[BPM 106 - Verse 1 - Start just with bass and bass drum then full drums] [Chords? - X00232 and 079987] Well, some [D] times I go out by myself and I look across the [Em] water And I [D] think of all the things, what you're doin' and in my head I paint a [Em] picture
[Chorus - Chords in now - simulate horns - Strums] 'Cos [G] since I've come on home, well my [F#m] body's been a mess And I've [G] missed your ginger hair and the [F#m] way you like to dress [G] Won't you come on over, [F#m] stop making a fool out of [A] me [A] Why don't you come on over, [Horn Riff - Fuller chords D Dsus4 D up neck x57775 - Em - 079987 079x10x 079987] Va- [D] a-lerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee Va- [D] a-lerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee
[Verse 2] Did you [D] have to go to jail, put your house on up for sale, did you get a good [Em] lawyer I hope you [D] didn't catch a tan, I hope you found the right man who'll fix it for [Em] ya Are you [D] shoppin' anywhere, changed the colour of your hair, [Em] are you busy? And did you [D] have to pay that fine you was dodging all the time, are you still [Em] dizzy?
[Chorus - Strums] 'Cos [G] since I've come on home, well my [F#m] body's been a mess And I've [G] missed your ginger hair and the [F#m] way you like to dress [G] Won't you come on over, [F#m] stop making a fool out of [A] me [A] Why don't you come on over, [Horn Riff] Va- [D] a-lerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee Va- [D] a-lerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee
[Verse 3 - Drums stop - strums] Well, some [D] times I go out by myself and I look across the [Em] water (drums back in) And I [D] think of all the things, what you're doing and in my head I paint a p [Em] icture
[Chorus - Strums] 'Cos [G] since I've come on home, well my [F#m] body's been a mess And I've [G] missed your ginger hair and the [F#m] way you like to dress [G] Won't you come on over, [F#m] stop making a fool out of [A] me [A] Why don't you come on over, [Horn Riff] Va- [D] a-lerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee Va- [D] a-lerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee Mmm [D] Valerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee Valer [D] ie-e-ee, Va-a-le-r [Em] ieee Why don't you come on over Va- [Dmaj7] alerie...
[Riff] [C]-x-x-[C/D]--x-x-[C/E]-x--x-x-[F]-x--[F]-x-x-x--- [F]-x-x-[F]----x-x-[G]---x--x-x-x-x----x---x-x-x--- (C to F riff = C C/D C/E F - can play x32010 x30010 x(3)2010)
[Verse- Repeat Riff 1] Oh, what a [C to F riff] night ..... [F] late [G] December back in [C to F riff]'6...3, .....[F] what a [G] very special [C to F riff]time for me, .......... as [F]I re [G] member what a [C to F riff]night! ..........[F][G] Oh, what a [C to F riff]night, you [F]know I [G]didn't even [C to F riff]know her name, but [F]I was [G]never gonna [C to F riff] be the same, [F]what a [G]lady, what a [C to F riff] night! [F][G]
[Chorus - Just Bass drum with chords, no snare, no harmonies] Oh [Dm] I, I [F] got a funny feeling when she [Am] walked in the [G] room, and [Dm] I, as [F] I recall it ended much [G] too soon. [G7]
[Verse - RIFF 1] Oh, what a [C to F riff]night, ...... [F]Hypno [G] tizing, mesme [C to F riff] rizing me. ........[F]She was [G]everything I [C to F riff] dreamed she'd be.....[F]Sweet sur[G]render, what a [C to F riff] night!! [F][G]
[Horn Bit] Am x x Am - x x x x Am x x Am - x x x x Am x x C - x x D x (repeat)
[Bridge] [F] Oh, I felt a rush like a [Em] rolling bolt of thunder, [F] spinning my head around and [G] taking my body under. (Oh what a
[Vamp on riff - no vocals] C C/D C/E F - F F G G x 4
[Chorus - Just Bass drum with chords, no snare, no harmonies] Oh [Dm] I, I [F] got a funny feeling when she [Am] walked in the [G] room, and [Dm] I, as [F] I recall it ended much [G] too soon. [G7] (Oh what a)
[Verse] [C to F riff](night) ......... ,[F] why'd it [G] take so long to [C to F riff]see the light? .........[F] Seemed so [G] wrong, but now it [C to F riff]seems so right .........[F] what a [G] lady, what a [C to F riff]night!
[Horn Bit] Am x x Am - x x x x Am x x Am - x x x x Am x x C - x x D x (repeat)
[Bridge] [F] Oh, I felt a rush like a [Em] rolling bolt of thunder, [F] spinning my head around and [G] taking my body under. (Oh what a
[Outro] [Dooh dooh dooh dooh bit - Riff 1 - heavy on drums - chords much more muted] [C] (Night) Doo [C/D] do [C/E] doo [F] do do, [F] doo [F] do [G] doo (Oh what a) Repeat til fade or end on [C] [End]
