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Top Cats - Only A Fool
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No Capo
Intro:
C Em Am
F G C
COnly a Emfool could have Ammade you cry
FOnly a Cfool could have Dmmade you hurtG  
And Conly a Emfool could have Amheld your heart 
And Clet it Fbreak, Gbreak aCpartG  
COnly a Emfool could have Amlet you go
FOnly a Cfool could have Dmlet you downG  
And Conly a Emfool could have Amlet you slip
CSlip awFay, Gfar awCayC7  
DmOnly a Gfool could have Cturned and walked aAmway
D7Only a fool, a Dmfool like, Gfool like Cme
Interlude:
Em Am Am
F C Dm G
C Em Am C
F G C A
DOnly these F#marms could have Bmlet you go
GOnly these Dfeet could have Emwalked awayA  
But Dbaby this F#mheart couldn’t Bmlet you slip 
DSlip aGway, Afar aDwayA  
DDarling this F#mfool’s got an Bmaching heart
GDarling this Dfool’s got a Emreaching armA  
And Ddarling this F#mfool’s begging Bmon his knees
DBegging Gplease, Abegging BmpleaseBm7  E7  
I’m just a Emfool Abegging DplF#measeBm  Bm  G  D  Em  
A fool Abegging, baby DplF#measeBm  D  G  A  D  

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Only A Fool

by Top Cats

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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F#m

Bm7

Top Cats - Only A Fool

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No Capo

Intro:

C Em Am

F G C

C Em Am

Only a fool could have made you cry

F C Dm G

Only a fool could have made you hurt

C Em Am

And only a fool could have held your heart

C F G C G

And let it break, break apart

C Em Am

Only a fool could have let you go

F C Dm G

Only a fool could have let you down

C Em Am

And only a fool could have let you slip

C F G C C7

Slip away, far away

Dm G C Am

Only a fool could have turned and walked away

D7 Dm G C

Only a fool, a fool like, fool like me

Interlude:

Em Am Am

F C Dm G

C Em Am C

F G C A

D F#m Bm

Only these arms could have let you go

G D Em A

Only these feet could have walked away

D F#m Bm

But baby this heart couldn’t let you slip

D G A D A

Slip away, far away

D F#m Bm

Darling this fool’s got an aching heart

G D Em A

Darling this fool’s got a reaching arm

D F#m Bm

And darling this fool’s begging on his knees

D G A Bm Bm7 E7

Begging please, begging please

Em A D F#m Bm Bm G D Em

I’m just a fool begging please

A D F#m Bm D G A D

A fool begging, baby please

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