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I Was A Fool To Care

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I Was A Fool To Care
[Intro]
Em7 Gmaj7 A A/B
Em7 Gmaj7 A F#dim7
[Chorus]
I was a Em7fool to Dmaj7care
I was a F#7sus4fool to F#7careBm7  
I was a Em7fool to Dmaj7care
but BmI dGmaj7on't cF#m7are eEm7ven if I waA4s a foolA  
I'm Dmaj7still in love with F#7sus4youF#7  
[Verse]
Bm7Had I Gmaj7listened to the F#m7grapevine
I Em7might have A4had my Dmaj7doubts
Bm7But I did Gmaj7my level F#m7best just Bm7to blocE7k them D/F#out
G'Cause A4love iA7s so uD/C#nwise and Bm7/Alove has no eyes
And it Gtook a while for a Dfool to see
what his E4friends were on abE7out
[Chorus]
I was a Gfool Ato carDe
I was F#7sus4a fool tF#7o caBm7re
I was a Em7fool to Dmaj7care
Bmbut I don'Gmaj7t care eF#m7ven if I Em7was a A4foolA  
I'm Dstill in love with Bmyou
[Bridge]
ICmagining your Gface,
iCt almoAm7st fills tDmaj7he empty spaDce before me
CI can see your Geyes and Fmaj7almost hear your Em7lovely lA7ies
F#7sus4[Verse]F#7  
Bm7I wish I was an Gmaj7old maF#m7n
and lEm7ove was thA4rough with Dmaj7me
Bm7I wish I was a Gmaj7baby on F#m7my maBm7ma's knE7eeD/F#  
I wish I Gwas a A4freight A7train mD/C#oving dowB/An the line
Just Gkeeping track of tDime
without Bmall these memoE7ries
[Chorus]
I was a Gfool Ato carDe
I was F#7sus4a fool tF#7o caBm7re
I was a Em7fool to Dmaj7care
Bmbut I doGmaj7n't care evF#m7en if I wEm7as a foolA4  A  
I'm Dstill in love with F#7sus4youF#7  
Baby, Bm7yes, I Am7amGmaj7  
[Verse]
I F#m7could have Em7openGmaj7ed my eAyesA/B  
I could have Em7seen Gmaj7through your AliesA/B  
I could have Em7stood Gmaj7for no AmoreA/B  
I could have Em7walked Gmaj7out the dAoorF#dim7  
[Chorus]
Em7But I was Dmaj7a fool to caF#7sus4re, I was a fooF#7l to careBm7  
But Em7I was a foDmaj7ol to care, F#7sus4I was a fool F#7to careBm7  

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I Was A Fool To Care

by James Taylor

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

Gmaj7

A/B

F#dim7

Dmaj7

F#7sus4

F#7

Bm7

F#m7

D/F#

D/C#

Bm7/A

Am7

Fmaj7

B/A

I Was A Fool To Care

[Intro]

Em7 Gmaj7 A A/B

Em7 Gmaj7 A F#dim7

[Chorus]

Em7 Dmaj7

I was a fool to care

F#7sus4 F#7 Bm7

I was a fool to care

Em7 Dmaj7

I was a fool to care

Bm Gmaj7 F#m7 Em7 A4 A

but I don't care even if I was a fool

Dmaj7 F#7sus4 F#7

I'm still in love with you

[Verse]

Bm7 Gmaj7 F#m7

Had I listened to the grapevine

Em7 A4 Dmaj7

I might have had my doubts

Bm7 Gmaj7 F#m7 Bm7 E7 D/F#

But I did my level best just to block them out

G A4 A7 D/C# Bm7/A

'Cause love is so unwise and love has no eyes

G D

And it took a while for a fool to see

E4 E7

what his friends were on about

[Chorus]

G A D

I was a fool to care

F#7sus4 F#7 Bm7

I was a fool to care

Em7 Dmaj7

I was a fool to care

Bm Gmaj7 F#m7 Em7 A4 A

but I don't care even if I was a fool

D Bm

I'm still in love with you

[Bridge]

C G

Imagining your face,

C Am7 Dmaj7 D

it almost fills the empty space before me

C G Fmaj7 Em7 A7

I can see your eyes and almost hear your lovely lies

F#7sus4 F#7

[Verse]

Bm7 Gmaj7 F#m7

I wish I was an old man

Em7 A4 Dmaj7

and love was through with me

Bm7 Gmaj7 F#m7 Bm7 E7 D/F#

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

G A4 A7 D/C# B/A

I wish I was a freight train moving down the line

G D

Just keeping track of time

Bm E7

without all these memories

[Chorus]

G A D

I was a fool to care

F#7sus4 F#7 Bm7

I was a fool to care

Em7 Dmaj7

I was a fool to care

Bm Gmaj7 F#m7 Em7 A4 A

but I don't care even if I was a fool

D F#7sus4 F#7

I'm still in love with you

Bm7 Am7 Gmaj7

Baby, yes, I am

[Verse]

F#m7 Em7 Gmaj7 A A/B

I could have opened my eyes

Em7 Gmaj7 A A/B

I could have seen through your lies

Em7 Gmaj7 A A/B

I could have stood for no more

Em7 Gmaj7 A F#dim7

I could have walked out the door

[Chorus]

Em7 Dmaj7 F#7sus4 F#7 Bm7

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

Em7 Dmaj7 F#7sus4 F#7 Bm7

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

About I Was A Fool To Care Chords by James Taylor

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