Emmylou Harris – Valerie (Guitar)

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,

  B
I wanted to go to Mexico

        F#
But I'm stranded here alone

    E
And once I knew a true love

    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

  B
I wanted to go to Mexico

        F#
But I'm stranded here alone

    E
And once I knew a true love

    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,

  B
I wanted to go to Mexico

         F#
But I'm stranded here alone

    E
And once I knew a true love

    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