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I'm pretty sure the lyrics are wrong but the chords should be correct.
During the Intro (and other parts of the song) switch between C/E and Amin13 - 
Tuning - EADGBe (standard)
Chords
G6 -     x 10 9 0 8 10
Dadd11 - x 5 4 0 3 5
C/E -    x 3 2 0 1 3
Amin13 - x 0 2 0 1 2
Cadd9 -  0 3 2 0 3 3
Gmaj -   3 2 0 0 3 3
B7 -     0 2 1 2 0 0
Intro 
   G6Dadd11    C/E(Amin13)  (x2)
Verse 1
        G6Dadd11          
  Looking     for nothing,
  C/EI'm so glad to look past the end of the nose,
            G6Dadd11
  Waiting for      something else,
   GmajA mind so thin, as thin as the paint in the room,
   Cadd9Looking around you
   GmajDrink your feeling of this world
   Cadd9When your heart just wont do
   GmajHis bike's still there, why does it come to
Chorus
  C/EHe knows not, he knows he's,
  B7He's come a long, a very long way
  C/EFrom home, to home
  B7Travel his life in vain
            C/EDadd11
  Nothing ever came,      he was a foolish man
   G6Dadd11   C/E(Amin13)   (x2)
Bridge
                      C/EDadd11
When all your people and what you dare me
                     C/EDadd11
Trick me, deceive a man, what you say but,
             G6Dadd11
Our home's not lost
             G6Dadd11
Our home's not lost
                      C/EDadd11
Forever for a while that just ain't your style
                C/EDadd11
Take to assume and be who it is but,
               G6Dadd11
  Our home's not lost, no
               G6Dadd11
  Our home's not lost
Dadd11   D#maj   Dadd11   C/E
Chorus
  C/EHe knows not, he knows he's,
  B7He's come a long, a very long way
  C/EFrom home, to home
  B7Travel his life in vain
            C/EDadd11
  Nothing ever came,      he was a foolish man
   G6Dadd11   C/E(Amin13)   (x2)
Instrumental/Solo
   B7    C/E(x4)
Chorus
  C/EHe knows not, he knows he's,
  B7He's come a long, a very long way
  C/EFrom home, to home
  B7Travel his life in vain
            C/EDadd11
  Nothing ever came

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Foolish Man

by Joe Brooks

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C/E

Gmaj

Cadd9

I'm pretty sure the lyrics are wrong but the chords should be correct.

During the Intro (and other parts of the song) switch between C/E and Amin13 -

Tuning - EADGBe (standard)

Chords

G6 - x 10 9 0 8 10

Dadd11 - x 5 4 0 3 5

C/E - x 3 2 0 1 3

Amin13 - x 0 2 0 1 2

Cadd9 - 0 3 2 0 3 3

Gmaj - 3 2 0 0 3 3

B7 - 0 2 1 2 0 0

Intro

G6 C/E

Dadd11 (Amin13) (x2)

Verse 1

Dadd11

Looking for nothing,

C/E

I'm so glad to look past the end of the nose,

Dadd11

Waiting for something else,

Gmaj

A mind so thin, as thin as the paint in the room,

Cadd9

Looking around you

Gmaj

Drink your feeling of this world

Cadd9

When your heart just wont do

Gmaj

His bike's still there, why does it come to

Chorus

C/E

He knows not, he knows he's,

He's come a long, a very long way

C/E

From home, to home

Travel his life in vain

C/E

Dadd11

Nothing ever came, he was a foolish man

G6 C/E

Dadd11 (Amin13) (x2)

Bridge

C/E

Dadd11

When all your people and what you dare me

C/E

Dadd11

Trick me, deceive a man, what you say but,

Dadd11

Our home's not lost

Dadd11

Our home's not lost

C/E

Dadd11

Forever for a while that just ain't your style

C/E

Dadd11

Take to assume and be who it is but,

Dadd11

Our home's not lost, no

Dadd11

Our home's not lost

Dadd11 D#maj Dadd11 C/E

Chorus

C/E

He knows not, he knows he's,

He's come a long, a very long way

C/E

From home, to home

Travel his life in vain

C/E

Dadd11

Nothing ever came, he was a foolish man

G6 C/E

Dadd11 (Amin13) (x2)

Instrumental/Solo

B7 C/E

(x4)

Chorus

C/E

He knows not, he knows he's,

He's come a long, a very long way

C/E

From home, to home

Travel his life in vain

C/E

Dadd11

Nothing ever came

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