Fools Castle chords by Merle Haggard

C
It's a big house on a hilltop

     F              C
Fine carpets on the floor


Expensive polished marble

        D7              G7
Are the steps up to the door

      C
Vines are climbing up to the roof top

              F                        C
As if there's something they'd like to hide

People call it the Fool's Castle

                 G7         C
And I'm the fool that lives inside


    F                            C
The girl is gone that warmed the castle

                            G7
Now it's dark the flame has died

       C
It's a big house on a hilltop

        F                C
Without love and without pride


People call it the Fool's Castle

                 G7         C
And I'm the fool that lives inside



She used to live here I thought she was lucky

             F               C
She had what most girls only dream of


I gave her diamonds silk and satin

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I gave her everything but love

            C
And with my giving I gave her nothing

           F                C
She wanted only to be by my side


Yes they call it the Fool's Castle

                 G7         C
And I'm the fool that lives inside


    F                            C
The girl is gone that warmed the castle

                            G7
Now it's dark the flame has died

       C
It's a big house on a hilltop

        F                C
Without love and without pride


People call it the Fool's Castle

                 G7         C