#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:49:04 -0500 From: Andrew Rogers Subject: ./i/impressions/fool_for_you.crd "Fool For You" (Curtis Mayfield) Note from AWR: Curtis Mayfield played guitar in an open F# tuning (low to (high: F#-A#-C#-F#-A#-F# - basically the open-position G chord, down a semitone) but this is one of the few Impressions songs actually in F# (cf. "Meeting Over Yonder"); they usually favored the related keys of C# or B. Oh, yes, the time signature is 9/8. Intro: (3 drumbeats) horns [4X]: F# (244322@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)/ / / / / / / / / Verse 1 (guitar plays octave F# throughout): F# (244322@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)Never liked nobody F# (244322@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)That's been mean to me F# (244322@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)I've got aheart (x02210@1)full of stone F# (244322@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)And I hate the misery F# (244322@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)Then you came along F# (244322@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) Into my life F# (244322@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)Destroying my mind F# (244322@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)Mounting up the toil and strife Chorus: B (x2444x@1) D#m/A# But I'm afool (x02210@1)for you G#m (133111@4)I'm afool (x02210@1)for you B (x2444x@1) D#m/A# But I'm afool (x02210@1)for you G#m (133111@4)I'm afool (x02210@1)for you Post-chorus 1: E/B (443121@4)name="chord_x2444x@1">B Guess I'll always be D/A (x00232@1)name="chord_x02210@1">a And I claim it famously F# (244322@1) E (022100@1)B (x2444x@1) F# (244322@1)E (022100@1)B (x2444x@1)'Cause I'm afool (x02210@1)for you Verse 2: It's adoggone (x02210@1)shame Knowin' you don't love me You go on and use me So continuously I don't know why I love you like I do When you're breaking my heart And you know it's true [repeat chorus] Post-chorus 2: Doggin' me every day But child, I'm here to stay 'Cause I'm afool (x02210@1)for you Horn break [2X]: B (x2444x@1)/ / / / / / / / / a (x02210@1)/ / / / / / / / / Coda: (B) F# (244322@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)You don't want me to stay F# (244322@1) E (022100@1)But I'm afool (x02210@1)for you B (x2444x@1) F# (244322@1) E (022100@1)Do me wrong now every day B (x2444x@1) F# (244322@1) E (022100@1)Child, I'm afool (x02210@1)for you B (x2444x@1) F# (244322@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)Ah-ha-ha-hoo F# (244322@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)I'm afool (x02210@1)for you [fade] -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers