I'm A Fool To Want You Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays471

I'm A Fool To Want You by Helen Merrill is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em7, Bm5-/7, E7/13-, Am7, B7/9-, B7, Cdim, Em9, Em, Em7+, E7/9-, Am, Am7+, A9, C, Gdim, Edim, C7, D9, D7, G9, G6 and Em6. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: Em7 Bm5-/7 E7/13- Am7 B7/9- Em7  

B7    Cdim    Em9   Em  Em7+ Em7  
I'm a fool to want you  
      E7/9-     Am       Am7+  
I'm a fool to want you  
   A9   Am C   Em              Gdim Edim  
To want a love   that can't be true  
              C7   Edim                B7  
A love that's there  for others too  
B7    Cdim    Em9   Em Em7+ Em7  
I'm a fool to hold you  
       E7/9-     Am       Am7+  
Such a fool to hold you  
    A9  Am C   Em              Gdim Edim  
To seek a kiss    not mine alone  
           Bm5-/7      B7         Em   Em7  
To share a kiss that Devil has known 
 
Bridge

Am      Am7+    D9  D7             G9         G6  
Time and time again    I said I'd leave you  
Am      Am7+    D9  D7          G9   G6  
Time and time again    I went away  
    Am                   B7               Em        Em7+   Em7  
But then would come the time when I would need you  
    Edim              C7            B7  
And once again these words I had to say  
 B7     Cdim    Em9   Em   Em7+  Em7  
Take me back, I love you  
    E7/9-    Am       Am7+ Cdim  
Pity me, I need you  
             Em   Em7+             Gdim  Edim  
I know it's wrong,   it must be wrong  
              B7      C7         B7       Em       Em7+  Em7 Em6 Em9 Em  
But right or wrong, I can't get along without you 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante