A Day In The Life Of A Fool Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays589

A Day In The Life Of A Fool by Ella Fitzgerald is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Bm5-/7, E7/9-, Am9, Dm7, G7, C7M, Em5-/7, A7/9-, F7M, E7, C7/9-, Dm9, Am/G, F#m5-/7, F7 and Bm7/E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
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Introdução: Am Bm5-/7  E7/9- Am9 Am  Bm5-/7  E7/9-  

   Am         Bm5-/7 E7/9-    Am9 Am Bm5-/7 E7/9-  
A day in the life      of a fool  
  Am     Dm7     G7     C7M  Em5-/7 A7/9-  
A sad and a long lonely day 
       Dm7        G7  
I walk the avenue  
      C7M          F7M  
And hope I'll run into  
       Bm5-/7      E7/9-  
The welcome sight of you 
    Am9  Am   Bm5-/7 E7  
Coming my way  
   Am       Bm5-/7  E7/9-    Am9 Am Bm5-/7 E7  
I stop just across from your door  
  Em5-/7     A7/9- C7/9-   Dm9 Dm7             
But you're never home   anymore  
              Bm5-/7 E7/9-              
So back in my room 
          Am    Am/G  F#m5-/7 F7  
And there in the gloom 
  Bm7/E E7             Am  
I cry     tears of goodbye 
Interlude: Am Bm5-/7 E7/9- Am9 Am Bm5-/7 E7 Em5-/7 A7/9- C7/9- Dm9 Dm7             
              Bm5-/7 E7/9-              
So back in my room 
          Am    Am/G  F#m5-/7 F7  
And there in the gloom 
  Bm7/E E7             Am  
I cry     tears of goodbye 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante