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Version 1A kind of tricky song, but it is a classic! It is off BNL's 1994 album, "Maybe You Should Drive". Standard tuning Capo 2nd fret The chords are played as follows: Cadd9 x32030 G6/B x20030 A7sus4 x02030 Am x02210 D xx0232 G 320033 Dsus4/F# 2x0033 Em7 020033 Bm x24432 C x32010 Dadd4add9 x54030 Dadd4add9/D# x64030 Em 022000 F#m 244222 [Intro] Cadd9 G6/B A7sus4 G6/B (x2) [Verse 1] Cadd9 G6/B A7sus4 G6/B Cadd9 G6/B A7sus4 G6/B The girl works at the store, sweet Jane Saint Clair Cadd9 G6/B A7sus4 G6/B Cadd9 G6/B A7sus4 G6/B Was dazzled by her smile while I shopped there Cadd9 G6/B A7sus4 G6/B Cadd9 G6/B A7sus4 G6/B It wasn't long before I lived with her Cadd9 G6/B A7sus4 G6/B Cadd9 G6/B A7sus4 G6/B Am I sang her songs ah while she dyed my hair [Chorus] Am D G Dsus4/F# Em7 D Am Jane, divided, but I can't decide which side I'm on Am D G Dsus4/F# Em7 D Am Jane decided only cowards stay, while traitors run Am D Jane, Jane [Instrumental] Cadd9 G6/B A7sus4 G6/B (x2) [Verse 2] I'd bring her gold and frankincense and myrrh She thought that I was making fun of her She made me feel I was fourteen again That's why she thinks it's cooler if we'd just stay friends [Chorus] Jane doesn't think a man could ever be faithful Jane isn't giving me a chance to be shameful Jane, Jane [Bridge] Bm G C Dadd4add9 Dadd4add9/D# Em I wrote a letter, she should have got it yesterday Em F#m Bm That life could be better by being together C Dadd4add9 Cadd9 Is what I cannot explain to Jane [Instrumental] Cadd9 G6/B A7sus4 G6/B (x2) [Verse 3] The girl works at the store, sweet Jane St. Clair Still dazzled by her smile while I shoplift there No promises as vague as Heaven No Juliana next to my Evan [Chorus] Jane, desired by the people at her school and work Jane is tired, 'cause every man becomes a lovesick jerk Jane, Jane, Come on [Coda] Cadd9 G6/B A7sus4 G6/B (x8) Cadd9