INTRO: A5  F#5  B5  E5  A5  E5 
 
       A5                                        D5                            F#5 
Well I waited and I waited up at day and night, thinkin' that my phone would ring 
    A5                                       B5                          E5 
But you never gave me a second thought, and told all your friends about me 
        A5                                                 D5                    F#5 
Yes you told 'em all about what a clown I was and how you had me on the end of string 
    A5                    F#5                            B5          E5   A5 
Now I've got a title for which I'm known and that's the fool of the century 
 

         C#5 
Well you seem so close but just out of reach 
           F#5 
I'm always chasin' somethin' down the road 
         B5                                            E5 
And it's way too late, I should've learned my lesson a long long time ago 
           A5 
But now no matter where I wonder all over town 
D5                           F#5 
I can hear them laughin' at me 
    A5                     F#5                      B5          E5   A5 
Yes they all whisper when I walk by there goes the fool of the century  

SOLO (CHORUS chords) 

Well I tried my best to look I fit in with your first class company 

But they all looked at in disbelief and wouldn't take me seriously 

Well now I followed you around for a long long time practically down on my knees 

Then they all sent me to the head of the class as the fool of the century 

CHORUS 
        B5          E5   A5 
Yes the fool of the century 
F#5      B5          E5   A5    E5  A5 
Mmmm the fool of the century