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I Was A Fool To Care

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[Intro]
G D A
G D A Adim7
[Chorus]
I was a Gfool to Dcare, I was a F#fool to Bm7care,
I was a Gfool to Dcare, but Bm7I don't care
even Gif I F#m7was a Emfool.G  A6  
[Verse]
I'm Dstill in love with F#7sus4you.F#  
Bm7Had I listened to the GgrapevF#m7ine, I Emmight have Ahad my Ddoubts.
Bm7But I tried Gmy level F#m7best just to Bmblock them oEmut.A  
GCause love is Aso uA7nwise
Dand love Dsus2has no Bm7eyes,
GAnd it took a while for a Afool to see
what his Bm7friends were on about.Em  A  
[Chorus]
I was a Gfool to Dcare, I was a F#fool to Bm7care,
I was a Gfool to Dcare, but Bm7I don't care
even Gif I F#m7was a Emfool.G  A6  
[Bridge]
DI'm still in love with Bm7you.
CImagining your Gface,
Cit almost fills the Amempty space bDsus2efore Dme.Dsus2  D  
CI can see you Geyes and Falmost hear your Glovely lies.
D Dsus2 F#7sus4  F#
[Verse]
Bm7I wish I was an Gold F#m7man and Emlove was Athrough with Dme.
Bm7I wish I was a Gbaby F#m7on my Bmmama's kneeEm.A  
GI wish I was a Afreight trainA7  
Dmoving Dsus2down the Bm7line,
just Gkeeping track of timeA  
without Bm7all these memoriesEm  A  
[Chorus]
I was a Gfool to Dcare, I was a F#fool to Bm7care,
I was a Gfool to Dcare, but Bm7I don't care
even Gif I F#m7was a Emfool.G  A6  
[Pre-Chorus]
DI'm still in love with F#7sus4you,F#  
babe, Bm7yes, I am.G  F#m7  
I could have GopeDned my Aeyes,
I could have Gseen Dthrough your Alies,
I could have Gstood Dfor no Amore,
I could have Gwalked Dout the Adoor.
[Outro]
G       D
      F#   Bm7x4
But I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care.
But I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care.
You weren't nothing but a fool to care, just a country fool to care.
You weren't nothing but a fool to care, just a country fool to care...

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I Was A Fool To Care

by Mac DeMarco

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Adim7

Bm7

F#m7

F#7sus4

Dsus2

[Intro]

G D A

G D A Adim7

[Chorus]

G D F# Bm7

I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care,

G D Bm7

I was a fool to care, but I don't care

G F#m7 Em G A6

even if I was a fool.

[Verse]

D F#7sus4 F#

I'm still in love with you.

Bm7 G F#m7 Em A D

Had I listened to the grapevine, I might have had my doubts.

Bm7 G F#m7 Bm Em A

But I tried my level best just to block them out.

G A A7

Cause love is so unwise

D Dsus2 Bm7

and love has no eyes,

G A

And it took a while for a fool to see

Bm7 Em A

what his friends were on about.

[Chorus]

G D F# Bm7

I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care,

G D Bm7

I was a fool to care, but I don't care

G F#m7 Em G A6

even if I was a fool.

[Bridge]

D Bm7

I'm still in love with you.

C G

Imagining your face,

C Am Dsus2 D Dsus2 D

it almost fills the empty space before me.

C G F G

I can see you eyes and almost hear your lovely lies.

D Dsus2 F#7sus4 F#

[Verse]

Bm7 G F#m7 Em A D

I wish I was an old man and love was through with me.

Bm7 G F#m7 Bm Em A

I wish I was a baby on my mama's knee.

G A A7

I wish I was a freight train

D Dsus2 Bm7

moving down the line,

G A

just keeping track of time

Bm7 Em A

without all these memories

[Chorus]

G D F# Bm7

I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care,

G D Bm7

I was a fool to care, but I don't care

G F#m7 Em G A6

even if I was a fool.

[Pre-Chorus]

D F#7sus4 F#

I'm still in love with you,

Bm7 G F#m7

babe, yes, I am.

G D A

I could have opened my eyes,

G D A

I could have seen through your lies,

G D A

I could have stood for no more,

G D A

I could have walked out the door.

[Outro]

G D

F# Bm7

But I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care.

You weren't nothing but a fool to care, just a country fool to care.

You weren't nothing but a fool to care, just a country fool to care...

About I Was A Fool To Care Chords by Mac DeMarco

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