Gm (355333@1)                       F (133211@1)                                EbI (x43121@3)was one as you were one, and we were two so much in love forever.
                        Bb/DI (x1033x@1)loved the white socks that you wore.
                         Gm7/Eb                      DmBut (xx0231@1)you don't wear white socks no more, now you're a woman.
  Gm (355333@1)                             FI (133211@1)joked about your turned-up nose, criticized your school girl clothes-
Eb (x43121@3)                                         Bb (x1333x@1)        Gm7/Eb | Dsus4 (xx0233@1)D (xx0232@1)|
but would I then have paced these roads - to love you?

BRIDGE:
Asus4 (x02230@1) A (x02220@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)         Asus4 (x02230@1)           A7sus4- (002033@1)A7 (x02020@1)Dm (xx0231@1)  For seasons come & seasons go.  Bring forth the rain     -    the sun & snow-
                    Gm (355333@1)                    F (133211@1)    make Valerie a woman.   And Valerie is lonely.

Em (022000@1)                   AmNo (x02210@1)more to roam on the snow hills of Hienton.
    Em (022000@1)                            AmUndecided (x02210@1)with the guardians of the older generation.
   F (133211@1)                          CA (x32010@1)doormat was a sign of welcome - in the winter months to come.
           Dm (xx0231@1)                        AmAnd (x02210@1)in the summer laughing through the castle ruins we'd run.

Em (022000@1)                           Am (x02210@1)                      EmFor (022000@1)the quadrangle sang to the sun, and the grace of our feeling -
                       FAnd (133211@1)the candle burned low.
                    C (x32010@1)                   DmAs (xx0231@1)we talked of the future underneath the ceiling.

Gm (355333@1)                        F (133211@1)                                 EbThere (x43121@3)were tears in the sky & the clouds in your eyes were just cover.
                         Bb/D (x1033x@1)                    Gm7/Eb         Dsus4- (xx0233@1)DFor (xx0232@1)your thighs were the cushions of my love and yours for each other.

{Repeat Bridge, then Intro}

Bb (x1333x@1)                      AbThe (xx1114@1)songs still are sung.    It was fun to be young.
     Eb (x43121@3)            F (133211@1)          GmBut (355333@1)please don't be sad where you are.
                 F (133211@1)                    EbI (x43121@3)am who I am.   You are who you are.
Bb/D (x1033x@1)               Gm7/Eb    Bb/D (x1033x@1)                Gm7/Eb
     Now Valerie's a woman.          Now Valerie's a woman.
Bb/D (x1033x@1)               Gm7/Eb  Bb/D (x1033x@1) Gm7/Eb   {Repeat Intro - end in Gm}
     Now Valerie's a (x02210@1) wo     -     man.