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Doobie Brothers What a fool believes
Doobie Brothers version Capo 1st fret
Matt Bianco version is in B Major so tune down the
guitar one half step lower
 G6sus4320010
 Fmaj7003210
 Fmaj7/G303210
 Am/F#xx4555
 Am7002013
 A7sus4002030
 Gsus4320010
 Cmaj7032000
F#m7b5 XX4210 or 202210
 Bb7sus113141
[Intro]
G6sus4 (1x) G7 (1x) Fmaj7 (2x) C (2x) Am7 (2x)
Fmaj7 (2x) Fmaj7/G (2x) Am7 (2x) Am/F# (2x)
Riff: Bass tones: 
C-Bb-A-G#
[Verse]
He came from G6sus4somewhG7ere Fmaj7back in her lCong Am7ago
Fmaj7The seFmaj7/Gntimental fooAm7l don't seAm/F#e
Trying G6sus4hard to G7recFmaj7reate
What had yCet to be crAm7eateFmaj7d     Fmaj7/Gonce in her lifAm7e
SAm/F#he musterG6sus4s a smiG7leFmaj7  
For his nostCalgic taleAm7  Fmaj7  
Fmaj7/GNever coming near Am7what he wanAm/F#ted to sayG6sus4  G7  
Fmaj7Only to rCealiAm7ze
Fmaj7It    Fmaj7/Gnever really wasAm7  
[Chorus]
Am7She A7sus4had a place in his lifG7sus4eG  
Am7He nA7sus4ever made her think twiG7sus4ceG  
As he rDm7ises tG7o her aCmaj7pology
A7Anybody eDm7lse would sG7urely kAm7now
He's watching her F#m7b5go
But what a fool bFm7elieves he sBb7susees
No wise man Bb7has the Cm7power to reason away   Riff
What Fm7seems to Bb7susbe
Is always bBb7etter than notCm7hing   Riff
And nothing at all          keeps sending him
[Verse]
G6sus4SomewheG7re baFmaj7ck in her lonCg agAm7oFmaj7  
WFmaj7/Ghere he can still belieAm7ve there's a pAm/F#lace in her liG6sus4feG7  
SoFmaj7meday, somCewhere,    Am7       Fmaj7sFmaj7/Ghe will returAm7n
[Chorus]
Am7She A7sus4had a place in his lifG7sus4eG  
Am7He nA7sus4ever made her think twiG7sus4ceG  
As he rDm7ises tG7o her aCmaj7pology
A7Anybody eDm7lse would sG7urely kAm7now
He's watching her F#m7b5go
But what a fool bFm7elieves he sBb7susees
No wise man Bb7has the Cm7power to reason away    Riff
What Fm7seems to Bb7susbe
Is always bBb7etter than notCm7hing    Riff
And nothing at all
and repeat

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What A Fool Believes

by Matt Bianco

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

G6sus4

Fmaj7

Fmaj7/G

Am/F#

Am7

A7sus4

Gsus4

Cmaj7

Bb7sus

G7sus4

Dm7

F#m7b5

Fm7

Bb7

Cm7

Doobie Brothers What a fool believes

Doobie Brothers version Capo 1st fret

Matt Bianco version is in B Major so tune down the

guitar one half step lower

G6sus4

320010

Fmaj7

003210

Fmaj7/G

303210

Am/F#

xx4555

Am7

002013

A7sus4

002030

Gsus4

320010

Cmaj7

032000

F#m7b5 XX4210 or 202210

Bb7sus

113141

[Intro]

G6sus4 (1x) G7 (1x) Fmaj7 (2x) C (2x) Am7 (2x)

Fmaj7 (2x) Fmaj7/G (2x) Am7 (2x) Am/F# (2x)

Riff: Bass tones:

C-Bb-A-G#

[Verse]

G6sus4 G7 Fmaj7 C Am7

He came from somewhere back in her long ago

Fmaj7 Fmaj7/G Am7 Am/F#

The sentimental fool don't see

G6sus4 G7 Fmaj7

Trying hard to recreate

C Am7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7/G Am7

What had yet to be created once in her life

Am/F# G6sus4 G7 Fmaj7

She musters a smile

C Am7 Fmaj7

For his nostalgic tale

Fmaj7/G Am7 Am/F# G6sus4 G7

Never coming near what he wanted to say

Fmaj7 C Am7

Only to realize

Fmaj7 Fmaj7/G Am7

It never really was

[Chorus]

Am7 A7sus4 G7sus4 G

She had a place in his life

Am7 A7sus4 G7sus4 G

He never made her think twice

Dm7 G7 Cmaj7

As he rises to her apology

A7 Dm7 G7 Am7

Anybody else would surely know

F#m7b5

He's watching her go

Fm7 Bb7sus

But what a fool believes he sees

Bb7 Cm7

No wise man has the power to reason away Riff

Fm7 Bb7sus

What seems to be

Bb7 Cm7

Is always better than nothing Riff

And nothing at all keeps sending him

[Verse]

G6sus4 G7 Fmaj7 C Am7 Fmaj7

Somewhere back in her long ago

Fmaj7/G Am7 Am/F# G6sus4 G7

Where he can still believe there's a place in her life

Fmaj7 C Am7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7/G Am7

Someday, somewhere, she will return

[Chorus]

Am7 A7sus4 G7sus4 G

She had a place in his life

Am7 A7sus4 G7sus4 G

He never made her think twice

Dm7 G7 Cmaj7

As he rises to her apology

A7 Dm7 G7 Am7

Anybody else would surely know

F#m7b5

He's watching her go

Fm7 Bb7sus

But what a fool believes he sees

Bb7 Cm7

No wise man has the power to reason away Riff

Fm7 Bb7sus

What seems to be

Bb7 Cm7

Is always better than nothing Riff

And nothing at all

and repeat

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