Chords with lyrics
"Fool For You"
(Curtis Mayfield)
Note from AWR: Curtis Mayfield played guitar in an open F#F# tuning (low to
(high: F#-A#-C#-F#-A#-F# - basically the open-position G+G chord, down a
semitone) but this is one of the few Impressions songs actually in F#F#
(cf. "Meeting Over Yonder"); they usually favored the related keys of
C#C# or B. Oh, yes, the time signature is 9/8.
Intro:
(3 drumbeats)
horns [4X]:
F#F# E MajorE BB
/ / / / / / / / /
Verse 1 (guitar plays octave F#F# throughout):
F#F# E MajorE BB
Never liked ...
F#F# E MajorE BB
That's been ...
F#F# E MajorE BB
I've got a heart ...
F#F# E MajorE BB
And I hate ...
F#F# E MajorE BB
Then you ...
F#F# E MajorE BB
Into ...
F#F# E MajorE BB
Destroying ....
F#F# E MajorE BB
Mounting up the ...
Chorus:
BB D#m/A#
But I'm a ...
G# minorG#m
I'm a fool ...
BB D#m/A#
But I'm a fool ...
G# minorG#m
I'm a fool ...
Post-chorus 1:
E/B BB
Guess I'll ...
D/AD/A A augmentedA
And I claim ...
F#F# E MajorE BB F#F# E MajorE BB
'Cause I'm a fool ...
Verse 2:
It's a doggone ...
[repeat chorus]
Post-chorus 2:
Doggin' me every day...
Horn break [2X]:
BB
/ / / / / / / / /
A augmentedA
/ / / / / / / / /
Coda:
(BB) F#F# E MajorE BB
You don't want ...
F#F# E MajorE
But I'm a ...
BB F#F# E MajorE
Do me wrong now ...
BB F#F# E MajorE
Child, I'm a fool ...
BB F#F# E MajorE BB
Ah-ha-ha-...
F#F# E MajorE BB
I'm a fool ...[fade]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers