Green Valentine Blues chords by Allen Ginsberg

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Verse 1
Ab 
 (A flat major) The Green Valentine Blues
Bb 
Ab 
G 
Ab 
 (B flat major) My green  (A flat major) valentine, my  (G major) green  (A flat major) valentine
Bb 
Ab 
Bb 
What do I know of my  (B flat major) green  (A flat major) valentine?  (B flat major) 
Ab 
 (A flat major) I    found a strange wild
G# 
leaf on  (G sharp major) a vine
G# 
Am 
Shaped  (G sharp major)  (A minor) like a heart and
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Am 
F 
 (G sharp major) as green  (A minor) as was  (F major) mine,
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Am 
 (G sharp major) My green  (A minor) Valentine,
G# 
G 
G# 
Am 
 (G sharp major) my  (G major) green  (G sharp major) Valentine.  (A minor) 
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G 
Ab 
How  (G sharp major) did I  (G major) use  (A flat major) my
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Ab 
Bb 
 (B flat major) green  (A flat major) valentine?  (B flat major) 
Ab 
 (A flat major) Bod  ies I've known,
E 
Ab 
and vis (E major) ions I've  (A flat major) seen.
Leaves that I gathered as I gather
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Ab 
this  (F major) green  (A flat major) valentine, valentine,
Ab 
 (A flat major) valentine, valentine.
Am 
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Am 
F 
Am 
F 
 (A minor) Thus  (A flat major) did  I  (A minor) use   (F major) my green  (A minor) valentine  (F major) 
Ab 
 (A flat major) Madhouse and jailhouse
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Am 
where  (C major) I   (A minor) shined
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F 
Empty  (A flat major) apartment where  (F major) I pined
Ab 
Oh,  (A flat major) desolate rooms,
my green valentine
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Ab 
Am 
Where is a heart  (B flat major) which  (A flat major) you have  (A minor) outlined?
F 
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Am 
 (F major)  (A flat major)  (A minor) Oh,  souls and nights
and dollars and wine,
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F 
Old love and remembrance,  (G sharp major) I    resign,  (F major) 
Ab 
All  (A flat major) cit  ies, all jazz,
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all echoes  (D flat minor) of    time,
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Am 
G# 
But  (G sharp major) what  (A minor) shall I do with  (G sharp major) my green
Am 
F 
G# 
 (A minor) valentine?  (F major)  (G sharp major) 
Am 
Much have I  (A minor) seen,
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and much I am  (G sharp major) blind,
Am 
But none other than I  (A minor) has a
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leaf of this  (F major) kind.
Am 
 (A minor) Where shall I send you,
to what knowing mind,
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 (G sharp major) My green valentine,
G 
Bb 
 (G major)  (B flat major) my green valentine?
G# 
Am 
To  (G sharp major) yesterday's  (A minor) love,
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tomor (E major) row's  (A major) more fine
Am 
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Ab 
 (A minor) All   (G sharp major) tonight's sadness in  (A flat major) your design
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Ab 
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Am 
 (B flat major) What  (A flat major) does this mean, my  (A flat major) green valentine?  (A minor) 
Bb 
Regret, oh regret, my green  (B flat major) valentine
Thank