Blue Valentines Chords by Tom Waits
- Key: E
- BPM: 79
- Capo: no capo
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BLUE VALENTINES CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] Dm7 E7 Dm7 E7 ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Dm7 E7 She sends me ■ blue valentines Dm7 All the way from Philadelphia Dm7 To mark the anniversary Am7 Of someone that I used to be [Chorus] A7 Am7 Dm7 ■ And it feels just like a warrant Am7 Is out for my arrest Dm7 Baby you got me checkin' E7 Am7 A7 In my rearview mirror ■ [Verse] Dm7 E7 That's why I'm always on the run Am7 That's why I changed my name B7 E7 And I didn't think you'd ever find me here E7 To send me blue valentines E7 Like halfforgotten dreams Dm7 E7 Like a pebble ■ in my shoe Am7 A7 As I walk these streets ■ Dm7 And the ghost of your memory Am7 Baby it's the thistle in the kiss A7 Dm7 E7 Am7 A7 ■ It's the burglar that can break ■ a rose's neck ■ [Chorus] Dm7 E7 It's the tatooed broken promise Am7 I gotta hide beneath my sleeve B7 E7 I'm going to see you every time I turn my back [Inst] Dm Dm7 F Dm7 E7 Am7 A7 Am7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Intro] E7 Am Dm Em7 Am A7 Am E7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Am7 B7 E7 ■ ■ ■ [Verse] E7 She sends me blue valentines Dm7 E7 Though I try to remain at large Dm7 E7 They're insisting that our love Am7 A7 Must have a eulogy ■ Dm7 E7 Why do I save all of this madness Am7 Here in the nightstand drawer A7 Dm7 E7 ■ There to haunt upon my shoulders Am7 A7 Baby I know ■ Dm7 E7 Am7 I'd be luckier to walk around everywhere I go B7 With this blind and broken heart E7 Sleeps beneath my lapel Dm7 Instead these blue valentines E7 To remind me ■ of my cardinal sin Dm7 E7 I can never ■ wash the guilt Am7 A7 Or get these bloodstains off my hands A7 And it takes a lot of whiskey Am7 A7 To make these nightmares go away [Chorus] Dm7 E7 And I cut my bleedin' heart ■ out every night Am7 A7 Dm7 E7 Am7 And ■ I'm going ■ to die a little more ■ on each St Valentines day B7 E7 Don't you remember I promised I would write you Dm7 E7 These blue valentines E7 Blue valentines A7 Am7 A Blue valentines ■ ■ [Outro]