Valerie chords by Patti Scialfa

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
To the east the factories stand
Like fire-breathing dragons
D 
dragons against the sky
G 
And from their throats a scarlet river
D 
Burns itself into smoky lullabies
C 
D 
C 
Over neon and fluorescent skies

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Verse 2

Valerie, can you hear those engines drone

I wanted to go to Mexico

But I'm stranded here alone

And once I knew a true love

It's been three years since he's gone

And if I could get that feeling back

I'd give up everything I own

Interlude 1

Verse 3
G 
16 days since I left Corona
And I traveled to this carnival
D 
town near Alberndeel
G 
And I rode the coaster there
on the fairground
Twisted backbone of a
D 
beast that never heals
C 
And I left some skin on
D 
C 
fortune's wheel

Verse 4
C 
Valerie, can you hear those engines drone
G 
I wanted to go to Mexico
D 
But I'm stranded here alone
C 
And once I knew a true love
It's been three years since he's gone
G 
And if I could get that feeling back
D 
I'd give up everything I own

Interlude 2

Verse 5
C 
Everything's in slow motion now
D 
C 
In this little border town
D 
I've come so close from so far
C 
Just to hide behind these windows here
D 
From the world outside
C 
I watch those cars and trucks
raise trails of dust
D 
C 
Down the road as they pass by

Verse 6
C 
Valerie, can you hear those engines drone
G 
I wanted to go to Mexico
D 
But I'm stranded here alone
C 
And once I knew a true love
It's been three years since he's gone
G 
And if I could get that feeling back
D 
C 
G 
D 
I'd give up everything I own
C 
Everything I own
G 
D 
Everything I own