{title: Valerie}
{artist: Steve Winwood}
{sortartist: Winwood, Steve}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 117}
{key: A}
{duration: 4:04}
{composer: Will Jennings}
{composer: Steve Winwood}
{lyricist: Will Jennings}
{lyricist: Steve Winwood}
{meta: author Opa Lawaai, 2026-09-07}
{meta: author FWieP, 2026-09-10}
{meta: url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbKNICg-REA}
{comment: %{time}, %{tempo} BPM}
{comment: Key: %{key}}
{start_of_abc: Riff}
X:1
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:A
Q:1/4=117
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"A"A2 z[cea]- [cea]z z2 | z[Fd] [Ec]z [Fd]z zE | "A"A2 z[cea] z2 [Fd] [Ec] | z8 |
{end_of_abc}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[A][*(riff)]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[Bm]So [A/C#]wild, [D]standing there, [A/E] with her hands in her [F#m]hair
[Bm]I [A/C#]can't [D]help re[A/E]member [F#m] just where she touched [G]me
[Em][D]There's [A]still - no face
[Em][D]Here [A]in - her place
[Bm]So [A/C#]cool, [D]she was [A/E]like [Esus]jazz on a summer's day [E]
[Bm]Mu[A]sic, [D]high and [A/E]sweet, [Esus]then she just blew away [E]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_part: Pre-chorus 1}
[E/G#]Now she [D/F#]can't be that [A/E]warm
[E/G#] With the [D/F#]wind in her [A/E]arms
{end_of_part}
{start_of_abc: Chorus}
X:1
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:A
Q:1/4=117
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C EA- | "D/F#"A4 "A/E"z4 | "E"GG- GA- "D"A z z2 |
{end_of_abc}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
Vale[D/F#]rie, [A/E] [E]call on [D]me
Call on [F#m]me, [A/E] [D]Vale[A/C#]rie
Come and [D/F#]see me
I'm the [D/F#]same boy I used to be
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Link 1}
[A][*(riff)]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[Bm]Love [A/C#]songs [D]fill the night, [A/E] but they don't tell it [F#m]all
[Bm]Not [A/C#]how [D]lovers [A/E]cry out [F#m] just like they're dy[G]ing
[Em] [D]Her [A]cries - hang there
[Em] [D]In [A]time - somewhere
[Bm]Some[A/C#]day, [D]some [A/E]good wind [Esus]may blow her back to me [E]
[Bm]Some [A]night [D]I [A/E]may hear [Esus]her like she used to be [E]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_part: Pre-chorus 2}
[E/G#]No it [D/F#]can't be that [A/E]warm
[E/G#] With the [D/F#]wind in her [A/E]arms
{end_of_part}
{chorus: Chorus 2}
{start_of_part: Link 2}
[A][*(riff)]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Instrumental Verse 3}
[Bm] [A/C#] [D] [D] [A/E] [F#m]
[Bm] [A/C#] [D] [A/E] [F#m] [G]
[Em] [D] [A]
[Em] [D] [A]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_bridge: Bridge}
[Bm]So [A/C#]cool, [D]she was [A/E]like [Esus]jazz on a summer's day [E]
[Bm]Mu[A/C#]sic, [D]high and [A/E]sweet, [Esus]then she just blew away [E]
{end_of_bridge}
{start_of_part: Pre-chorus 3}
[E/G#]Now she [D/F#]can't be that [A/E]warm
[E/G#] With the [D/F#]wind in her [A/E]arms
{end_of_part}
{chorus: Chorus 3}
{start_of_part: Outro}
[A][*(full riff)]
[A][*(0.5 riff)]
I'm the [Asus]same boy I used to be [A][NC]
{end_of_part}