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Intro (piano part):   A#m    F#   G#2x
  A#mDo you rF#emember I searched yoG#u out? 
  How I climbed your city's walls 
  A#mDo you rF#emember me as deG#vout? 
  How I prayed for your calls
  A#mI sG#tood sF#till 
  Its what I did 
  A#mLove G#like oC#urs just nevF#er fits 
  F#I stuC#ck around G#  
  I did beF#have,C#  
  Saved you eG#very time.
  I was a F#fool for loC#ve 
  I was a fG#ool for love 
  I was a fF#ool C#  G#  
  I was a F#fool C#  G#  
(piano part)   A#m    F#    G#  
  A#mThen you bF#lamed me and blockG#ed me out 
  How long did you think Id last? 
  A#mThen you dF#isappeared for weeG#ks to pout 
  How many times could I pack? 
  A#mBut G#stand sF#till is all I did. 
  A#mLove lG#ike ouC#rs just neveF#r fits 
  F#So I stuC#ck around G#  
  I did behave,F#  C#  
  Saved you evG#ery time.
  I was a fF#ool for love C#  
  I was a fG#ool for love 
  I was a F#fool C#  G#  
  I was a F#fool C#  G#  
  F#If you're worried, C#  
  That I G#might have changed 
  F#Left behind all of C#my foolish G#ways 
  F#You best be looking for someboC#dy elseG#  
  Without a fooF#lish heart C#  
  G#A foolish heart 
  A#mBut G#stand sF#till is all we did. 
  A#mLove G#like oC#urs is neveF#r fixed 
  F#So I stucC#k around G#  
  I did behave,F#  C#  
  Saved you evG#ery time.
  I was a fF#ool for love C#  
  I was a fG#ool for love 
  I was a F#fool C#  G#  
  I was a F#fool C#  G#  
  I was a F#fool C#  G#  
  I was a F#fool        C#  G#  

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I Was A Fool

by Tegan and Sara

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A#m

A#m F# G#

Intro (piano part): 2x

A#m F# G#

Do you remember I searched you out?

How I climbed your city's walls

A#m F# G#

Do you remember me as devout?

How I prayed for your calls

A#m G# F#

I stood still

Its what I did

A#m G# C# F#

Love like ours just never fits

F# C# G#

I stuck around

F# C#

I did behave,

Saved you every time.

F# C#

I was a fool for love

F# C# G#

I was a fool

F# C# G#

I was a fool

A#m F# G#

(piano part)

A#m F# G#

Then you blamed me and blocked me out

How long did you think Id last?

A#m F# G#

Then you disappeared for weeks to pout

How many times could I pack?

A#m G# F#

But stand still is all I did.

A#m G# C# F#

Love like ours just never fits

F# C# G#

So I stuck around

F# C#

I did behave,

Saved you every time.

F# C#

I was a fool for love

F# C# G#

I was a fool

F# C# G#

I was a fool

F# C#

If you're worried,

That I might have changed

F# C# G#

Left behind all of my foolish ways

F# C# G#

You best be looking for somebody else

F# C#

Without a foolish heart

A foolish heart

A#m G# F#

But stand still is all we did.

A#m G# C# F#

Love like ours is never fixed

F# C# G#

So I stuck around

F# C#

I did behave,

Saved you every time.

F# C#

I was a fool for love

F# C# G#

I was a fool

F# C# G#

I was a fool

F# C# G#

I was a fool

F# C# G#

I was a fool

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