The Doobie Brothers - What a fool believes
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Tuning: E A D G B E
I play this fingerpicking simulating the keyboard chords. The voicings should be correct or very close to it.
Chords in parenthesis are turnarounds.
I tried to sync the chord changes to the lyrics, but you're probably better off getting the Intro groove down
and keeping it steady during the verses. Same with pre-chorus and chorus, though they keep the same melody.
[Intro]
F#maj7/G# F#maj7 C#/F
D#m7 G#7 A#m7 (A7)
F#maj7/G# F#maj7 C#/F
D#m7 G#7 A#m7 (A7)
[Verse 1]
He came from F#maj7/G#somewhere bF#maj7ack in her loC#/Fng ago
D#m7 G#7 A#m7 (A7)
The sentimental fool don't see
Tryin' F#maj7/G#hard to recreaF#maj7te
What had C#/Fyet to be created
D#m7 oG#7nce in her lA#m7ife
(A7) F#maj7/G#
She musters a smile
F#maj7for his nostC#/Falgic tale
D#m7 G#7 A#m7 (A7) F#maj7/G#
Never coming near what he wanted to say
F#maj7 Only to rC#/Fealize
D#m7 iG#7t never really A#m7was
[Pre-Chorus]
A#m7She had a place in his F#/G#life
A#m7He never made her think twF#/G#ice
As he D#m7rises G#7to her C#maj7apology
(B7 A#m7) D#m7 G#7 A#m7
Anybody else would surely know
Gm7-5
He's watching her go
[Chorus]
But what a fool F#m7believes, he A/Bsees
E C#m7 (A7)
No wise man has the power to reason away
What F#m7seems to bA/Be
Is always better than Enothing
Than nothing at C#m7all
[Verse 2]
(A7) F#maj7/G# F#maj7 C#/F
Keeps sending him somewhere back in her long ago
D#m7 G#7 A#m7 (A7) F#maj7/G#
Where he can still believe there's a place in her life
F#maj7Someday, someC#/Fwhere
D#m7 G#7She will A#m7return
[Pre-Chorus]
A#m7She had a place in his F#/G#life
A#m7He never made her think F#/G#twice
As he D#m7rises G#7to her C#maj7apology
(B7 A#m7) D#m7 G#7 A#m7
Anybody else would surely know
Gm7-5
He's watching her go
[Chorus]
But what a fool F#m7believes, he A/Bsees
E C#m7 (A7)
No wise man has the power to reason away
What F#m7seems to bA/Be
Is always better than Enothing
C#m7 (A7)
Than nothing at all
(repeat during fade out)