Valerie by Richard Thompson #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Valerie Richard Thompson, from Daring Adventures Transcribed by phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu G (add 6 in Chuck Berry style) Valerie--You give me heart attack Valarie--you put me on the rack You say that I'm history, you say I'm no good Then you want to be two babes in the wood G D C Em That's what I call playing to the gallery Em D C G I'm wait wait waiting for Valerie Valerie--She's got a scar down here Valerie--She's got gold in her ear A figure like this, lips like that Red fingernails, teeth like a cat She never gets home till five or four or three I'm wait wait waiting for Valerie Em I'm soft in the head, I give her hard cash G She spends all my money on junk and trash Em Nylon fur, plastic shoes D And fifty-seven things she's never going to use D Never, never, never going to use Valerie--you're going to choke or drown Valerie--Why don't you put that down If you don't get over this eating jag They're going to take you home in a body bag I can't stand to see one more calorie I'm wait wait waiting for Valerie Every time I turn my back She's round the corner looking for a crack It's going to be the ruin of me I'm running on nervous energy Valerie--she want to move out of town Valerie--she want the money down She want leopard-skin this, tigerskin that Matching luggage, lipstick, hat I can't afford her on my salary I'm wait, wait, waiting for Valerie www.TAB6.com