Fools Complaint Acoustic chords by Suzanne Vega

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Title: Fool's Complaint
Album: Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles
Artist: Suzanne Vega
Method: Strumming
Tempo: Moderato

* The second set of chords on the right are played by Gerry Leonard.
* Arpeggiate the last chord in the outro.
* Link to the live acoustic performance:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPvzj82ZxJo

Chords:
G+G   320033
G/BG/B  x20033
Csus2Csus2 x30033
A minorAm   x02210 or 57755x
Asus2Asus2 x02200
C majorC   x32010 or 8-10-10-9-8-x
D MajorD   x00232 or 10-12-12-11-10-x
B7B7   x21201 or 79787x
FF   133211 or x3321x

Intro:
G+G G/BG/B Csus2Csus2 G+G x3

Verse:
N.C.           G+G     G/BG/B Csus2Csus2 G+G
How I hate the Queen of Pentacles
           A minorAm   Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Asus2Asus2
Sitting on her golden throne
        C majorC    FF
In her domestic tyranny
              G+G   G/BG/B Csus2Csus2 G+G
All roads lead back to her alone

Verse 2:
N.C.                 G+G   G/BG/B Csus2Csus2 G+G
The whole wide world is a great big drain
           A minorAm  Asus2Asus2 A minorAm
And the vortex is her heart
  Asus2Asus2
Her moods and wants and
C majorC         FF
Wishes and whims
              G+G   G/BG/B Csus2Csus2 G+G
All take precedence on this chart

Chorus:
N.C.
But what do I know
       C majorC     D MajorD     B7B7
My card’s the fool, the fool, the fool
          C majorC
That merry rootless man,
          A minorAm
With air beneath my footstep
          FF
And providence as my plan
        G+G   G/BG/B Csus2Csus2 G+G
Providence as my plan

Verse 3:
N.C.          G+G     G/BG/B Csus2Csus2 G+G
Oh it’s such expensive innocence
         A minorAm  Asus2Asus2 A minorAm
Never knowing any cost
  Asus2Asus2       C majorC    FF
She throws around her finery
              G+G   G/BG/B Csus2Csus2 G+G
For us to fetch when it gets lost

Solo:
Csus2Csus2 G+G Csus2Csus2 x2
A minorAm C majorC FF G+G Csus2Csus2 G+G

Chorus:
N.C.
But what do I know
       C majorC     D MajorD     B7B7
My card’s the fool, the fool, the fool
          C majorC
That merry rootless man,
          A minorAm
With air beneath my footstep
  N.C.      FF
And providence as my plan
        G+G
Providence as my plan

Chorus:
N.C.
But what do I know
       C majorC     D MajorD     B7B7
My card’s the fool, the fool, the fool
          C majorC
That merry rootless man,
          A minorAm
With air beneath my footstep
  N.C.      FF
And providence as my plan
        G+G
Providence as my plan

Outro:
G/BG/B Csus2Csus2 G+G x3

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