I've a feeling that John plays the album track with an Am on the verse.

This is the version I play acoustically. It just loops the same four chords which I play barred on the 5th and 3rd frets.

Valentine

Intro:
A   C   G   D   A                 

           C   G 
Roses are red, 
     D            A 
violets are blue. 
     C           G 
One day my love, 
           D         
I will be with you.

A   C   G   D   A                 

           C   G 
Take this card 
as a statement
D             A 
of my intent. 
              C              
Please don't break my heart
   G              
or treat me with
   D                  A 
undisguised contempt. 

           C   G 
Roses are red, 
     D            A 
violets are blue. 
     C           G 
One day my love, 
           D         
I will be with you.

A   C   G   D   A                 

        C    G 
Look inside. 
Read the words
    D              A 
I wish I'd spoken. 
       C          
Don't be unkind;
        G                
don't leave me standing
 D                A 
here heartbroken. 

           C   G 
Roses are red, 
     D            A 
violets are blue. 
     C           G 
One day my love, 
           D         
I will be with you.

       A          
Be my Valentine.
C                   
Say you'll be mine
          G      D     
'til the end of time.
(x3)

A   C   G   D   A                 

         C              
If you choose your man
    G                  
on what he's promised
 D          A 
to deliver, 
      C            
don't be the girl
     G               
who sells her heart
       D               A 
to the highest bidder. 

           C   G 
Roses are red, 
     D            A 
violets are blue. 
     C           G 
One day my love, 
           D         
I will be with you.

       A          
Be my Valentine.
C                   
Say you'll be mine
          G      D     
'til the end of time.
(x3)

A
           C   G 
Roses are red, 
     D            A 
violets are blue. 
     C           G 
One day my love, 
           D         
I will be with you.

       A          
Be my Valentine.
C                   
Say you'll be mine
          G      D     
'til the end of time.
(x3)

A
           C   G 
Roses are red, 
     D             
violets are blue.



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