Poor Little Fool chords by Ricky Nelson (Ver. 3)

Guitar chords with lyrics

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Novice

Poor Little Fool
Ricky Nelson


Intro  C majorC A minorAm FF G+G  C majorC A minorAm FF G7G7

  C majorC             A minorAm
I used to play around with hearts
     FF              G+G
that hastened at my call
    C majorC               A minorAm
But when I met that little girl
  FF                 G+G
I knew that I would fall
            C majorC
Poor little fool
   A minorAm    F6F6
oh yeah
        G7G7      C majorC
I was a fool uh huh
        A minorAm
(Uh huh Poor little fool
FF               G+G
I was a fool oh yeah)

    C majorC                 A minorAm
She played around and teased me
         FF              G+G
with her carefree devil eyes
      C majorC                 A minorAm
She`d hold me close and kiss me
        FF                  G+G
but her heart was full of lies
            C majorC
Poor little fool
   A minorAm    F6F6
oh yeah
         G7G7     C majorC
I was a fool uh huh
        A minorAm
(Uh huh Poor little fool
FF               G+G
I was a fool oh yeah)

    C majorC               A minorAm
She told me how she cared for me
    FF               G+G
and that we`d never part
    C majorC               A minorAm
And so for the very first time
  FF            G+G
I gave away my heart
            C majorC
Poor little fool
   A minorAm   F6F6
oh yeah
        G7G7      C majorC
I was a fool uh huh
        A minorAm
(Uh huh Poor little fool
FF               G+G
I was a fool oh yeah)

    C majorC                A minorAm
The next day she was gone and I
FF                  G+G
knew she`d lied to me
    C majorC              A minorAm
She left me with a broken heart
    FF            G7G7
and won her victory
            C majorC
Poor little fool
   A minorAm    F6F6
oh yeah
        G7G7      C majorC
I was a fool uh huh
        A minorAm
(Uh huh Poor little fool
FF               G+G
I was a fool oh yeah)

         C majorC                     A minorAm
Well I`d played this game with other hearts
      FF                 G+G
but I never thought I`d see
    C majorC                A minorAm
The day when someone else would play
       FF                 G+G
love`s foolish game with me
             C majorC
Poor little fool
   A minorAm   F6F6
oh yeah
        G7G7      C majorC
I was a fool uh huh
        A minorAm
(Uh huh Poor little fool
FF               G+G
I was a fool oh yeah)

             C majorC
Poor little fool
   A minorAm    F6F6
oh yeah
        G7G7      C majorC
I was a fool uh huh
        FF                 C majorC
(Uh huh Poor little fool.....)

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Poor Little Fool chords

Poor Little Fool is a rock and roll song written by Sharon Sheeley and first recorded by Ricky Nelson in 1958. Sheeley wrote the song when she was fifteen years old. She had met Elvis Presley, and he encouraged her to write. It was based on her disappointment following a short-lived relationship with a member of a popular singing duo. Sheeley sought Ricky Nelson to record the tune. She drove to his house, and claimed her car had broken down. He came to her aid, and she sprang the song on him. Her version was at a much faster tempo than his recording. The song was recorded by Ricky Nelson on April 17, 1958, and released on Imperial Records. It was the first number-one song on Billboard magazines then-new Hot 100 chart, replacing the magazines Jockeys and Top 100 charts. It spent two weeks at the number-one spot. It also reached the top ten on the Billboard Country and Rhythm and Blues charts.

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