A Valentine's Day IOU

My favorite song for February 14 is a sweet ballad from Steve Earle's 1996 album "I Feel Alright.'' The artist has been married seven times, most recently to Allison Moorer, so I'm pretty sure that his forgetting Valentine's Day is an honest sentiment. This song may have actually gotten the slacker off the hook -- at least once.

And you might be off the hook, too. If you haven't bought the flowers or chocolates yet, might as well just sit down and figure out how to play and/or sing this great song. Or download the song or CD.

I can't get the chord letters to match the lyrics below, but you should be able to figure it out, especially if you're familiar with the song.

If the tablature police come after me for posting this I'll tell them Cupid made me do it. Enjoy...

VALENTINE'S DAY
By Steve Earle

A C#
I come to you with empty hands
D A
I guess I just forgot again
Dm A
I only got my love to send
E7/G# A E7/G#
On Valentine's Day

A C#
I ain't got a card to sign
D A
Roses have been hard to find
Dm A F#m
I only hope that you'll be mine
D E7/G# A
On Valentine's Day

D A/C# E7/G# A
I know that I swore that I wouldn't forget
D A C# F#m E7/G#
I wrote it all down, I lost it I guess
A C#
There's so much I want to say
D A
But all the words just slip away
Dm A F#m
The way you love me every day
D E7/G# A
Is Valentine's Day
D A/C# E7/G# A
If I could I would deliver to you
D A C# F#m E7/G#
Diamonds and gold, it's the least I can do
A C#
So if you'll take my IOU
D A
I could make it up to you
Dm A F#m
Until then I hope my heart will do
D C# F#m E
For Valentine's Day
D E7/G# A
For Valentine's Day