The Doobie Brothers – What A Fool Believes (Guitar)

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I play this fingerpicking simulating the keyboard chords. The voicings should be correct or very close to it. Chords in parenthesis are turnarounds. I tried to sync the chord changes to the lyrics, but you're probably better off getting the Intro groove down and keeping it steady during the verses. Same with pre-chorus and chorus, though they keep the same melody. [Intro] F#maj7/G# F#maj7 C#/F D#m7 G#7 A#m7 (A7) F#maj7/G# F#maj7 C#/F D#m7 G#7 A#m7 (A7) [Verse 1]
             F#maj7/G#  F#maj7       C#/F
He came from somewhere back in her long ago

D#m7      G#7         A#m7       (A7)
     The sentimental fool don't see

       F#maj7/G#     F#maj7
Tryin' hard to recreate

         C#/F
What had yet to be created

D#m7   G#7         A#m7
      once in her life

    (A7)       F#maj7/G#
She musters a smile

F#maj7      C#/F
for his nostalgic tale

D#m7 G#7          A#m7         (A7)      F#maj7/G#
    Never coming near what he wanted to say

F#maj7         C#/F
      Only to realize

D#m7   G#7            A#m7
      it never really was
[Pre-Chorus]
A#m7                   F#/G#
She had a place in his life

A#m7                      F#/G#
He never made her think twice

      D#m7  G#7    C#maj7
As he rises to her apology

(B7 A#m7) D#m7       G#7    A#m7
  Anybody else would surely know

                  A#m6
He's watching her go
[Chorus]
                F#m7         A/B
But what a fool believes, he sees

                    E               C#m7    (A7)
No wise man has the power to reason away

     F#m7      A/B
What seems to be

                      E
Is always better than nothing

                C#m7
Than nothing at all
[Verse 2]
      (A7)        F#maj7/G#  F#maj7       C#/F
Keeps sending him somewhere back in her long ago

D#m7         G#7             A#m7           (A7)         F#maj7/G#
       Where he can still believe there's a place in her life

F#maj7       C#/F
Someday, somewhere

D#m7     G#7      A#m7
         She will return
[Pre-Chorus]
A#m7                   F#/G#
She had a place in his life

A#m7                    F#/G#
He never made her think twice

      D#m7  G#7    C#maj7
As he rises to her apology

(B7 A#m7) D#m7       G#7    A#m7
  Anybody else would surely know

                  A#m6
He's watching her go
[Chorus]
                F#m7         A/B
But what a fool believes, he sees

                    E               C#m7     (A7)
No wise man has the power to reason away

     F#m7      A/B
What seems to be

                      E
Is always better than nothing

                C#m7               (A7)
Than nothing at all
(repeat during fade out)