Blue Valentines Tom Waits
(Verse)
[E9]She sends me b[Dm7]lue valent[E9]ines
[Dm7]All the way from Philadelp[E9]hia
[Dm7]To mark the anniversary[E9]
[Am7]Of someone that I[A7] used to be
[Dm7]And it feels like a[E9] warrant
Is o[Am7]ut for my[A7] arrest
Baby you got me c[Dm7]heckin in my re[E9]arview mi[Am7]rror[A7]
That's I'm a[Dm7]lways on the r[E7]un
Thats why I chan[Am7]ged my name
And I didn't[B7] think you'd ever find me[E9] here
To send me these[Dm7] blue valen[E9]tines
Like [Dm7]half forgotten [E9]dreams
Like a [Dm7]pebble in my s[E9]hoe
As I [Am7]walk these s[A7]treets
And the [Dm7]ghost of your [E9]memory
Baby is the [Am7]thistle in the [A7]kiss
It's the [Dm7]burgler that can [E7]break a roses [Am7]neck[A7]
It's the [Dm7]tatooed broken pr[E7]omise
I got to [Am7]hide beneath my s[A7]leeve
And I [B7]see you every time I turn my [E9]back
She sends me [Dm7]blue valen[E9]tines
Though I [Dm7]try to remain at l[E9]arge
They're ins[Dm7]isting that our l[E9]ove
Must have a [Am7]eulog[A7]y
[Dm7]Why do I save all this m[E9]adness
Here in the ni[Am7]ghtstand d[A7]rawer
There to [Dm7]haunt upon my [E7]shoulders
Baby I[Am7] know
I'd be l[Dm7]uckier to [E9]walk around everywhere I[Am7] go
With this [B7]blind and broken heart
That sleeps beneath my l[E9]apel
Instead.. these [Dm7]blue valen[E9]tines
They remi[Dm7]nd me of my cardinal[E9] sin
I can [Dm7]never wash the g[E9]uilt
Or get these bloo[Am7]dstains off my [A7]hands
And it [Dm7]takes a hole lot of w[E7]hiskey
To take this nigh[Am7]tmares go [A7]away
And I [B7]cut my bleedin heart out ever[E9]y nite
And I [Dm7]die a little m[E9]ore on each St. Val[Am7]entines d[A7]ay
(Outro)
Don't you r[B7]emember that I [E9]promised I [A7]would
Write you...
These b[Dm7]lue valent[E9]ines
[Dm7]blue valen[E9]tines
[Dm7] blue [B7]valent[Am7]ines
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