Son of Jolene
Recorded by Belles & Dolly Parton  
Album: Single (2026)

(Non Capo)

(Intro.)
|(Em) / / / |(G) / / / |(C) / / / |(C) / / (D)|

(Verse 1)
(Em)Born into Kentucky smoke
His (G)mama was his one hero
When (C)he told me her name
I (C)wasn't thinking straight
'Cause he had (Em)emerald eyes and auburn hair
I (G)shoulda known right then and there
This would (C)only go one way
I was (C)headed for heartbreak

(Pre-Chorus)
(Em)Oh, (D/F#)oh, (G)oh, (D)oh, (G)oh,
(G)He's just like his (C)mother, is it any wonder

(Chorus)
That I (Em)caught him in the (D/F#)dead of night
With (G)lipstick on his suit and tie
He (C)still denies everything he did to me
I'm just an-(Em)other fool who (D/F#)fell for him
And the (G)vision of what could've been
But (C)who was I expecting him to be
The (C)son of Jo-(Em)lene
Jo-(D/F#)lene, Jo-(G)lene, Jo-(C)lene

(Verse 2)
Don't (Em)think I'll ever love again (D/F#)
'Cause (G)he's still got me in his hands
While he's (C)holding someone else
Now I (C)know how Dolly felt (Yeah)
Guess (Em)he was never mine to keep (D/F#)
So (G)why do I keep losing (Em)sleep
When (C)he's the one to blame
And he's (C)never gonna change
It's (Am)written in his DNA

(Chorus)
And I (Em)caught him in the dead of night (D/F#)
With (G)lipstick on his suit and tie
He (C)still denies everything he did to me
I'm just an-(Em)other fool who fell for him (D/F#)
And the (G)vision of what could've been
Girl, (C)who you expecting him to be
The son of Jo-(Em)lene, Jo-(D/F#)lene, Jo-(G)lene, Jo-(C)lene

(Bridge)
|(Em) / / (D/F#)|(G) / / / |(C) / / / |(C) / / / |
|(Em)Oh, oh, oh, (D/F#)oh, |(G)oh /
He's just like his (C)mother
So there'll always (G)be an-(Am)other - - -

(Chorus)
And I (Em)caught him in the dead of (D/F#)night
With (G)lipstick on his suit and tie
And he (C)still denies everything he did to me
I'm just an-(Em)other fool who fell for him (D/F#)
And the (G)vision of what could've been
But (C)who was I expecting him to be?
The son of Jo-(Em)lene, Jo-(D/F#)lene, Jo-(G)lene, Jo-(C)lene

(Outro.)
Jo-(Em)lene, Jo-(G)lene, Jo-(D)lene, Jo-(Em)lene
It's (D)something that you'd never un-(Em)derstand
Jo-(Em)lene, Jo-(G)lene, Jo-(D)lene, Jo-(Em)lene - - -
That (D)boy you raised will never be a (Em)man - - - - -