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What A Fool Believes
Capo on the 1st fret
Intro -
  Am7    F7       C7    Dm7    G7   Am7(  Abdim5 )
  Am7    F7       C7    Dm7    G7   Am7(  Abdim5 )
Verse -
He came from 
Am7somewhere F7back in her C7long ago 
  Dm7            G7         Am7(  Abdim5 )
 The sentimental fool don't see 
Trying Am7hard to F7recreate what had C7yet to be created 
  Dm7            G7    Am7(  Abdim5 )
     once in her life.  
She Am7musters a F7smile for his nC7ostalgic tale
  Dm7        G7           Am7(  Abdim5 )
Never coming near what he wanted to 
Am7say. F7Only to C7realize 
Dm7Tt nG7ever really Am7was
Pre Chorus -
Am7She had a place in his G7life
Am7He never made her think G7twice
As he rDm7ises tG7o her aC7pology
Anybody Dm7else would G7surely Am7know
  Am7He's watching heGb7r go
Chorus -
But what a fool Fm7believes he Bb7sees
                  Bb7               Cm7    Cm7(  Ab)       
No wise man has the power to reason away 
What Fm7seems to Bb7be
Is Bb7always better than Cm7nothing
                Cm7(  Ab)
And nothing at all  keeps sending him
Verse -
Am7Somewhere bF7ack in her lC7ong ago
   Dm7             G7              Am7(  Abdim5 )
Where he can still believe there's a place in her 
Am7life, F7Someday, C7somewhereDm7, she G7will Am7return
Pre Chorus -
Am7She had a place in G7his life
Am7He never made her think G7twice
As he rDm7ises tG7o her aC7pology
Anybody Dm7else would G7surely Am7know
Am7He's watching her Gb7go
Chorus -
But what a fool Fm7believes he Bb7sees
                  Bb7               Cm7     Cm7(  Ab)    
No wise man has the power to reason away 
What Fm7seems to Bb7be
Is Bb7always better than Cm7nothing
                Cm7(  Ab)
And nothing at all  keeps sending him
Chorus (repeat) -
But what a fool Fm7believes he Bb7sees
                  Bb7               Cm7     Cm7(  Ab)    
No wise man has the power to reason away 
What Fm7seems to Bb7be
Is Bb7always better than Cm7nothing
                Cm7(  Ab)
And nothing at all  keeps sending him

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What A Fool Believes

by Kenny Loggins

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

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

Dm7

Gb7

Fm7

Bb7

Cm7

What A Fool Believes

Capo on the 1st fret

Intro -

Am7 F7 C7 Dm7 G7 Am7 Ab

( dim5 )

Am7 F7 C7 Dm7 G7 Am7 Ab

( dim5 )

Verse -

He came from

Am7 F7 C7

somewhere back in her long ago

Dm7 G7 Am7 Ab

( dim5 )

The sentimental fool don't see

Am7 F7 C7

Trying hard to recreate what had yet to be created

Dm7 G7 Am7 Ab

( dim5 )

once in her life.

Am7 F7 C7

She musters a smile for his nostalgic tale

Dm7 G7 Am7 Ab

( dim5 )

Never coming near what he wanted to

Am7 F7 C7

say. Only to realize

Dm7 G7 Am7

Tt never really was

Pre Chorus -

Am7 G7

She had a place in his life

Am7 G7

He never made her think twice

Dm7 G7 C7

As he rises to her apology

Dm7 G7 Am7

Anybody else would surely know

Am7 Gb7

He's watching her go

Chorus -

Fm7 Bb7

But what a fool believes he sees

Bb7 Cm7 Cm7 Ab

( )

No wise man has the power to reason away

Fm7 Bb7

What seems to be

Bb7 Cm7

Is always better than nothing

Cm7 Ab

( )

And nothing at all keeps sending him

Verse -

Am7 F7 C7

Somewhere back in her long ago

Dm7 G7 Am7 Ab

( dim5 )

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

Am7 F7 C7 Dm7 G7 Am7

life, Someday, somewhere, she will return

Pre Chorus -

Am7 G7

She had a place in his life

Am7 G7

He never made her think twice

Dm7 G7 C7

As he rises to her apology

Dm7 G7 Am7

Anybody else would surely know

Am7 Gb7

He's watching her go

Chorus -

Fm7 Bb7

But what a fool believes he sees

Bb7 Cm7 Cm7 Ab

( )

No wise man has the power to reason away

Fm7 Bb7

What seems to be

Bb7 Cm7

Is always better than nothing

Cm7 Ab

( )

And nothing at all keeps sending him

Chorus (repeat) -

Fm7 Bb7

But what a fool believes he sees

Bb7 Cm7 Cm7 Ab

( )

No wise man has the power to reason away

Fm7 Bb7

What seems to be

Bb7 Cm7

Is always better than nothing

Cm7 Ab

( )

And nothing at all keeps sending him

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