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Only A Fool Would Say That

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Only A Fool Would Say That
Off the album "Can't Buy a Thrill"
Chord shapes:
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Dm7: xx0211 C: 332010 C6: 330210 N.C.: xxxxxx Am: x02210
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
F: 133211 Em7: 022030 Am/G: 302210 D/F#: 200232 Am/F: 1022x0
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Am/E: 002210 E7sus4: 020200 E7: 020100 E: 022100 D: xx0232
[Intro]Dm7 C/C6 2x
[Verse 1]
N.C. Dm7  
A world become one of salads and sun
C/C6
Only a fool would say that
A boy with a pDm7lan; a natural man
C/C6
Wearin' a white Stetson hat
AmUnhand that gFun begone
Em7There's no one to Dm7fire upon
If he's Dm7holding it high, he's telling a lAmie
[Chorus]
I heard it was Dm7you
Talkin' 'bout a wAmorld where Am/Gall is D7/F#free
It just couldn't Fbe
And only a foCol would say thatC6  
[Verse 2]
The man in the sDm7treet, draggin' his feet
C/C6
Don't wanna hear the bad news
Imagine your Dm7face there in his place
C/C6
Standin' inside his brown shoes
AmYou do his nFine to five,
Em7Drag yourself home hDm7alf-alive
And Dm7there on the screen, a man with a dreamAm  
[Chorus]
I heard it was Dm7you
Talkin' 'bout a wAmorld where Am/Gall is D7/F#free
It just couldn't Fbe
And only a foC6ol would say thatC6/G  
[Bridge]
BmAnybody E7on the street has Ammurder Am/Gin his Am/FeyesAm/E  
F   Em7   Am   D7   Dm7/GC/C6
You'll feel no pain, and you're younger than you realize
Only a Dm7fool would say that
Only a AmfooAm/GoooooAm/FoooooAm/EoooooDm7ool
[Guitar Solo] Dm7   Am7   Em7   Dm7  C6  
I heard it was Dm7you
Talkin' 'bout a Amworld where Am/Gall is D/F#free
It just couldn't Fbe
And only a fCool would say C6that
Only a fDm7ool would say that
Only a fFool would say thatC6  
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