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Poor Little Fool Chords by Ricky Nelson

Poor Little Fool chords by Ricky Nelson

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"Poor little Fool"
By Ricky Nelson - 1958
Transcribed by Gary Wahlgren
Redondo Beach, CA


Note: This was Ricky's first number one single
I worked this out off his "All My Best" CD
Silver Eagle Records 1986

Play in G, capo at 4th fret


Intro:  G  Em  Am  D7

	G  Em  Am  D7
	oooooooooooou
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Verse 1

   G            Em
I used to play around ...
Am            D7
Hasten to ....
     G           Em
When I met that ...
   Am                D7
I knew that I ...


Chorus:

             G       Em
Poor ...
Am       D7   G
I was a fool, ...

(Uh huh, poor little fool,I was ...


Verse 2

She played around and ....


Repeat Chorus


Verse 3

She told me that she ....


Repeat Chorus


Verse 4

Next day she was gone ...


Repeat Chorus


Verse 5

I played this game with ....


Repeat Chorus

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