THE GREAT VALERIO
By Richard Thompson
From the album "I want to see the bright lights tonight"

Transcribed by UNKNOWN

Capo 7th Fret                              Verse
   Am                                      Am
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   Em7b5/Bb          Am                Dm/A
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   F6      G/F       Am                  F6                G7      C
E7aug
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   Am9               Dm9               Em7b5/Bb E7aug    Am9
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Chorus
   B7 // / //   C // F //   G // C //   F
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   Am9               Dm9               Em7b5/Bb E7aug    Am9
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   Am
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Am                Em7b5/Bb
High up above the crowd
Am                   Dm/A
The great Valerio is walking
Am7(9)                            Em7b5/Bb Gm7b5/Bb
The rope seems hung from cloud to cloud
Am                                G7
And time stands still while he is walking
F6         G/F           Am
His eye is steady on the target
F6                        G7     C E7aug
His foot is sure upon the rope.
Am9                     Dm9
Alone and peaceful as a mountain
Em7b5/Bb    E7aug           Am9
And certain as the mountain slope

CHORUS
B7             C      F
How we wonder, how we wonder
G        C     F
Watching far below
Am7                  Dm9
We would all be that great hero,
Em7b5/Bb    E7+ Am
The great Valerio

We falter at the sight
We stumble in the mire
Fools who think they see the light
Prepare to balance on the wire
But we learn to watch together
And feed on what we see above
until our heart turn like the seaons
And we are acrobats of love

Come all you upstart jugglers
Are you really ready yet?
Who will help the tightrope walker,
When he stumbles to the net?
So come with me to see Valerio
As he dances through the air
I'm your friend until you use me
And then be sure I want be there.

The See Saw (Instrumental)

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