I Wasn't Fooling Around Chords

KeyA# CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays387

I Wasn't Fooling Around by Jim Lauderdale is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A#. It uses the chords A, E, B7, D and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Capo I Fret 
 
(A) I wasn't fooling a(B7)round 
(E) Everything's true that I (A) said (E) 
(A) So take me seriously 
(B7) Darling please just take me 
(E) I wasn't fooling a(A)round        
 
(E) Laugh if you want but I wasn't joking a(D)bout                 
This love that's (A) real 
(E) Is it surprising I'm (B) romanticizing a(D)bout the way I (E) feel 
  
(A) I wasn't playing a (B7) game 
(E) I'm not a kid any(A)more (E) 
(A) I'm not the clown   
(B7) Who's here just to amuse you 
(E) I wasn't fooling a(A)round 
 
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(E) Laugh if you want but I wasn't joking a(D)bout                 
This love that's (A) real 
(E) Is it surprising I'm (B) romanticizing a(D)bout the way I (E) feel 
  
(A) I wasn't fooling a(B7)round 
(E) It wasn't like that at (A) all (E) 
(A) So take me seriously 
(B7) Darlin' please just take me 
(E) I wasn't fooling a(A)round 
(E) I wasn't fooling a(A)round (D) (A) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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