Only A Fool Chords

KeyC Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays383

Only A Fool by Maggie Reilly is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords C, F, G, D, Dm, Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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Intro: C F G F C G  (2x) 
  
                    D 
Listen, don't turn away now 
C                  F                    G 
You know there's a first time for these feelings 
                         D 
Speak to me, show me the way now 
C                F                Dm          G 
Are my hopes all empty dreams, or must we say goodbye 
  
  
           C                       G 
Couldn't believe my heart could be broken 
           C         F           G 
Didn't you know my defenses were down 
              Em              Am 
Now all those words we left unspoken 
          F                  G 
Turned my whole world upside down 
  
  
             C               G 
Couldn't you see it in the beginning 
          C       F              G 
Wasn't it obvious right from the start 
       Em                 Am 
Only a fool believes he's winning 
          F               G 
When he's lost his ace of hearts 
       C 
Only a fool 
  
  
      F G F C G 
  
  
                    D 
Please, don't walk away now 
C          F                 G 
Why do you hurt me with your silence 
                                     D 
I can't understand this game you are playing 
C                F            Dm             G 
Lately it's been on my mind I had to let you know 
  
  
           C                       G 
Couldn't believe my heart could be broken 
           C         F           G 
Didn't you know my defenses were down 
              Em              Am 
Now all those words we left unspoken 
          F                  G 
Turned my whole world upside down 
  
  
             C               G 
Couldn't you see it in the beginning 
          C       F              G 
Wasn't it obvious right from the start 
       Em                 Am 
Only a fool believes he's winning 
          F               G 
When he's lost his ace of hearts 
       C 
Only a fool 
  
  
      F G F C G   (2x) 
  
  
           C                       G 
Couldn't believe my heart could be broken 
           C         F           G 
Didn't you know my defenses were down 
              Em              Am 
Now all those words we left unspoken 
          F                  G 
Turned my whole world upside down 
  
  
             C               G 
Couldn't you see it in the beginning 
          C       F              G 
Wasn't it obvious right from the start 
       Em                 Am 
Only a fool believes he's winning 
          F               G 
When he's lost his ace of hearts 
  
  
       (## start fade midway through this verse ##) 
           C                       G 
Couldn't believe my heart could be broken 
           C         F           G 
Didn't you know my defenses were down 
              Em              Am 
Now all those words we left unspoken 
          F                  G 
Turned my whole world upside down 
  
  
             C               G 
Couldn't you see it in the beginning 
          C       F              G 
Wasn't it obvious right from the start 
       Em                 Am 
Only a fool believes he's winning 
          F               G 
When he's lost his ace of hearts 
    	

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