Harry Chapin – Poor Damned Fool (Guitar)

         Dm
You're a livin' walkin' dream

           G
You're the best I've ever seen,

          C          F C
Oh God I wanted you.

            Dm
I've often dreamed what I would do,

            G
If I could give myself to you,

          C         F C     
Oh God I wanted to.

            Am
But up 'til now you've not been free to be

Em
Foolin' around with the likes of me.

           D                       Bb
But it's changed now, though it's strange how,

                    G
He's the one that arranged it now.

            C    G      Am
But he's a poor damned fool

          Dm               G  
'Cause he went and let you go now.

        C    G     Am
Just a poor damned fool.

    Dm             G
He never will know now.

C        G/B   Am
Maybe someday he'll be sad.

F                 Dm
I say that that's too bad,

   C     G/B      Am
He never knew how much he had.

     F     G      C      F C
I'm glad I got you now.

         Dm
Yes I've had my ups and downs

               G
As I've been ramblin' around

              C      F C
And I'll be candid.

        Dm
I could not believe my eyes

       G    
When I finally realized

                C       F C
Just what that man did.

          Am
Yes I've heard 'bout finders keepers

         Em
And how losers are the weepers,

      D                 Bb
It's ok,I know it's my lucky day

         G
Still I just got to say. ..

             C    G      Am
That he's a poor damned fool

          Dm               G
'Cause he went and let you go now.

        C    G     Am
Just a poor damned fool.

   Dm              G
He never will know now.

 C     G/B     Am
Maybe someday he'll be sad.

F           Dm
I say that that's too bad,

    C    G/B      Am
He never knew how much he had.

     F     G       C     F C
I'm glad I got you now.

   Bb           
Oh how I'd love to hear you say

        Eb
You're glad that it worked out this way

     C7              
And you'll forget about yesterday

            F
'Cause you feel so good.

                Dm7
It's worked out real good.

           Gsus4 G  Gsus4  G
You make me feel so good.

          Dm        
I've been tryin' to find a way to cope

      G
With grasping straws And fallen hopes.

         C           F C
But he's made a way

        Dm    
And now his misfortune is my gain.

  G 
Though for now it gives you pain

       C         F C
It'll fade away

           Am
And you'll find that as the years roll by

     Em
The memories of the time you cried

         D
Will be laid away

             Bb          G
Yes, they'll fade away, fade away

                        C    G     Am
And you'll forget that poor damned fool

          Dm               G
'Cause he went and let you go now.

        C    G      Am
Just a poor damned fool.

   Dm              G
He never will know now.

 C     G/B     Am
Maybe someday he'll be sad.

F           Dm
I say that that's too bad

    C    G/B      Am
He never knew how much he had.

     F     G        C    F C
I'm glad I got you now.

         Dm    G7   C    F C (let C ring)
He was a poor damn fool.