On the recorded versions and live, the guitar is tuned down 1 whole step to DGCFAD.
Main chords: C Am F C (with a bass walk down on the lowest string)
C Am F C
Heartbreak, old friend, goodbye it's me again.
C Am F C
Of late, I've had some thought of movin' in.
C Am F G
Of all the many ways a man will lose his home,
C Am F C
Well, there ain't none better than the girl who's movin' on.
(chords same as first verse)
True love, I knew some thought of leavin' you.
Bad thoughts I had, when valentines were due.
Of all the many ways a man will break his heart,
Well there ain't none meaner than he pulls his own apart
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/o/old_97s/valentine_crd.html ]
CHORUS:
G F C
Valentine, the destroyer, Valentine, you belong
F C G
In the stars, where you are, always rollin' on.
Am E F G
Cried, I've cried till I couldn't carry on.
C Am F C
It's a lonely, lonely feelin' when your Valentine is wrong.
C Am F C
It's a lonely, lonely feelin' when your Valentine is wrong.
(Repeat verse 1)
(Repeat chorus)
C Am F G
Of all the many things that you were countin' on,
C Am F C
Well, there ain't none better than the girl who's movin' on.
C Am F C
No, there ain't none better than the girl who's movin' on.
