For A Fool Chords
by The Shins
For A Fool by The Shins is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords C, Dm, Am, G, Bb and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
C Dm Am G Bb G
C Dm Am G F G
Am C F
Young and bright, but now just a dim light
C G
Off in the distance
Am C F
A falling stone, following the path
C G
Of least resistance
F C
If I still fight
F C
It's just that I'm
F C G
Afraid I'll slide under that spell again
F G
C Dm Am
Taken for a fool
G Bb G C Dm Am
Yes I was because I was a fool
G F G
C Dm Am
Tell me what you'd do,
G Bb G C Dm Am
I lost my way and she took me to school
G F G
Am C F
So many times caught up in my head at night
C G
With a leash and a label
Am C F
If I can learn anything from this then I'd be like
C G
The fox in the fable oh I
F C
If I still fight
F C
It's just that I'm
F C G
Afraid I'll slide under that spell again
Dm G
The way we used to carry on
Dm G
is stuck in my head like a terrible song
F G
C Dm Am
Taken for a fool
G Bb G C Dm Am
Yes I was and I was a fool
G F G
C Dm Am
Following their rules
G Bb G C Dm Am
Guess I was a very honest tool
G F G
C Dm Am G Bb G
C Dm Am G F G
C Dm Am
Taken for a fool
G Bb G C Dm Am
Yes I was because I was a fool
G F G
End: F G C