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