Arlene chords by The Handsome Family

Arlene
From the album Odessa

        Em      G       D
|------------------------------------------2-|
|------------------------------------------3-|
|------------------------------------------2-|
|-------4-7-4-------------4----------------0-|
|-5-7-5--------7-----5-7----7b5---5-2--------|
|-------------------------------------5-2----|

D              F#m
Arlene, I'm sorry for what I done,
      C           G       D
I wasn't looking for love 'til I saw your red hair in the sun
 D                    F#m
What we had could ne'er be love, that was easy to see,
      C            G            D
But when I saw you in Red's pouring coffee, something took a-hold of me

       Em          G           A
Oh-wo-oo-oh, Arlene, you wouldn't even let me hold your hand
     Em           G           D
When I stopped you in the road, you just screamed and ran

 D                 F#m      C    G         D
|-2--2--2-0-2h3-2--0-0----------------2-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------3--3--3-2--2---2----2-2h3p2------------10-------10--8--7-|
|-------------------------------------2------------5-5/12--12----12----11--9--7-|
|-------------------------------------4-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------4-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------2-----------------------------------------|

 D                    F#m       C    G     D
|------------------------------------------2------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------2------------------------------------|
|----------------4-------------------------2---------------------2--------------|
|------------------7-----------------------4-------------------5---5-------2b---|
|-----5-7-5-7b-------7b--5---5-7-5-5--4-4--4----4--4h5p4--3--5---------2-5----5-|
|-5-7----------------------------------------------------------------3----------|

       Em          G           A
Oh-wo-oo-oh, Arlene, you wouldn't even let me hold your hand
     Em           G           D
When I stopped you in the road, you just screamed and ran

 D                   F#m
That night, I decided that I was gonna marry you
   C            G           D
My knife went through your screen door and I went away with you
 D                      F#m
You were singing, "Please let me go," all the way down to Miller's Cave
    C         G            D
When I picked a stick up off the ground, you cried, "I ain't ready for my grave!"

   Em       G             A
But, Arlene, in the dark, your hair's just as red,
     Em         G       D
And this long, dark cave will always be our wedding bed
   Em       G             A
But, Arlene, in the dark, your hair's just as red,
     Em         G       D