I Pity The Fool Chords

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I Pity The Fool by Bobby Bland is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Bb and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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F
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Intro: F 

#1. 
F 
I pity the fool..I said, I pity the fool. 
        Bb                             F 
Well, I pity the fool, yeah..I said, I pity  
               C 
the fool..that falls in love with you..and  
Bb                        F 
expect you be true..oh, I pity the fool. 


F 
Look at the people..I know you're wonderin'  

what they're doin'. 
F 
They're just standin' there..watchin' you make  

a fool of me. 
            Bb 
Look at the people..I know you're wonderin'  

what they're doin'. 
             F 
They're just standin' there watchin' you make  

a fool of me. 

#2. 
      F                                    Bb 
Oh, I pity the fool, I pity the fool..that falls  
    
in love with you. 
  C                                            F                     
I pity the fool, I pity the fool that falls in love  

with you. 
       C 
She'll break your heart one day..and then she'll  
Bb                         F 
laugh and walk away..oh, I pity the fool. 


F 
Look at the people..I know you're wonderin'  

what they're doin'. 
F 
They're just standin' there..watchin' you make  

a fool of me. 
            Bb 
Look at the people..I know you're wonderin'  

what they're doin'. 
F 
They're just standin' there..watchin' you make  

a fool of me. 

OUTRO: 
      F                        Bb                  
Oh, I pity the fool..I said, I pity the fool. 
  F                              Bb 
I pity the fool, yeah..I said, I pity the fool..baby..(Fade.) 


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante