Even A Fool Learns To Love chords by David Bowie

Chords with lyrics

Song: Even a fool learns to love
Artist: David Bowie
English Lyrics: David Bowie
Music: Claude Francois & Jacques Revaux
Tabbed by DJ 5th Jun 2015

In 1968, before he was really famous, David Bowie was employed
by publishers to write an English lyric to a French pop hit
called 'Comme d'habitude'. Bowie's submission was unsuccessful,
and the publishers used a lyric by Paul Anka instead,
his version was called 'My way'.
Three years later Bowie partly based his own hit 'Life on Mars'
on a similar chord sequence.
More information, and the first verse of Bowies' demo recording
at this link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/
5cSdD53NknkB4nWXRKCWwd4/the-origins-of-my-way
The demo first verse differs slightly from Bowie's typed lyrics,
for the tab I've gone with what he sang on the demo.

I've included two tab versions: one in Claude Francois'
(and Bowie's demo) key of F, and the second tab in
Frank Sinatra's recorded key of D.
N.B. As I haven't heard the full demo, I've done my best to
guess how the chords and lyrics might have scanned.

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The demo version which Bowie overdubbed at his own home
over Claude Francois's 'Comme d'habitude' recording.

FF   = xx3211  F4  = 133311  C7C7   = x32310
Am/E  = xx2210  F/CF/C  = x33211  A minorAm   = x02210
Cm/Eb = xx1013  Fmaj7Fmaj7 = xx3210  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 = x13231
D7D7   = xx0212  Cm7/F = xx5343  Am7Am7  = 353333
D7sus4D7sus4 = xx0212  F7F7  = 131211  Gm7Gm7  = xx0231
G minorGm   = xx5333  Bb majorBb  = x13331  C/Bb  = x12020
Gm/F  = xx3333  Bbm6Bbm6 = xx3323  DmDm   = xx0231
C7/EC7/E  = xx2310  C majorC   = x32010  Dm7Dm7  = xx0211

Just like Bowie, sing-a-long with (or rather, over..) Claude
at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avr5nvY4wxg&list=
PLndfQd4JJEus2PszOahi-MHXMXLhHGlyt

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[Verse 1]
       FF      Am/E
There was a time, a happy time,
     Cm/Eb       D7D7
I took my heart ...to every party,
D7sus4D7sus4         G minorGm           Gm/F
    They'd point my way, "How are you to - day?"
         C7/EC7/E       F4    FF
"Will you make us laugh, chase our blues a - way?"
 F/CF/C  FF    Fmaj7Fmaj7         Cm7/F  F7F7
Their funny man   ....won't let them down,
     Bb majorBb          Bbm6Bbm6
No, I'd dance and prance, and be their clown,
   F/CF/C      C majorC     C7C7  Gm/F        FF
That time, a happy time, that even a fool--- learns to love!

[Verse 2]
   FF          Am/E
The clown  ...turned a - round,
      Cm/Eb           D7D7    D7sus4D7sus4
And saw her smile,  ...oh, how she loved me,
        G minorGm        Gm/F
She'd clap her hands, and beg me stay,
      C7/EC7/E        F4   FF
To make her laugh, to make her life gay,
   F/CF/C    FF  Fmaj7Fmaj7       Cm7/F  F7F7
Who wants the love   ...of all the world,
        Bb majorBb         Bbm6Bbm6
When here was love in the eyes of just one girl?
   F/CF/C         C majorC     C7C7  Gm/F        FF
That day, that precious day, when even a fool--- learns to love!


[Verse 3]
   A minorAm C7C7    FF  Fmaj7Fmaj7       Cm7/F
But, oh, how I dreamed,    a marvelous dream,
    F7F7     Bb majorBb    Bbmaj7Bbmaj7   Bb majorBb
Where all of the heavens, or so it had seemed,
    Am7Am7      Gm7Gm7             C majorC
With thunderous ap - plause, looked down from a - bove,
   C/Bb     A minorAm  Am7Am7     DmDm  Dm7Dm7
On a clown and an angel so much in love,
          Gm7Gm7           C majorC
I'll stay with my dream, it takes such a dream,
   C7C7  Gm/F        FF
And even a fool---- learns to love!


[Verse 4]
   FF          Am/E
That day, ...that hateful day,
        Cm/Eb          D7D7  D7sus4D7sus4
The joke turned stale, ...the game was over,
        G minorGm        Gm/F
Those spiteful words, "Oh, go a - way!
       C7/EC7/E         F4    FF
Who wants to play? It's getting late now!"
F/CF/C  FF  Fmaj7Fmaj7      Cm7/F  F7F7
 My world,   ...my funny world,
       Bb majorBb        Bbm6Bbm6
Had lost its mask, and shown a broken heart,
 F/CF/C      C majorC     C7C7  Gm/F        FF
A augmentedA time, a sour time, when even a fool---- learns to love!


[Verse 5]
   A minorAm C7C7    FF  Fmaj7Fmaj7       Cm7/F
But, oh, how I dreamed,    a marvelous dream,
    F7F7     Bb majorBb    Bbmaj7Bbmaj7   Bb majorBb
Where all of the heavens, or so it had seemed,
    Am7Am7       Gm7Gm7             C majorC
With thunderous ap - plause, looked down from a - bove,
   C/Bb     A minorAm  Am7Am7     DmDm  Dm7Dm7
On a clown and an angel so much in love,
          Gm7Gm7           C majorC
I'll stay with my dream, it takes such a dream,
   C7C7  Gm/F        FF
And even a fool---- learns to love!


