(itnro)  E   D6   A11   A   Cdim7   C#m
        E5   A5   C#5   G5   F#5   F5   E5

 (verse 1)
E5                              A5
  Driving back from God knows where
E5                            A5  G#5  G5
  How'd you stay so long in Bloom ing ton?
C#5                          G5 F#5 F5
  Trying to find out what it is a bout him

 (verse 2)
E5                              A5
  Then you find you're on your own
E5                           A5   G#5  G5
  Trying to find a place to hang your coat
C#5                            G5    F#5   F5
  Can't you see that all your birds have flown away?

(refr?o 1)
   E5   D5 A5    A5          C5          C#5
  Yest er day's fool comes running back to you
   E5   D5 A5    A5       C5            C#5
  Yest er day's fool is trying to play it cool
    E5              A5      C#5             G5
  Dropping out of school, breaking all the rules
  F#5  F5              E5
  But who is fooling who?

 (verse 3)
E5                         A5
  Patterns never seem to change
E5                         A5   G#5   G5
  Same old heartache by a diffe rent name
C#5                               G5   F#5   F5
  You start out happy but when it all falls down again

 (verse 4)
E5                        A5
  You can come and cry to me
E5                                     A5  G#5 G5
  But that's not the way that it's supposed to be
C#5                            G5  F#5  F5
  Tell me, when are you gonna fina lly see?

(refr?o 2)
       E5   D5 A5    A5    C5          C#5
  I'm yest er day's fool running back to you
   E5   D5 A5    A5    C5            C#5
  Yest er day's fool trying to play it cool
    E5              A5      C#5             G5
  Dropping out of school, breaking all the rules
  F#5  F5              E5
  But who is fooling who?

(outro)
   E5   D5 A5    A5          C5          C#5
  Yest er day's fool comes running back to you
   E5   D5 A5    A5       C5            C#5
  Yest er day's fool is trying to play it cool
    E5              A5      C#5             G5
  Dropping out of school, breaking all the rules
  F#5  F5                               E5    E5 *
  But who is fooling, who is fooling?