Fool For The City Live Tab by Foghat

Fool For The City Live tab by Foghat

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Fool for the City
                             by Foghat
                      From the album Foghat Live
                              (1977)
                Peverett - Knee Trembler Music - ASCAP


Lonesome Dave Peverett - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Roger Earl - Drums
Rod Price - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Craig MacGregor-Bass,Vocals
Percussion: Dan Craig, Dave Lang, Nick Jameson
Applause: Audience

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -


Standard Tuning
My version of Fool for the City Live
tabbed by-Nick


[Intro]  Ladies and Gentlemen, Please Welcome Foghat

      E       C      A     D     E
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|---999----5555----222---777----9----| (2x)
D|---999----5555----222---777----9----|
A|---777----3333----000---555----7----|
E|---000------------------------------|



 (Verse)               (2X)                         (2X)
    E                        E
 Goin' to the city  E|-----| Got you on my mind  E|-----|
                    B|-----|                     B|-----|
                    G|-999-|                     G|-999-|
                    D|-999-|                     D|-999-|
                    A|-777-|                     A|-777-|
                    E|-000-|                     E|-000-|




                           (2X)                              A/E      E
    E                              E
 Country sure is pretty E|-----| I'll leave it all behind E|--------------|
                        B|-----|                          B|-10-10-10-----|
                        G|-999-|                          G|--9--9--9--9--|
                        D|-999-|                          D|-11-11-11--9--|
                        A|-777-|                          A|-----------7--|
                        E|-000-|                          E|-----------0--|


  D                  A        G                         Bsus4 B
 This is my decision,  I'm comin' home to stay this time        cause


  (Chorus)

       E                CCCC        A              DD E
I'm a fool for the city     I'm a Fool for the city

 E                CCCC        A              DD E
Fool for the city     I'm a Fool for the city


E|-------------------------------|
B|-----12------------------------|
G|-11b----11----9h11p9~--999-999-|
D|-----------11----------999-999-|
A|-----------------------777-777-|
E|-------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------|
B|-----12--------------------------10-10----|
G|-11b----11----9h11p9-----9h11-9~--9--9--9-|
D|-----------11---------11---------11-11--9-|
A|----------------------------------------7-|
E|------------------------------------------|

   E                       EEE EEE                   EEE EEE
 Breathin' all the clean air      Sittin' in the sun


   E                       EEE EEE                 A/E A/E A/E  E
 When I get my train fare        I get up and run

  D                      A      G                    Bsus4 B
 I'm ready for the city    Air pollution here I come          cause


   (Chorus)

       E                CCCC        A               DD E
I'm a fool for the city      I'm a Fool for the city

 E                CCCC        A               DD E
Fool for the city     I'm a Fool for the city

   (Bridge)

      B                       AAAA    B
 I'm like a fish out of water      I'm just a man in a hole


E|-0--------|
B|---4-0----|
G|-------4~-|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|

   B                                   E
The city lights turn my blues in to gold

    B                  AAAA    B
I ain't no country boy     I'm just a homesick man


E|-0--------|
B|---4-0----|
G|-------4~-|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|

     B                                       E
I'm gonna hit the grit just as fast as I can


I.m tired of laying back and hanging around

  1 1/2b
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15b---15h17h15----15------------------------------------|
G|----------------16----16-14-12--14-14--12h14-12----12----|
D|------------------------------------------------14----14-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

I'm gonna catch that train, Wooh, and I'll be city bound   Yeah,,,,,

 (Solo-Rod Price)

    E
E|-------------------|---------------|---------------------|
B|-------------------|---------------|---------------------|
G|-------------------|---------------|----------------9-11-|
D|-7b-7b~-7--7b-7-7b-|-7-7br5--------|------------\11------|
A|-------------------|--------7----7-|--7--77--7-----------|
E|-------------------|----------0----|---------------------|