[Coda]
       F7F7       Gm7Gm7             C majorC
||: With thunderous ap - plause, looked down from a - bove,
   C/Bb     A minorAm  Am7Am7     DmDm  Dm7Dm7
On a clown and an angel so much in love,
          Gm7Gm7           C majorC
I'll stay with my dream, it takes such a dream,
   C7C7  Gm/F        FF
And even a fool---- learns to love! :|| [Repeat]


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Song: Even a fool learns to love
Artist: David Bowie
English Lyrics: David Bowie
Music: Jacques Revaux & Claude Francois

Tabbed by DJ
5th Jun 2015

David Bowie's demo lyrics to the tune of Frank Sinatra's
version of 'My way'.

CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in the key of D MajorD)

Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
C majorC   = x32010  C4  = x33010  G7G7  = 320001
Em/B  = x22000  C/GC/G  = 332010  E minorEm  = 022000
Gm6/Bb = x10030  Cmaj7Cmaj7 = x32000  Fmaj7Fmaj7 = xx3210
A7A7   = x02020  Gm7/C = x33333  E minor 7Em7  = 022030
A7sus4A7sus4 = x02030  C7C7  = x32310  Dm7Dm7  = xx0211
DmDm   = xx0231  FF   = 133211  G/F  = 120003
Dm/C  = x30231  Fm6Fm6  = 100111  A minorAm  = x02210
G7/B  = x20001  G+G   = 320003  Am7Am7  = x02213

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[Intro]
  C majorC
| / / / / | / / / / |


[Verse 1]
       C majorC      Em/B      Gm6/Bb     A7A7
There was a time, a happy time, I took my heart to every party,
A7sus4A7sus4         DmDm           Dm/C
    They'd point my way, "How are you to - day?"
          G7/B  G7G7       C4      C majorC
"Will you make us laugh,   chase our blues away?"
    C/GC/G  C majorC  Cmaj7Cmaj7         Gm7/C  C7C7
Their funny man   ...won't let them down,
     FF          Fm6Fm6
No, I'd dance and prance, and be their clown,
   C/GC/G      G+G     G7G7  Dm/C        C majorC
That time, a happy time, when even a fool--- learns to love!


[Verse 2]
   C majorC         Em/B
The clown ...turned a - round,
      Gm6/Bb        A7A7   A7sus4A7sus4
And saw her smile, oh, how she loved me,
        DmDm        Dm/C
She'd clap her hands, and beg me stay,
      G7/B  G7G7       C4   C majorC
To make her laugh,   to make her life gay,
  C/GC/G    C majorC  Cmaj7Cmaj7       Gm7/C  C7C7
Who wants the love   ...of all the world,
        FF          Fm6Fm6
When here was love in the eyes of just one girl?
   C/GC/G         G+G     G7G7  Dm/C        C majorC
That day, that precious day, when even a fool--- learns to love!


[Verse 3]
   E minorEm  G7G7   C majorC    Cmaj7Cmaj7        Gm7/C
But, oh, how I dreamed,     a marvelous dream,
   C7C7      FF          Fmaj7Fmaj7  FF
Where all of the heavens, or so it had seemed,
    E minor 7Em7      Dm7Dm7             G+G
With thunderous ap - plause, looked down from a - bove,
   G/F     E minorEm   E minor 7Em7     A minorAm  Am7Am7
On a clown and an angel,  so much in love,
          Dm7Dm7           G+G
I'll stay with my dream, it takes such a dream,
   G7G7  Dm/C         C majorC
And even a fool----- learns to love!


[Verse 4]
   C majorC        Em/B
That day, that hateful day,
        Gm6/Bb          A7A7  A7us4
The joke turned stale, ...the game was over,
        DmDm        Dm/C
Those spiteful words, "Oh, go a - way!
       G7/B  G7G7        C4    C majorC
Who wants to play?    It's getting late now!"
C/GC/G  C majorC   Cmaj7Cmaj7     Gm7/C  C7C7
 My world,   ...my funny world,
       FF         Fm6Fm6
Had lost its mask, and shown a broken heart,
 C/GC/G      G+G     G7G7  Dm/C        C majorC
A augmentedA time, a sour time, when even a fool---- learns to love!


[Verse 5]
   E minorEm  G7G7   C majorC    Cmaj7Cmaj7       Gm7/C
But, oh, how I dreamed,     a marvelous dream,
    C7C7      FF          Fmaj7Fmaj7  FF
Where all of the heavens, or so it had seemed,
    E minor 7Em7      Dm7Dm7             G+G
With thunderous ap - plause, looked down from a - bove,
   G/F     E minorEm   E minor 7Em7     A minorAm  Am7Am7
On a clown and an angel,  so much in love,
          Dm7Dm7           G+G
I'll stay with my dream, it takes such a dream,
   G7G7  Dm/C        C majorC   E minorEm G7G7
And even a fool---- learns to love!


[Coda]
  C majorC  Cmaj7Cmaj7  Gm7/C C7C7    FF  Fmaj7Fmaj7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

 Fm6Fm6       C majorC  Em/B   A minorAm
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

   G+G   Dm/C        C majorC