Tabs
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 16:09:08 -0600
From: John Schneider
NOTE: this is, basically, a piano tune transcribed for acoustic guitar.
NOTE: a tab already available on the web, done by Wilson Miner
the tab provided here differs in the following respects:
1) the guitar is tuned up; (low 
E MajorE and 
A augmentedA strings tuned up 1/2 step
2) the variation on the 'C' chord during the intro is different;
3) the chord progression during the chorus is different,
and has been tabbed in full.
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song: Foolish Games
artist: Jewel Kilcher
from: the CD 'Pieces of You', track 4.
(transcribed here by 'Daydreamer': [email protected])
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guitar. vocal.
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[intro.]
[v.line] You took your coat off and ....
[v.line] I watched from my ....
[v.line] You were always the mysterious one ....
[v.line] You stood in my doorway, with ....
[v.line] Well in case you failed to notice....
[c.line] These foolish games are ....
[c.line] Your thoughtless words ....
[intro.]
[v.line] You were always brilliant in ....
[v.line] Your philosophies on art, Baroque ....
[v.line] You'd teach me of honest things....
[v.line] So I hid my soiled hands .....
[v.line] Excuse me, think I've mistaken you ....
[c.line] These foolish games are ....
[c.line] Your thoughtless words ....
[intro.]
[
DmDm x 4]
[v.line] You took off your coat and ....
[repeat intro and fade...]
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Tab: (note the guitar tuning... tune 5th and 6th strings up 1/2 step to
Bb majorBb and 
FF respectively. This makes it considerably easier to play.)
[intro]
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DmDm Bb majorBb
E MajorE |---------0---1---3---1---0---1---|---------0---1---3---1---0---1---|
BB |-----3---------------------------|-----3---------------------------|
G+G |---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-|
D MajorD |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
FF |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
FF 
C majorC
E MajorE |---------1---3---5---3---1-------|---------0---1---3---1---0-------|
BB |-----1-----------------------1---|-----1-----------------------1---|
G+G |---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
D MajorD |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|---------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
FF |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
[v.line]
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DmDm Bb majorBb
E MajorE |---------1---------------1-------|---------0---------------0-------|
BB |-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-|-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-|
G+G |---2---2-----2-----2---2-----2---|---3---3-----3-----3---3-----3---|
D MajorD |-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|---------------------------------|-0---------------0---------------|
FF |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
FF C majorC
E MajorE |---------1---------------1-------|---------0---------------0-------|
BB |-----1-----1---1-----1-----1---1-|-----1-----1---1-----1-----1---1-|
G+G |---2---2-----2-----2---2-----2---|---0---0-----0-----0---0-----0---|
D MajorD |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|---------------------------------|-2---------------2---------------|
FF |-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|
[c.line]
--------
Bb majorBb C majorC
E MajorE |---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
BB |-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-|-----1-----1---1-----1-----1---1-|
G+G |---3---3-----3-----3---3-----3---|---0---0-----0-----0---0-----0---|
D MajorD |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|-0---------------0---------------|-2---------------2---------------|
FF |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
FF F/Dm
E MajorE |---------1---------------1-------|---------1---------------1-------|
BB |-----1-------1-------1-----1---1-|-----1-------1-------1-----1---1-|
G+G |---2---2---2---2---2---2-----2---|---2---2---2---2---2---2-----2---|
D MajorD |-3---------------2---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
Bb majorBb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
FF |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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It's a fun one once you have it - vary the picking during
the verses and/or chorus to give more feel to things.
- Daydreamer ([email protected])
Other versions of Foolish Games
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Foolish Games by Jewel
