April Fools Day Chords

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April Fools Day by Marty Robbins is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Dm7, C, Bb, G, C7, Gm7 and Em7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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F
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Intro: F Dm7 F 

#1. 
F            C     F                Bb 
It should be April Fool's Day cause you've  
     F       Bb 
been foolin' me. 
C       G          C 
All the things you promised just weren't  
         F 
meant to be. 
F                                    Bb 
You lied, you lied, you cheated, you never  
F     Dm7 Bb 
could be  true. 
   C                                  C7 
It should be April Fool's Day and the joke  
             F 
should be on you. 

Bridge: 
   Bb                               
It hurt me so to see you go, your secret  
         C 
love and you. 
   Bb 
As in the past, for now, at last, I found  
         C 
someone, too. 
     F                            Dm7 
Your secret love has left you and I found  
        Bb 
someone new. 
   C 
It should be April Fool's Day and the joke  
       Gm7   F 
should be on you. 


INTERLUDE:  Em7 C Bb Dm7 F 


#3. 
F            C     F                Bb 
It should be April Fool's Day cause you've  
     F       Bb 
been foolin' me. 
C       G          C 
All the things you promised just weren't  
         F 
meant to be. 
F                                    Bb 
You lied, you lied, you cheated, you never  
F     Dm7 Bb 
could be  true. 
   C                                  C7 
It should be April Fool's Day and the joke  
             F 
should be on you. 


Bridge: 
   Bb                               
It hurt me so to see you go, your secret  
         C 
love and you. 
   Bb 
As in the past, for now, at last, I found  
         C 
someone, new. 
     F                            Dm7 
Your secret love has left you and I found  
        Bb 
someone new. 
   C 
It should be April Fool's Day and the joke  
       Gm7   F 
should be on you. 



A sixties smash from Kraziekhat. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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