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Jo	lene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene

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I'm	begging of you	please don't take	my man

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Jo	lene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene

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	Please don't take him	just because you	can

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Your	beauty is be	yond compare, with	flaming locks of	auburn hair

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With	ivory skin and eyes of emerald	green

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Your	smile is like a	breath of spring, your	voice is soft like	summer's rain

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And	I cannot compete with you, Jo	lene

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He	talks about you	in his sleep, there's	nothing I can	do to keep

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From	crying when he calls your name Jo	lene

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And	I could easily	understand, how	you easily	take my man

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But you	don't know what he means to me Jo	lene

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	You could have your	choice of men, but	I could never love	again

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	He's the only one for me Jo	lene

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I	had to have this	talk with you, my	happiness de	pends on you

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And what	ever you decide to do Jo	lene

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Jo	lene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene

	C	Dm
I'm	begging of you please don't take my	man

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Jo	lene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene

	C	Dm
	Please don't take him even though you	can

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Jo	lene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene, Jo	lene

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	Please don't take him just because you	can