Fools chords by Deep Purple

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

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

Intro:
G#5G#5 B5B5 G#5G#5 B5B5 G#5G#5 B5B5 E5E5 C#5C#5 B5B5 C#5C#5
G#5G#5 B5B5 E5E5 C#5C#5 B5B5 G#5G#5 F#5F#5 G#5G#5 B5B5 G#5G#5
F#5F#5 E5E5 C#5C#5 G#5G#5 B5B5
A/BA/B B minorBm   A/BA/B B minorBm A/BA/B B minorBm A/BA/B B minorBm
I'm crying
B minorBm  A/BA/B BM F/B A/BA/B B minorBm A/BA/B B minorBm  A/BA/B B minorBm
I'm           dy - ing
E/B  BB E/B BB A/BA/B B minorBm
A/BA/B  B minorBm A/BA/B B minorBm A/BA/B B minorBm

Verse 1:
B minorBm D MajorD E MajorE   D MajorD E MajorE   D MajorD B minorBm      D MajorD E MajorE
I  can see  what's wrong with me
D MajorD  A augmentedA B minorBm
It's in my head
B minorBm D MajorD E minorEm   D MajorD E MajorE  D MajorD   B minorBm
I  can see   what's gonna be
D MajorD E MajorE    D MajorD A augmentedA  B minorBm
As I lie in my bed
B minorBm D MajorD E MajorE   D MajorD E MajorE D MajorD B minorBm
Man  is not  my brotherhood
D MajorD  E MajorE    D MajorD  A augmentedA  G#G# A augmentedA Bb majorBb BB C majorC C#C# D MajorD
Aah, I am of the dead

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

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

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

Instrumental Break:
E MajorE   E minorEm  D MajorD  B minorBm  A augmentedA  BB
E minorEm  A augmentedA  E minorEm

Verse 3:
E minorEm    B minorBm   D MajorD E MajorE   D MajorD   B minorBm     D MajorD E MajorE
I got my own way  to go and now I want
D MajorD A augmentedA  B minorBm
To take your mind
 D MajorD E minorEm   D MajorD E MajorE D MajorD  B minorBm
I believe   that you could see
D MajorD  E MajorE       D MajorD  A augmentedA   B minorBm
The blood between the lines
B minorBm D MajorD E MajorE   D MajorD E MajorE D MajorD  B minorBm      D MajorD E MajorE
I  believe  that you could be
   D MajorD  A augmentedA  G#G# A augmentedA Bb majorBb BB C majorC C#C# D MajorD
A augmentedA better kind

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

Outro:
E MajorE
FF G+G D MajorD A augmentedA

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