Deep Purple – Fools (Guitar)

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As recorded by Deep Purple (From the 1971 Album FIREBALL) [Intro] G#5 B5 G#5 B5 G#5 B5 E5 C#5 B5 C#5 G#5 B5 E5 C#5 B5 G#5 F#5 G#5 B5 G#5 F#5 E5 C#5 G#5 B5
A/B Bm      A/B Bm  A/B Bm  A/B Bm
I'm crying

Bm   A/B BM F/B  A/B Bm  A/B  Bm    A/B  Bm
I'm                      dy - ing
E/B B E/B B A/B Bm A/B Bm A/B Bm A/B Bm [Verse 1]
Bm D E      D E     D  Bm            D E
I    can see    what's wrong with me

D    A  Bm
It's in my head

Bm D Em     D E   D     Bm
I    can see     what's gonna be

D  E        D  A   Bm
As I lie in my bed

Bm D  E     D E D  Bm
Man   is not    my brotherhood

D    E       D   A    G# A Bb B C C# D
Aah, I am of the dead
[Chorus]
  Bm        E          A             Bm
I died as I lived as I loved and was born

D       A/C#         E
On some distant hill

    Bm         E                A      Bm
The reasons to hide were the reasons I cried

D          A/C#           E
Fools pass laughing still
[Verse 2]
E            Bm       D E       D  Bm         D E
There can be bad blood    in all   I can see

D    A  Bm
It's in my brain

Bm D Em         D E  D   Bm
You  don't know      the pain I feel

D  Em          D A    Bm
As I must live a-gain

Bm   D E         D E D     Bm                D
Rocks  and stones    can't bruise my soul but

 E               D A    G# A Bb B C C# D
Tears will leave a stain
[Chorus]
N.C. Bm           E              A           Bm
They smile to themselves as they lay down my head

D       A/C#         E
On some distant hill

    Bm            E                 A            Bm
The blind and the child sweep a tear  from their eye

D           A/C#         E
Fools smile as they kill
[Instrumental Break] E Em D Bm A B Em A Em [Verse 3]
Em       Bm     D E      D     Bm         D E
I got my own way    to go  and now I want

D  A    Bm
To take your mind

 D Em     D E  D    Bm
I  believe     that you could see

D   E             D   A     Bm
The blood between the lines

Bm D E      D E D    Bm           D E
I    believe    that you could be

     D   A    G# A Bb B C C# D
A better kind
[Chorus]
Bm              E          A          Bm
Please lead the way so the unborn can play

D       A/C#         E
On some greener hill

Bm           E                    A     Bm
Laugh as the flames eat their burning remains

D         A/C#           E
Fools die laughing still
[Outro] E F G D A