I Wasn't Fooling Around Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays423

I Wasn't Fooling Around by George Strait is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			intro: C Am F G C x2 
 
 
C        Am      F     G 
I wasn't fooling around 
C            Am        F     G 
Everything's true that I said 
C                Am 
So take me seriously 
F                     G 
Darling, please just take me 
C         Am     F     G 
I wasn't fooling around 
  
   C                 
Laugh if you want to 
 Am 
But I wasn't joking 
F                 G 
About this love that's so real 
 C   
Is it surprising 
         Am 
I'm romanticizing 
  F              G 
About the way I feel 
 
 
 C       Am      F     G 
I wasn't playing around 
 C      Am    F       G 
I'm not a kid anymore 
 C          Am 
I'm not the clown 
  F                  G 
That's just here to amuse you 
 C       Am      F      G 
I wasn't fooling around 
 
 
Chorus 
 
C        Am      F     G 
I wasn't fooling around 
C        Am      F       G 
It wasn't like that at all 
C               Am 
So take me seriously 
  F                   G 
Darling, please just take me 
 C       Am      F      G 
I wasn't fooling around 
 
 C       Am      F     G      
I wasn't fooling around  
    	

Chord diagrams

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