Fools chords by Deep Purple

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

FOOLS
As recorded by Deep Purple
(From the 1971 Album FIREBALL)

Intro:
G#5 B5  G#5 B5  G#5 B5  E5 C#5  B5 C#5
G#5 B5  E5 C#5  B5 G#5  F#5 G#5 B5 G#5
F#5 E5 C#5  G#5 B5
A/B Bm      A/B Bm  A/B Bm  A/B Bm
I'm crying
Bm   A/B BM F/B  A/B Bm  A/B  Bm    A/B  Bm
I'm                      dy - ing
E/B   B  E/B B A/B  Bm
A/B   Bm A/B Bm  A/B  Bm

Verse 1:
Bm D E      D E     D  Bm            D E
I    can see    what's wrong with me
D    A  Bm
It's in my head
Bm D Em     D E   D     Bm
I    can see     what's gonna be
D  E        D  A   Bm
As I lie in my bed
Bm D  E     D E D  Bm
Man   is not    my brotherhood
D    E       D   A    G# A Bb B C C# D
Aah, I am of the dead

Chorus:
  Bm        E          A             Bm
I died as I lived as I loved and was born
D       A/C#         E
On some distant hill
    Bm         E                A      Bm
The reasons to hide were the reasons I cried
D          A/C#           E
Fools pass laughing still

Verse 2:
E            Bm       D E       D  Bm         D E
There can be bad blood    in all   I can see
D    A  Bm
It's in my brain
Bm D Em         D E  D   Bm
You  don't know      the pain I feel
D  Em          D A    Bm
As I must live a-gain
Bm   D E         D E D     Bm                D
Rocks  and stones    can't bruise my soul but
 E               D A    G# A Bb B C C# D
Tears will leave a stain

Chorus:
N.C. Bm           E              A           Bm
They smile to themselves as they lay down my head
D       A/C#         E
On some distant hill
    Bm            E                 A            Bm
The blind and the child sweep a tear  from their eye
D           A/C#         E
Fools smile as they kill

Instrumental Break:
E      Em   D   Bm    A   B
Em    A    Em

Verse 3:
Em       Bm     D E      D     Bm         D E
I got my own way    to go  and now I want
D  A    Bm
To take your mind
 D Em     D E  D    Bm
I  believe     that you could see
D   E             D   A     Bm
The blood between the lines
Bm D E      D E D    Bm           D E
I    believe    that you could be
     D   A    G# A Bb B C C# D
A better kind

Chorus:
Bm              E          A          Bm
Please lead the way so the unborn can play
D       A/C#         E
On some greener hill
Bm           E                    A     Bm
Laugh as the flames eat their burning remains
D         A/C#           E
Fools die laughing still

Outro:
E
F  G D A