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