When I Was A Fool chords by Concrete Blonde

Intro
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I re-read silly lines That made sense at the time

 Bb
Pages all stained with tears and red wine

       Am                              Em
And I walk through the airport and see magazines

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Every face that I see So much younger than me

       Am                       Em
And I smile to myself how I don't even miss

    Bb
My glorious past or the lips that I've kissed

       Am                          Em
And I think to myself that how easy this is

 Bb
Easy to breathe, easy to live

 C                    Bb                Am
And I wonder why I tear myself in two

      C            Bb                         Am
Over how to be, what to say and what to do

       C                   Bb
And I know you liked me better then

       Am
And I know you liked me

 D                     Am        Em
Better when I was a fool

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...I was a fool

    Am       Em
...mm

            Bb
...I was a fool

    Am       Em
...mm


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So I live in these days

But I still have my old ways
'cause the future,
somehow, has yet to arrive
And I see all around me the women on time
Kids and divorces and crisis in midlife
and do I surrender and give up my dream
for a brick in the wall and
a washing machine
grow up and get real
for a kid in their teens
who won't care what I've done
where I've been, what I've seen

 C    Bb     Am
And I wonder why I tear myself in two

over who to be, how to be and what to do
and I know you liked me better then
and I know you liked me
 D                     Am       Em
Better when I was a fool

              Bb
...I...was a fool

            Am       Em
...I was a fool

            Bb
...I was a fool


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I'm free to a fault

I'm 45
I'm playing guitar
I'm living my life
Fly down the highway
Sun on my face
I belong to nobody
I belong to no place