    E
E|-----------------------|---------------------|--------|
B|-----12----------------|----------10-12-12br-|--------|
G|-11b----11b--9h11p9----|-9-11-11b------------|-9-9-9~-|
D|--------------------11-|---------------------|--------|
A|-----------------------|---------------------|--------|
E|-----------------------|---------------------|--------|



    E                                 D
E|----------------|-7---9---10---12--|-12--12--12--|
B|-5---7---8--10--|10b-12b--13b--15b-|-15b-15b-15b-|
G|-7b--9b-10b-12b-|------------------|-------------|
D|----------------|------------------|-------------|
A|----------------|------------------|-------------|
E|----------------|------------------|-------------|



                A                      G
E|-12--12--12--|-12--12--12--12--12--|----15-17-15h17p15-|
B|-15b-15b-15b-|-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-|-17----------------|
G|-------------|---------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------|---------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------|---------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------|---------------------|-------------------|



                              B
E|----15-15h17-|-17p15----15-|-17p15----15-|-17p15----15-|
B|-17----------|-------17----|-------17----|-------17----|
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|




                        E
E|-17p15---15-|-17-17b-17-17-15-17-|-15h17p15----15--------|
B|------17----|--------------------|----------17-----17-15~|
G|------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
D|------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
A|------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
E|------------|--------------------|-----------------------|



   C                                      A
E|-------------------|----------|------------------------|
B|-15-15-17-15h17p15-|----15----|------------------------|
G|-------------------|-16----16-|-12-14~-14--12-14p12----|
D|-------------------|----------|---------------------14-|
A|-------------------|----------|------------------------|
E|-------------------|----------|------------------------|



                            D      E
E|----------|-------------|-------------|---------------------------|
B|----------|-------------|-------------|-15h17-17-17--17-15--17-19-|
G|-12-------|-------------|-------------|---------------------------|
D|----14p12-|-------12----|-7-----------|---------------------------|
A|----------|-12h14----14-|----12-------|---------------------------|
E|----------|-------------|-------15-12-|---------------------------|


   C                A                          D          E
E|-----------------|--22b-22-22b-22-22b-22-22-|22-22b--22-22b~|
B|-20-19-20--22-20-|--------------------------|---------------|
G|-----------------|--------------------------|---------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------------|---------------|
A|-----------------|--------------------------|---------------|
E|-----------------|--------------------------|---------------|




    B                  AAAA    B
I ain't no country boy     I'm just a homesick man


E|-0--------|
B|---4-0----|
G|-------4~-|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|

     B                                       E
I'm gonna hit the grit just as fast as I can


I get off of main street

  E
E|-4---4----------|
B|---3---3--2h3-3-|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

Step into the crowd

  E
E|--3h4-3h4-------------|
B|----------2h3-2h3-----|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|


Sidewalk under my feet

  E
E|-10---10---10---10----|
B|----9----9----9----9--|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|


Traffics good and loud


  E
E|--------4-----4---|
B|----2h3---2h3---3-|
G|--7---------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|



 D                      A                  G               Bsus4 B
when i see my inner city child, I'll be walking on a cloud


(Repeat Chorus)-(Then Outro Solo)


   E                         C
E|------12----|-----12------|---12--------1212-|
B|------------|-------------|------------------|
G|-9999----99-|-999----9999-|-9----99--99------|
D|------------|-------------|------------------|
A|------------|-------------|------------------|
E|------------|-------------|------------------|



                 A                               D         E
E|-----12------|----1212----1212----12----1212-|-----------------|
B|-------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|
G|-999----9999-|-99------99------99----99------|--:--------:/:---|
D|-------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|
A|-------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|
E|-------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|



   E
E|-12-14-14-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-17-17-17-17-|
B|--x--x--x--x--x--x-x---x-|--x--x--x--x--x-|
G|--9-11-11-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-14-14-14-14-|
D|-------------------------|----------------|
A|-------------------------|----------------|
E|-------------------------|----------------|


