April Fool chords by Patti Smith

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

Music: Tony Shanahan
Lyrics: Patti Smith
Album: Banga (2012)


Intro:
|A augmentedA  |A augmentedA  |D MajorD  |D MajorD  | x2

Verse 1:
A augmentedA   A augmentedA      D MajorD  D MajorD
Come, be my April fool
A augmentedA   A augmentedA        D MajorD  D MajorD
Come, you're the only one
A augmentedA  A augmentedA       D MajorD  D MajorD
Come on your rusted bike
A augmentedA   A augmentedA          D MajorD  D MajorD
Come, we'll break all the rules

Chorus:
B minorBm        B minorBm
 We'll ride like writers ride
G+G      G+G
 Neither rich nor broke
B minorBm         B minorBm
 We'll race through alleyways
G+G   G+G
 In our tattered cloaks so

Verse 2:
A augmentedA   A augmentedA      D MajorD  D MajorD
Come, be my April fool
A augmentedA   A augmentedA          D MajorD  D MajorD
Come, we'll break all the rules

Chorus:
B minorBm      B minorBm
 We'll burn all of our poems
G+G    G+G
 Add to God's debris
B minorBm       B minorBm
 We'll pray to all of our saints
G+G     G+G
 Icons of mystery
B minorBm      B minorBm
 We'll tramp through the mire
G+G       G+G
 When our souls feel dead
B minorBm       B minorBm
 With laughter, we'll inspire
G+G       G+G
 Then back to life again

Verse 3:
A augmentedA   A augmentedA      D MajorD  D MajorD
Come, be my April fool
A augmentedA   A augmentedA        D MajorD  D MajorD
Come, you're the only one

Bridge:
|F# minorF#m  |G+G  |F# minorF#m  |B minorBm
|F# minorF#m  |G+G  |

Instrumental:
|A augmentedA  |A augmentedA  |D MajorD  |D MajorD  | x2
|A augmentedA  |

Verse 4:
A augmentedA      D MajorD  D MajorD
Be my April fool
A augmentedA  A augmentedA        D MajorD  D MajorD
  You're the only one
A augmentedA  A augmentedA
Come
D MajorD   D MajorD      A augmentedA  A augmentedA  D MajorD  D MajorD
Come, be my April fool
A augmentedA  A augmentedA
Come
D MajorD          A augmentedA  A augmentedA  D MajorD  D MajorD
We'll break all the rules

Outro:
|A augmentedA  |A augmentedA  |A augmentedA  |A augmentedA  | x3