• Song:

    Who But A Fool

  • Artist:

    Bonnie Raitt

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From marten@sky.net Sun May  4 10:19:04 1997
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 09:36:05 -0800
From: Otto Marten 
Reply-To: mail.sky.net@sky.net
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: CRD Bonnie Raitt

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Who But A Fool (Let^?s A Thief Into Paradise)
O^?Byrne / Snow

as recorded by Bonnie Raitt on the album Nine Lives 1986

C/G  G  C/G  G
measure of 8ths | v - v - v - v - |
                        D F G A C
D-
Paradise
         |D-             |
I got a boy who loves me
Bb
In his life
              |Bb
He puts no one else above me
    |C        D
It^?s paradise
    |G-            Bb        |
With ev^?rything I ever wanted
C        D
Paradise
    |Bb        F           C    /
It^?s just like love should be

   |D-
Now you^?re a thief
             |D-
Now ev^?rybody I know knows it
      |Bb
You^?re indiscreet
       |Bb                  |
Anybody on the street knows
C              D
That you cheat
   |G-                 Bb          |
The damage that you^?re doin doesn^?t
C                D  |
Cross your mind
Bb         G-         Bb     A7     |
Steal your heart just like a thief

G- /      /^G- A-       |G-                   |
Who but a fool    lets a thief into paradise
D-      /     /   C/D    | D-  / / / |
Tell me  tell me  tell me  who
G- /      /^G- A-       |G-                   |
Who but a fool    lets a thief into paradise
A-             A7  |
Tell me Tell me
D-                              |D-        |
Who but a fool lets a thief into paradise
Who but a fool lets a thief into paradise
Who but a fool lets a thief into paradise

You got me
Thinkin I want what you^?re givin
You got me
Wonderin what I^?m missin
I can^?t see
It^?s the same old fascination
What a deadly game
That send ^?em all right to your flame

Chorus

| = bar line; / = play same as previous chord
Within bar lines chords divide measure accordingly
/^/ = split the beat (ex.:  /^G7 )

transcribed by OtMan (Otto Marten / marten@sky)
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