...WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE... by Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
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*Released 1956*


Intro:

G   Em   Am D    G  Em   Am D
 Oh wah, oh wah, oh wah, oh wah,
G   Em   Am D
 Oh wah, oh wah,
G (n.C)
 Why do fools fall in love?

Verse 1:

G       Em    Am    D
 Why do birds sing,
   G    Em
So gay?
    Am       D        G        Em
And lovers a-wait the break of day,
Am           D       G     Em  Am  D
 Why do they fall in love?

Verse 2:

G     Em
 Why,
Am        D    G              Em
 Does the rain fall from up a-bove?
Am      D      G       Em
 Why do fools, fall in love?
Am           D       G     C  G
 Why do they fall in love?

Bridge 1:

C                       G    G7
 Love is a losing game, love can ashame.
A7                         D7
 I know of a fool you see; for that fool is me.

Verse 3:

        G    Em  Am
Tell me why,
D     G   Em  Am
 Whyy-y?
D        G   Em
 Tell me why,
Am           D       G     Em  Am  D
 Why do they fall in love?

Interlude:

G  Em  Am  D (x3) G  C  G

Bridge 2:

C                   G            G7
 Why does my heart, skip a crazy beat?
   A7           D7
Be-fore I know, it will reach defeat!

Verse 4:

G     Em
 Why,
Am        D    G              Em
 Does the rain fall from up a-bove?
Am      D      G       Em
 Why do fools, fall in love?
Am           D       G     C  G
 Why do they fall in love?

Verse 5:

        G    Em  Am
Tell me why,
D     G   Em  Am
 Whyy-y?
D        G   Em
 Tell me why,
Am           D       G     Em
 Why do they fall in love?

Coda:

Am           D       G     Em
 Why do they fall in love?
Am           D       G     Em
 Why do they fall in love?

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G       Em      Am      D

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  022000  x02210  xx0232

   C       G7      A7      D7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32010  323000  x02223  xx0212


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)