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From: blwittel@indyunix.iupui.edu
Valerie Loves Me - by Material Issue
>From the album: International Pop Overthrow
Tabbed by: Chris Wright
I saw a welcome response to the last Material Issue song on here, so I thought
someone might like to see this one as well. Enjoy!
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This is the basic chord-picking pattern. These chords are played clean during the verses,
and played with
and distortion between verses.
Dm Am F9 C
e|----1--------0--------3--------0---|
B|-----3--------1--------1--------1--|
G|---2--2--------2-----2--2-----0----|
D|--0---------2-------3--------2-----|
A|-----------0----------------3------|
E|-----------------------------------|
The next riff (Riff B) is played during the chorus ("Valerie loves me!")
e|--10-------10-------10-------10------|
B|--13b(15)--13b(15)--13b(15)--13b(15)-|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
[Intro]
Dm Am F9 C
Dm Am F9 F9
Dm Am F9 F9
Valerie's dancing, on the roof above my bed you know
Dm Am F9 F9
for all of the world below to see
Dm Am F9 F9
Valerie's leaving, in a car outside my house you know
Dm Am F9 F9
Such a shame she's not with me and all the pretty things,
F9 F9
and all the love my heart can bring,
F9 F9 F9 F9
I would give my whole life to her.
[Riff B X 4]
Valerie loves me!
Dm Am F9 F9
Valerie's riding, in a car around my neighborhood.
Dm Am F9 F9
She's thinking of all the men she'll meet.
Dm Am F9 F9
I could only hope for a stolen moment of her thoughts
Dm Am F9 F9
Between the walk to the club and all the drinks she'll have in a crowded
F9 F9 F9 F9
room where everybody leaves too soon, I only hope that she remembers me..
F9 F9
[Riff B X 4]
Valerie loves me!
(With distortion and palm-muting, 4 times)
Dm Am F9 F9
Guitar 1: F9 F9 F9 F9 F9 F9 F9 F9 F9 F9 F9 F9 F9 F9 F9
Guitar 2:e|--3---1---0---1---3---1---0---1---3---1---0---1---3---1---0-|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
[Riff B x 4]
Valerie loves me!
Dm Am F9 F9
Valeries's lonely, in an apartment down the street you know,
Dm Am F9 F9
and her hair has turned so grey.
Dm Am F9 F9
But she's so happy for the memories she has you know.
Dm Am F9 F9
She can believe in the day when love was on a string
F9 F9 F9 F9
And she could have had anything she ever wanted, but she can't have me.
F9 F9
[Riff B X 4]
Valerie loves me!
(With distortion and palm-muting)
Dm Am F9 F9
Dm Am F9 F9
Dm Am F9 F9
Dm Am F9 F9
F9 F Fmaj7 F
F9 F Fmaj7 F
e|--10-------10-------|
B|--13b(15)--13b(15)--|
[End]
Chords:
Dm Am F9 F Fmaj7
e|--1---0---3---1---0------|
B|--3---1---1---1---1------|
G|--2---2---2---2---2------|
D|--0---2---3---3---3------|
A|------0------------------|
E|-------------------------|
Please send any comments or corrections to Chris Wright at:
blwittel@indyunix.iupui.edu
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Alex Average |
#1 by Alex P at Jul 19, 1972 at 12:08 PM EST |
| this song is so amazing. it makes me really sad. i guess it is about a girl named valerie, and how she could have had him, but lost her chance, and now she's the one who's lonely. | |
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Colleen Average |
#2 by Colleen Shmeltin at Oct 16, 1992 at 7:42 AM EST |
| this gets me as a guy who knows valerie, and valerie is stuck in a world of her own selfishness... she convinces him that she loves him ..so he waits for her.. as he watches her skip from man to man and always in the center of the social life... ...his dedication to her is more then shown here... but obviously as would with most, he tires of waiting and moves on.. ..so in the end he shows how valerie is older now, her taking love for granted 'love was on a string' has left her alone with nothing but her memories.. that she probably holds dear to her as her happiness, because there is nothing else there.. ..so she relieves when she was the center of it all and could have anything she ever wanted.. but him anymore | |
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