^GmI was one as you were one, ^Fand we were two so much in love for^Ebever. I loved the white socks ^Bb/Dthat you wore. Gm7/Eb Dm But you don't wear white socks no more, now you're a woman. I ^Gmjoked about your turned-up nose, ^Fcriticized your school girl clothes- Eb Bb Gm7/Eb | Dsus D | but would I then have paced these roads - to love you?

^Asus For ^Aseasons come ^Dm& seasons^Asus go. Bring forth^A7sus the r

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ai^A7n ^Dm - the sun & snow- make Valerie a ^Gmwoman. And Valerie is ^Flonely.

^EmNo more to roam on the ^Amsnow hills of Hienton. Unde^Emcided with the guardians of the ^Amolder generation. A d^Foormat was a sign of welcome ^C- in the winter months to come. And in the ^Dmsummer laughing through the ^Amcastle ruins we'd run.

^EmFor the quadrangle sang to the ^Amsun, and the grace of our ^Emfeeling - And the candle burned l^Fow. As we talked of the ^Cfuture underneath the ^Dmceiling.

^GmThere were tears in the sky ^F& the clouds in your eyes were j^Ebust cover. Bb/D Gm7/Eb Dsus - D For your thighs were the cushions of my love and yours for each other.

Repeat Bridge, then Intro

^BbThe songs still are sung. ^Ab It was fun to be young. But p^Eblease don't be s^Fad where you ^Gmare. I am who I am. ^FYou are who you are. ^Eb Bb/D Gm7/Eb Bb/D Gm7/Eb Now Valerie's a woman. Now Valerie's a woman. Bb/D Gm7/Eb Bb/D Gm7/Eb

Repeat Intro - end in Gm

Now Valerie's a wo - man.