Valerie Chords
Valerie by Emmylou Harris is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, F# and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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