   C                             A
E|-17-17-----------------------|--------------------------|
B|--x--x----:/:----:/:----:/:--|--:/:---:/:----:/:----:/:-|
G|-14-16-----------------------|--------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|--------------------------|

                          E
   D                     -------(Repeat this   8x)---------
E|---------------------|-15p12----15p12----15p12----15p12----|
B|----:/:--:/:------12-|-------12-------12-------12-------12-|
G|---------------------|--------------------|----------------|
D|---------------------|--------------------|----------------|
A|---------------------|--------------------|----------------|
E|---------------------|--------------------|----------------|



    E                         C                A
E|-15b-----------12-------|-------------------|----------------|
B|------12--15b-----15-12-|-------------------|----------------|
G|------------------------|-14b-14-12---12-12-|----------------|
D|------------------------|----------14-------|-12h14-14p12----|
A|------------------------|-------------------|-------------14-|
E|------------------------|-------------------|----------------|




                   D           E
E|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
B|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
G|---------------|-----------------|-----00-2b--2b-|
D|---------------|-----------------|--22-----------|
A|-1412-10--12-12|-12p10----10-----|---------------|
E|---------------|-------12----12~-|---------------|



   C               A                           D    E
E|----------------|--------------|-----------------------|
B|----------------|--------------|-----------------------|
G|-2-4--2-2br0-2~-|-2-4--2/4/2p0-|-2b-2b-2b-0--2-0-2---9-|
D|----------------|--------------|-------------------2~--|
A|----------------|--------------|-----------------------|
E|----------------|--------------|-----------------------|




                        C               A
E|-------10-----10--------|-10---------|-------------10-----10|
B|-8-10b----10b----10b-10-|----10br8---|----8-10-10b----10b---|
G|------------------------|----------9~|--9-------------------|
D|------------------------|------------|----------------------|
A|------------------------|------------|----------------------|
E|------------------------|------------|----------------------|






        D            E              (1-1/2b's)
E|-----10----------|--------|---------------:/:-:/:-|
B|-10b----10-10br8-|--------|-15h17-17b-17b---------|
G|-----------------|-9-9~-9-|-----------------------|
D|-----------------|--------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------|--------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------|--------|-----------------------|



  (1-1/2b's-7x)  A                                       E
E|---------------|--------------------------|--------------|
B|---------------|-15h17h15-----15----------|--------------|
G|-17b-----------|----------16-----16-14-12-|-14b-12-14-12-|
D|---------------|--------------------------|--------------|
A|---------------|--------------------------|--------------|
E|---------------|--------------------------|--------------|





E|--------12--------------|--------12-----------|----12-------|
B|-----12--------12-15h12-|-----12----15h12-----|-12----15h12-|
G|-14b-------14b----------|-14b-------------14b-|-------------|
D|------------------------|---------------------|-------------|
A|------------------------|---------------------|-------------|
E|------------------------|---------------------|-------------|


                C                           A
E|--------12-|--------------12-|--------------12-----------|
B|-----12----|-15h12-----12----|-15h12-----12----15h12-----|
G|-14b-------|-------14b-------|-------14b-------------14b-|
D|-----------|-----------------|---------------------------|
A|-----------|-----------------|---------------------------|
E|-----------|-----------------|---------------------------|




   A                                      D
E|----12-------|--------12-------|---------------------------|
B|-12----15h12-|-----12----15-12-|----12---------------------|
G|-------------|-14b-------------|14b----14br-14br-14br-14br-|
D|-------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
A|-------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
E|-------------|-----------------|---------------------------|


    E                   C                  A           D      E
E|-15----12------12--|-----------------|---------------------------|
B|----15~15b--15~15b-|-----------------|---------------------------|
G|-------------------|-----:/:---------|-:/:---------------:/:-----|
D|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|




   E                   C                  A
E|---15--------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
B|---15-----:/:------|---:/:-----------|---------:/:---------------|
G|---14b-------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|



   D               E
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|--14b-14br-14br-14~|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

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