Valerie

	  		
B 
To the east the factories stand 
                            F# 
Like fire-breathing dragons against the sky 
    B 
And from their throats a scarlet river 
                        F# 
Burns itself into smoky lullabies 
     E 
Over neon and fluorescent skies Valerie, 

Can you hear those engines drone 
  B 
I wanted to go to Mexico 
        F# 
But I'm stranded here alone 
    E 
And once I knew a true love 

It's been three years since he's gone 
    B 
And if I could get that feeling back 
    F#                   E    B 
I'd give up everything I own 
B 
16 days since I left Corona 
                                          F# 
And I traveled to this carnival town near Alberndee 
      B 
And I rode the coaster there on the fairground 
                                 F# 
Twisted backbone of a beast that never heals 
      E 
And I left some skin on fortune's wheel 

Valerie, can you hear those engines drone 
  B 
I wanted to go to Mexico 
        F# 
But I'm stranded here alone 
    E 
And once I knew a true love 

It's been three years since he's gone 
    B 
And if I could get that feeling back 
    F#                   E   B 
I'd give up everything I own 
E 
Everything's in slow motion now 
F# 
In this little border town 
E                          F# 
I've come so close from so far 
E 
Just to hide behind these windows here 
F# 
From the world outside 
  E 
I watch those cars and trucks raise trails of dust 
F#                            E 
Down the road as they pass by Valerie, 

can you hear those engines drone 
  B 
I wanted to go to Mexico 
         F# 
But I'm stranded here alone 
    E 
And once I knew a true love 

It's been three years since he's gone 
    B 
And if I could get that feeling back 
    F#                   E    B 
I'd give up everything I own 
             E    B 
Everything I own 
             E    B 
Everything I own