There's No Fool Like An Old Fool Chords
There's No Fool Like An Old Fool by Billy Joe Shaver is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, D7, G, Em, E7, A7, Bm and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO: D (once)
D D7
There's no fool like an old fool
G Em
I'm livin' proof of that
G D
For years it seems my head has been
E7 A7
Just a place to hang my hat
D D7
Shoulda known when I met you
G E7
You could never be true
G D
There's no fool like an old fool
A7 D
'Cause I'm still in love with you
Bm G
You came to me so sweetly
A7 D
And you took me by my hand
Bm F#m
You said you had to leave me
E7 A7
But you'd still be my best friend
D D7
And if I live to be a hundred
G E7
I will never understand
G D
If you had to leave me why'd you leave me
A7 D
For an older man
D D7
I've known love from a distance
G Em
And I've felt love up close
G D
You'll be comin' back someday
E7 A7
That's what hurts me the most
D D7
By then I'll be so sick and tired
G E7
I won't have time for you
G D
Then you'll know how it feels
A7 D
To be an old fool too
D D7
There's no fool like an old fool
G Em
I'm livin' proof of that
G D
For years it seems my head has been
E7 A7
Just a place to hang my hat
D D7
Shoulda known when I met you
G E7
You could never be true
G D
There's no fool like an old fool
A7 D
'Cause I'm stil in love with you