• Song:

    These Foolish Things

  • Artist:

    Brian Ferry

  • Album:

    Slave to Love: The Best...

Tabbed by:DJ

Tuning:Standard

NB: I have included a couple of extended verses that don't appear 
in the single version of this song. For the single version, 
where those verses are shortened, use the A7 and D chords at the
end of the verse(in place of the last Em7 and A7)


D6                            C9    D                             Bm
    Oh, will you never let me be?      Oh, will you never set me free?
E7                  A7       D7                  G
    The ties that bound us,      are still a - round us,
C9                   F              E7
    There's no es - cape that I can see,

           Em7(b5) A7
e | -----------0-----0--- | 
B | -----------3-----2--- | 
G | -----------0-----0--- | 
D | -----------0-----2--- | 
A | ---4---3---1-----0--- | 
E | --------------------- | 

Am7                   D7               G7M
    And still those little things re - main,
Bm7                   E7        Em7   Em7( B5 )  A74  A7
    That bring me happiness, or pain!


D             Bm                 Em7       A7
   A cigar - ette that bears a lipstick's traces,
D               Bm          Em7           A7
   An airline ticket to ro-------mantic places, 
D                D7        G            G    G/F#   Em        Em7        A7
   And still my heart has wings, these fool - ish things re - mind me of you,
D              Bm          Em7        A7
   A tinkling piano in the next a - partment,
D                   Bm                  Em7          A7
   Those stumbling words that told you...   what my heart meant, 
D                  D7      G            G    G/F#   Em         A7         D
   A fairgrounds painted swings, these fool - ish things re - mind me of you!


G             Em            G               Gm9   Gm(b9)  Gm7
   You came,      you saw,     you conquered me,
D6              C?            Gm7(type2)              A     A7
   When you did that to me, I, somehow, knew that this had to be!


D                Bm                Em7           A7
   The winds of March that make my...  heart a dancer,
D             Bm                  Em7            A7
   A tele - phone that rings, but...  who's to answer? 
D               D7            G            G    G/F#   Em        Em7        A7
   Oh, how the ghost of you clings, these fool - ish things re - mind me of you,
D             Bm               Em7        A7
   Gardenia perfume lingering...   on a pillow,
D                     Bm         Em7          A7
   Wild strawberries only seven...  francs a kilo, 
D                D7         G           G    G/F#   Em        Em7        A7
   And still my heart has wings, these fool - ish things re - mind me of you,
D                Bm             Em7        A7
   The park at evening when the bell has sounded,
D                Bm                 Em7            A7
   The pier in France with all the...   gulls a - round it,
D              D7       G            G    G/F#   Em         A7         D
   The beauty that is Spring, these fool - ish things re - mind me of you!



G             Em              G                Gm9   Gm(b9)  Gm7
   I know...      that this...     was bound to be,
D6                    C?           Gm7(type2)             A     A7
   These things have haunted me, for you've entirely en - chanted me!


D                Bm                Em7          A7
   The sigh of midnight trains in...   empty stations,
D                   Bm                 Em7         A7
   Silk stockings thrown aside, dance...   invi - tations, 
D               D7            G            G    G/F#   Em        Em7        A7
   Oh, how the ghost of you clings, these fool - ish things re - mind me of you,
D                Bm             Em7      A7
   The smile of Garbo, and the scent of roses,
D                 Bm            Em7       A7
   The waiters whistling as the last bar closes, 
D                D7           G            G   G/F#   Em        Em7        A7
   The song that...  Crosby sings, these fool - ish things re - mind me of you,
D                 Bm                Em7        A7
   First daffo - dils, and long ex-----cited cables,
D                Bm              Em7          A7
   And candle - light on little...   corner tables,
D                D7         G           G    G/F#   Em         A7         D
   And still my heart has wings, these fool - ish things re - mind me of you!


G                Em              G               Gm9   Gm(b9)  Gm7
   How strange,      how sweet,     to find you still,
D6                  C?             Gm7(type2)            A      A7
   These things are dear to me, that seem to bring you so near to me!


D                   Bm                  Em7        A7
   The scent of smouldering leaves, the wail of steamers,
D              Bm                   Em7              A7
   Two lovers, on the street, who...    walk like dreamers, 
D               D7            G            G    G/F#   Em        Em7        A7
   Oh, how the ghost of you clings, these fool - ish things re - mind me of you, just you!


 D   Bm   Em7  A7     D   Bm   Em7  A7
 Ah, ah,  ah,  ah!    Ah, ah,  ah,  ah!  (repeat, end on D)
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