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Version 1
From:
I Was A Fool To Care
(James Taylor) 1975
[Intro]
Em7 Gmaj7 A A/B Em7 Gmaj7 A A#dim7
[Chorus]
Em7 Dmaj7
I was a fool to care,
F#7sus4 F#7 Bm7
I was a fool to care
Em7 Dmaj7
I was a fool to care
Bm Gmaj7 F#m7 Em7 A4 A
but I don't care even if I was a fool
Dmaj7 F#7sus4 F#7
I'm still in love with you
[Verse]
Bm7 Gmaj7 F#m7
Had I listened to the grapevine,
Em7 A4 Dmaj7
I might have had my doubts
Bm7 Gmaj7 F#m7 Bm7 E7 D/F#
But I did my level best just to block them out
G A4 A7 D/C# Bm7/A
Cause love is so unwise and love has no eyes
G D
And it took a while for a fool to see
E4 E7
what his friends were on about
[Chorus]
G A D
I was a fool to care
F#7sus4 F#7 Bm7
I was a fool to care
Em7 Dmaj7
I was a fool to care
Bm Gmaj7 F#m7 Em7 A4 A
but I don't care even if I was a fool
D Bm
I'm still in love with you
[Bridge]
C G
Imagining your face,
C Am7 Dmaj7 D
it almost fills the empty space before me
C G Fmaj7 Em7 A7
I can see you eyes and almost hear your lovely lies
F#7sus4 F#7
[Verse]
Bm7 Gmaj7 F#m7
I wish I was an old man
Em7 A4 Dmaj7
and love was through with me
Bm7 Gmaj7 F#m7 Bm7 E7 D/F#
I wish I was a baby on my mama's knee
G A4 A7 D/C# B/A
I wish I was a freight train moving down the line
G D
Just keeping track of time
Bm E7
without all these memories
[Chorus]
G A D
I was a fool to care
F#7sus4 F#7 Bm7
I was a fool to care
Em7 Dmaj7
I was a fool to care
Bm Gmaj7 F#m7 Em7 A4 A
but I don't care even if I was a fool
D F#7sus4 F#7
I'm still in love with you
Am Bm7 Am7 Gmaj7
Baby, yes, I
[Verse]
F#m7 Em7 Gmaj7 A A/B
I could have opened my eyes,
Em7 Gmaj7 A A/B
I could have seen through your lies
Em7 Gmaj7 A A/B
I could have stood for no more,
Em7 Gmaj7 A F#dim7
I could have walked out the door
[Chorus]
Em7 Dmaj7 F#7sus4 F#7 Bm7
But I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care
Em7 Dmaj7 F#7sus4 F#7 Bm7
But I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care
N.C.
You weren't nothing but a fool to care; just a country fool to care.
(repeat and fade)