Intro drums and bass guitar on Eb (4 bars) Verse 1
Eb Eb FmFm
Well sometimes I go out, by myself, and I look across the water EbEb FmFm
and I think of all the things, of what you’re doing, and in my head I paint a picture. Ab Gm
‘Cause since I’ve come home, well my body’s been a mess, and I miss your Ab Gm
ginger hair, and the way you like to dress.
Ab Gm Bb Bb
Won’t You Come On Over, Stop Making A Fool Out Of Me, Why Don’t You Come On Over,
Chorus
Eb Eb Valerie.
Fm Fm Valerie
(repeat chorus)
Verse 2 (same chords as verse 1, but play first 8 bars twice)
Did you have to go to jail, put your house out up for sale, did you get a good lawyer? I hope you didn’t catch a tan, I hope you find the right man, who’ll fix it for you.
Are you shopping anywhere, change the color of your hair, and are you busy?
Did you have to pay that fine, that you were dodging all the time, are you still dizzy? Well since I come home, well my body’s been a mess, and I miss your ginger
hair, and the way you like to dress.
Wont you come on over, stop making a fool out of me, oh why don’t you come
On over,
Chorus
Valerie etc.
Verse 3=same as verse 1. Texture breakdown first 4 bars
Chorus x2 with vocal ad lib, last chord Ebmaj7