Key: C
Introduction:
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Intro
C D F C D G
verse 1
C
Valerie, please - believe
C4 D D7 D
It never could work out
F
The time to make plans
C
Has passed
D D7 D G
Faded away
verse 2
C
Ooh, the way you look
C4 D D7 D
Makes my starry eyes shiver
F C
Then I look awa-a-ay
D D7 D G
Too much for one day
verse 3
C
One thing we share
C4 D D7 D
Is an ideal of beauty
F
Treasure so rare
C D D7 D G
That even devils might care
verse 4
C
Your swimming pool eyes
C4 D D7 D
In sea breezes they flutter
F
The coconut tears
C
Heavy-lidded they shed
D
Swaying palms at your feet
D7 D G
You're the pride of your street
Verse 5
C
While you worship the sun
C
Summer lover of fun
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Gold number with neighbours
D7 D F
Who said that you'll go far
C
Maybe someday be a star
D
A fast-mover like you
D7 D G
And your dreams will all come true
Instrumental
G
Verse 6
C
All of my hope
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And my inspiration
F
I drew from you
C
Our life's pattern's drawn in sand
D
But the winds could not erase
D7 D G
The memory of your face
Verse 7
C
Deep in the night
C4 D D7 D
Plying very strange cargo
F
Our soul ships pass by
C D D7 D
Solo trips to the stars
G
In the sky
Verse 8
C
Gliding so far
C4 D D7 D
That the eye cannot follow
F
Where do they go
C D G
We'll never know