Chords:



     dm 7/9          E 7/9           dm 7



 e' |--12--|     e' |---X--|     e' |---5--|

 h  |--10--|     h  |---7--|     h  |---6--|

 g  |--10--|     g  |---7--|     g  |---5--|

 d  |--10--|     d  |---5--|     d  |---7--|

 A  |--12--|     A  |---7--|     A  |---5--|

 E  |--10--|     E  |---0--|     E  |---X--|



     am              A 7             H 7



 e' |---0--|     e' |---3--|     e' |---2--|

 h  |---1--|     h  |---2--|     h  |---0--|

 g  |---2--|     g  |---0--|     g  |---2--|

 d  |---2--|     d  |---2--|     d  |---1--|

 A  |---0--|     A  |---0--|     A  |---2--|

 E  |---X--|     E  |---X--|     E  |---X--|





intro: :| dm7/9 | E7/9 |: (played three times)





             | dm7 | E7/9 |

She sends me blue   valentines



        | dm7 |       | E7/9 |

All the way from Philadelphia



   | dm7 |      | E7/9 |

To mark the anniversary



   | am |         | A7 |

Of someone that I used to be



       | dm7 |       

And it feels just like theres



  | E7/9 | am |            | A7 | 

A warrant out for my arrest



       | dm7 |       | E7/9 | am |  | A7 |

Got me checkin in my rearview mirror



        | dm7 |       | E7/9 |

And I'm always on the run



            | am |         | A7 |

Thats why I changed my name



      | B7 |             | B7 |       | E7/9 |

And I didn't think you'd ever find me here



(same as above:)



(note: you can play | dm7/9 | instead of | dm7 | on the first three lines

       of the following verses. i think he always plays the | dm7/9 |-chord

       but doesn't always make it up to the e'-string.)



To send me blue valentines

Like half forgotten dreams

Like a pebble in my shoe

As I walk these streets

And the ghost of your memory

Is the thistle in the kiss

And the burgler that can break a roses neck

It's the tatooed broken promise

That I hide beneath my sleeve

And I see you every time I turn my back



solo

(same chords as verse)



She sends me blue valentines

Though I try to remain at large

They're insisting that our love

Must have a eulogy

Why do I save all of this madness

In the nightstand drawer

There to haunt upon my shoulders

Baby I know

I'd be luckier to walk around everywhere I go

With a blind and broken heart

That sleeps beneath my lapel



She sends me my blue valentines

To remind me of my cardinal sin

I can never wash the guilt

Or get these bloodstains off my handa

And it takes a lot of whiskey

To take this nightmares go away

And I cut my bleedin heart out every nite

And I die a little more on each St. Valentines day

Remember that I promised I would

Write you...



      | dm7 | E7/9 |

These blue  valentines



| dm7/9 | E7/9 |

blue    valentines



| dm7/9 | E7/9 | am |

blue    valen - tines