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A Fool For You

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...A FOOL FOR YOU... by Otis Redding
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*from 'The Immortal Otis Redding' (1968)*
*CAPO 1st FRET*
               C#
(Original Key: )
Intro:
C
Verse 1:
G7#5        C       G7#5  C        C7
 I know you told me, long time ago,
                F                                    Cdim
That you didn't want me, yeah, you didn't love me no more.
                  C         Adim      D7
But I know it was something, oh, that made me blue.
G7                          C            F
 But believe me I've been a fool for you.
                C            G7#5
I've been a big fool for you.
Verse 2:
G7#5        C        G7#5                       C     C7
 I know you told me, yeah, you didn't want me a-round.
              F
And don't you have a big old man, right there in an apartment,
Cdim
 Way across town.
                C         Adim  D7
And I know it's something, that makes me blue,
   G7                          C            F
Be-lieve me child, I've been a fool for you.
            C            G7#5
I've been a fool for you.
Break:
C
 Now did you ever wake up in the morning,
Just about the break of day yeah, uh.
Reach over and feel your pillow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow,
Where that lil' fine fox used to lay?
Ever since I was 5 years old, baby, I've been a, a fool for you.
Way down, deep down in my soul, oh, I've been a fool for you.
Coda:
                 C         Adim      D7
Well I know it's something, oh, what makes me blue.
   G7                          C
Be-lieve me child, I've been a fool for you.
            F
I've been a fool for you,
            C                         F
I've been a fool for you, I've been a fool for you.
            C                                F
I've been a fool for you, I've been just, so bad, yeah,
                  C                               F
I've been just so bad. You don't know what you're doing to me.
             C                                 F
Well, I just can't understand, yeah, no no no, baby, yeah.
            C
I've been a fool for you honey now,
                      F
I've been a great big fool for you, baby.
  C
A fool for you mama...
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   C      G7#5     C7      F      Cdim    Adim     D7      G7
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32010  30344x  x32310  133211  xx1212  xx2323  xx0212  323000
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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Free chords for A Fool For You by Otis Redding. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

...A FOOL FOR YOU... by Otis Redding
--------------------................
*from 'The Immortal Otis Redding' (1968)*
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: C#)
Intro:
C
Verse 1:
Verse 2:
Break:
Just about the break of day yeah, uh.
Reach over and feel your pillow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow,
Where that lil' fine fox used to lay?
Ever since I was 5 years old, baby, I've been a, a fool for you.
Way down, deep down in my soul, oh, I've been a fool for you.
Coda:
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
   C      G7#5     C7      F      Cdim    Adim     D7      G7
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32010  30344x  x32310  133211  xx1212  xx2323  xx0212  323000
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

A Fool For You Chords by Otis Redding

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The chords for "A Fool For You" show the original chord names (including A, C#, C, G7#5, C7, F). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.