Valerie - Steve Winwood

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Valerie by Steve Winwood


[Intro]

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[Verse A-1:]

       
So  wild,  sta

            
nding there   

             
 with her hand

         
s in her hair.

       
I   can't  hel

        
p remember    

              
just where she

          
 touched me

           
      There's 

            
still   no fac

          
e       here i

   
n   her place


[Verse B-1:]

       
So cool,  she 

       
was like  jazz

            
 on a summer's

    
 day

       
Mu- sic,  high

         
 and sweet, th

          
en she just bl

       
ew away


[Chorus 1]

      
        Now sh

          
e can't be tha

  
t warm

      
        with t

          
he wind in her

  
 arms

        
Valerie,______

           
____ call on m

           
e, call on me,

          
_________ Vale

 
rie

         
Come and see__

/
_____ me,  I'm

 the same boy 

I used to be

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[Verse A-2]

       
Love songs fil

           
l the night, b

              
ut they don't 

        
tell it all,
 
       
Not how  lover

        
s cry out    j

              
ust like they 

      
are dying
 
          
      Her crie

          
s hang there  

           
    in time so

mewhere


[Verse B-2]

       
Someday, some 

        
good wind, may

           
 blow her back

      
 to me,

       
Some night I__

        
 may hear, her

           
 like she used

      
 to be


[Chorus 2]

      
        No the

          
y can't be tha

  
t warm

      
        with t

          
he wind in her

 
 arms

        
Valerie,______

           
____ call on m

           
e, call on me,

          
_________ Vale

 
rie

         
Come and see__

/
_____ me,  I'm

 the same boy 

I used to be

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[Verse A-3] (2:44-) (Synth solo)

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[Verse B-1]

       
So cool,  she 

        
was like,  jaz

           
z on a summer'

     
s day

       
Mu- sic,  high

         
 and sweet, th

          
en she just bl

       
ew away



[Chorus 1]

      
        Now sh

          
e can't be tha

  
t warm

      
        with t

          
he wind in her

  
 arms

        
Valerie,______

           
____ call on m

           
e, call on me,

          
_________ Vale

 
rie

         
Come and see__

/
_____ me,  I'm

 the same boy 

I used to be

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Coda:(3:58-)

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  I'm  a same 

              
boy I used be.

   
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