Raeleen wheeler was the first girl I loved
C
Through the last year of high school,
G7
We were thicker than blood
F C
Holed up in Mississippi, and starvin’ for fun
G C
We made love and dreamed up places to run
F C
I was burnin’ that summer with the big dreams I had
G
And the songs I’d written, well, the world needed bad
F C Am
But a pretty girl needs more comfort and gold
C G C
Than a beat-up black notebook is likely to hold
[Chorus 1]
F C
Hey, Raelene, it’s a wide world between pearl river
D7 G
And the bright L.A. lights
F A
And if I’d done it all without dreamin’
F C G C
I’d still be in Jackson tonight
[Solo]
| F | F | F | F | Am |
| G | C | C
[Verse 2]
C F C
Hollywood hopefuls ain’t an endangered breed
G
But luck is like lightnin’, and it sure struck me
F C Am
The hit songs, the women, the standing-room halls
C G C
And twenty years of hard labor, holdin’ on to it all
[Solo]
| C | C | F | C | C | C | C |
| G | G | F | F | C | Am |
| C | C | G | C |
A7 D G D
Louisiana I-20 headed east from Monroe
A
A bus bound for Jackson and a homecoming show
G D Bm
Staring through the dark glass at the flat miles beyond
D A D
Tryin’ not to look at a face that is gone
[Chorus 2]
G D E7 A
Hey, Raelene, a wife at 19, but I heard you made out all right
G Bm G
and every now and again, I still wonder
D A D
Are you somewhere in Jackson tonight?
[Solo]
| G | G | G | G | Bm |
| A | D | D | D | D
[Verse 3]
D G D
Well, we killed ‘em, we crushed ‘em, burned the place to the ground
A
And in the dressing room quiet, I was still coming down
G D Bm
When in the doorway appeared an old flame, full-grown
D A D
Looking pretty as ever, and entirely alone
G D
She said the divorce nearly broke her, she was learning to stand
A
And as she talked it came clearer that she wanted a hand
G Bm Bm
So, I drew her close to me, and I kissed my sweet Rae
D A D
And the miles and the memories just melted away
[Verse 4]
E N.C. A E
Then I glanced in the mirror, and in a split second’s time
N.C. B
Just before recognizing that old face as mine
A N.C. E C#m
I saw a strange, sad man in a cheap rhinestone shirt
N.C. B E
And a woman he held onto like his last hope on earth
N.C. A E
He was worn and trod down as the road he’d been on
N.C. B
And his eyes were half-dead, lookin’ too hard, too long
N.C. A E C#m
His life measured in nights that flashed and grew dim
N.C. E N.C.
Leaving no one really happy, least of all him
[Verse 5]
E A E
Then the loading gate slammed, and I let my arms fall
B
We traded numbers, small talk, promised to call
A E C#m
And as she faded from me, and the night closed around
A B E
Well, I picked up a black notebook and I let it spill down
[Chorus 3]
A E F# B
Hey, Raelene, it’s a long way between the wantin’ and the makin’ it right
A C#m A E B E
And if I was the one that you needed I’d never leave Jackson tonight
[Outro]
A C#m A E B E
Yeah, if I had it all to do over I’d still be in Jackson tonight
A C#m B
A C#m B
A C#m B
A C#m B E
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