Even A Fool Learns To Love chords by David Bowie

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.

F   = xx3211  F4  = 133311  C7   = x32310
Am/E  = xx2210  F/C  = x33211  Am   = x02210
Cm/Eb = xx1013  Fmaj7 = xx3210  Bbmaj7 = x13231
D7   = xx0212  Cm7/F = xx5343  Am7  = 353333
D7sus4 = xx0212  F7  = 131211  Gm7  = xx0231
Gm   = xx5333  Bb  = x13331  C/Bb  = x12020
Gm/F  = xx3333  Bbm6 = xx3323  Dm   = xx0231
C7/E  = xx2310  C   = x32010  Dm7  = 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]
       F      Am/E
There was a time, a happy time,
     Cm/Eb       D7
I took my heart ...to every party,
D7sus4         Gm           Gm/F
    They'd point my way, "How are you to - day?"
         C7/E       F4    F
"Will you make us laugh, chase our blues a - way?"
 F/C  F    Fmaj7         Cm7/F  F7
Their funny man   ....won't let them down,
     Bb          Bbm6
No, I'd dance and prance, and be their clown,
   F/C      C     C7  Gm/F        F
That time, a happy time, that even a fool--- learns to love!


[Verse 2]
   F          Am/E
The clown  ...turned a - round,
      Cm/Eb           D7    D7sus4
And saw her smile,  ...oh, how she loved me,
        Gm        Gm/F
She'd clap her hands, and beg me stay,
      C7/E        F4   F
To make her laugh, to make her life gay,
   F/C    F  Fmaj7       Cm7/F  F7
Who wants the love   ...of all the world,
        Bb         Bbm6
When here was love in the eyes of just one girl?
   F/C         C     C7  Gm/F        F
That day, that precious day, when even a fool--- learns to love!


[Verse 3]
   Am C7    F  Fmaj7       Cm7/F
But, oh, how I dreamed,    a marvelous dream,
    F7     Bb    Bbmaj7   Bb
Where all of the heavens, or so it had seemed,
    Am7      Gm7             C
With thunderous ap - plause, looked down from a - bove,
   C/Bb     Am  Am7     Dm  Dm7
On a clown and an angel so much in love,
          Gm7           C
I'll stay with my dream, it takes such a dream,
   C7  Gm/F        F
And even a fool---- learns to love!


[Verse 4]
   F          Am/E
That day, ...that hateful day,
        Cm/Eb          D7  D7sus4
The joke turned stale, ...the game was over,
        Gm        Gm/F
Those spiteful words, "Oh, go a - way!
       C7/E         F4    F
Who wants to play? It's getting late now!"
F/C  F  Fmaj7      Cm7/F  F7
 My world,   ...my funny world,
       Bb        Bbm6
Had lost its mask, and shown a broken heart,
 F/C      C     C7  Gm/F        F
A time, a sour time, when even a fool---- learns to love!


[Verse 5]
   Am C7    F  Fmaj7       Cm7/F
But, oh, how I dreamed,    a marvelous dream,
    F7     Bb    Bbmaj7   Bb
Where all of the heavens, or so it had seemed,
    Am7       Gm7             C
With thunderous ap - plause, looked down from a - bove,
   C/Bb     Am  Am7     Dm  Dm7
On a clown and an angel so much in love,
          Gm7           C
I'll stay with my dream, it takes such a dream,
   C7  Gm/F        F
And even a fool---- learns to love!


[Coda]
       F7       Gm7             C
||: With thunderous ap - plause, looked down from a - bove,
   C/Bb     Am  Am7     Dm  Dm7
On a clown and an angel so much in love,
          Gm7           C
I'll stay with my dream, it takes such a dream,
   C7  Gm/F        F
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)

Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
C   = x32010  C4  = x33010  G7  = 320001
Em/B  = x22000  C/G  = 332010  Em  = 022000
Gm6/Bb = x10030  Cmaj7 = x32000  Fmaj7 = xx3210
A7   = x02020  Gm7/C = x33333  Em7  = 022030
A7sus4 = x02030  C7  = x32310  Dm7  = xx0211
Dm   = xx0231  F   = 133211  G/F  = 120003
Dm/C  = x30231  Fm6  = 100111  Am  = x02210
G7/B  = x20001  G   = 320003  Am7  = x02213

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[Intro]
  C
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[Verse 1]
       C      Em/B      Gm6/Bb     A7
There was a time, a happy time, I took my heart to every party,
A7sus4         Dm           Dm/C
    They'd point my way, "How are you to - day?"
          G7/B  G7       C4      C
"Will you make us laugh,   chase our blues away?"
    C/G  C  Cmaj7         Gm7/C  C7
Their funny man   ...won't let them down,
     F          Fm6
No, I'd dance and prance, and be their clown,
   C/G      G     G7  Dm/C        C
That time, a happy time, when even a fool--- learns to love!


[Verse 2]
   C         Em/B
The clown ...turned a - round,
      Gm6/Bb        A7   A7sus4
And saw her smile, oh, how she loved me,
        Dm        Dm/C
She'd clap her hands, and beg me stay,
      G7/B  G7       C4   C
To make her laugh,   to make her life gay,
  C/G    C  Cmaj7       Gm7/C  C7
Who wants the love   ...of all the world,
        F          Fm6
When here was love in the eyes of just one girl?
   C/G         G     G7  Dm/C        C
That day, that precious day, when even a fool--- learns to love!


[Verse 3]
   Em  G7   C    Cmaj7        Gm7/C
But, oh, how I dreamed,     a marvelous dream,
   C7      F          Fmaj7  F
Where all of the heavens, or so it had seemed,
    Em7      Dm7             G
With thunderous ap - plause, looked down from a - bove,
   G/F     Em   Em7     Am  Am7
On a clown and an angel,  so much in love,
          Dm7           G
I'll stay with my dream, it takes such a dream,
   G7  Dm/C         C
And even a fool----- learns to love!


[Verse 4]
   C        Em/B
That day, that hateful day,
        Gm6/Bb          A7  A7us4
The joke turned stale, ...the game was over,
        Dm        Dm/C
Those spiteful words, "Oh, go a - way!
       G7/B  G7        C4    C
Who wants to play?    It's getting late now!"
C/G  C   Cmaj7     Gm7/C  C7
 My world,   ...my funny world,
       F         Fm6
Had lost its mask, and shown a broken heart,
 C/G      G     G7  Dm/C        C
A time, a sour time, when even a fool---- learns to love!


[Verse 5]
   Em  G7   C    Cmaj7       Gm7/C
But, oh, how I dreamed,     a marvelous dream,
    C7      F          Fmaj7  F
Where all of the heavens, or so it had seemed,
    Em7      Dm7             G
With thunderous ap - plause, looked down from a - bove,
   G/F     Em   Em7     Am  Am7
On a clown and an angel,  so much in love,
          Dm7           G
I'll stay with my dream, it takes such a dream,
   G7  Dm/C        C   Em G7
And even a fool---- learns to love!


[Coda]
  C  Cmaj7  Gm7/C C7    F  Fmaj7
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 Fm6       C  Em/B   Am
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   G   Dm/C        C