F#                E                F#        E     
Got an old Smiths' record and I put it on endlessly.
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To mourn a lethal fascination of a girl named Valerie. 


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She got a triple X rating and maybe someday she'd have married me.
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But, she was born to keep me waiting. Her name was Valerie. 
B                  A                                B
With a little more time, I was thinking we could've worked
              A 
my hooks into you. 


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Over a recent complication I came to find that she'd tired of me.
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She wrote the book of Revelations. Her name was Valerie. 
B                  A      
With a little more time, I was thinking
            B                     A  
we could've worked my life around you.
B                  A
With a little more time...

Whoooo!
             F#           E
Her name was Valerie, Valerie.
             F#           E
Her name was Valerie, Valerie.
             F#           E
Her name was Valerie, Valerie.
             F#      E  F# E
Her name was Valerie.