• Song:

    That Much A Fool

  • Artist:

    Continental Drifters

  • Album:

    Better Day

apparently this band has been around for a while,
but this incarnation includes vickie peterson (from the bangles),
and susan cowsill (yes! from the cowsills!)
 anyhoo i think this is right,
 i pick or strum, and i don't play accordion, though someone
does on the recording...
 a lilting, waltz-like tempo.
listen & you'll get it.
any suggestions, corrections, requests, donations?
 missezpremise@aol.com
-laura


That Much a Fool   (continental drifters)


Written by Vicki Peterson
Main Vocal: VICKI


capo I

D... E... D... A (waltz-like rhythm)

A (x02220@1)                    ERemember (022100@1)the summer we sat in the rain
Bm (x24432@1)                     D (xx0232@1)            ACounting (x02220@1)the cars on the Southern bound trains

And just for a moment
    EOur (022100@1)gazes would meet
Bm (x24432@1)                       D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) ALips (x02220@1)just an instant from kisses so sweet


ASo (x02220@1)what ever happened
EYou (022100@1)turned away
    Bm (x24432@1)                   D (xx0232@1)            AAnd (x02220@1)I never thought of the right thing to say
                     ESo (022100@1)many times i have thought of the kiss
BmWe (x24432@1)never shared
           D (xx0232@1)        ANow (x02220@1)you?re telling me this

DYou (xx0232@1)could have fooled me
  AI (x02220@1)had no idea
     E (022100@1)                 AThat (x02220@1)you were so very in love with me, dear
DYou (xx0232@1)did not show it
    A (x02220@1)           F#mAnd (244222@1)now it seems cruel
                DYou (xx0232@1)could have fooled me
    E (022100@1)          D (xx0232@1) AI?m (x02220@1)that much a fool

D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)                     EYou (022100@1)were a brother, a friend, and a man
       Bm (x24432@1)                   D (xx0232@1)        AWho (x02220@1)i thought I knew like the back of my hand

Now you?re here waiting
      EYour (022100@1)eyes wet with tears
    Bm (x24432@1)                D (xx0232@1)     AConfessing (x02220@1)a love after so many years

     DWell (xx0232@1)you could have fooled me
  AI (x02220@1)had no idea
E (022100@1)                  AYou (x02220@1)were so very in love with me, dear
DYou (xx0232@1)did not show it
    A (x02220@1)          F#mAnd (244222@1)now it seems cruel
                DYou (xx0232@1)could have fooled me
    E (022100@1)          D (xx0232@1) AI?m (x02220@1)that much a fool


(solo-- accordion, guitar, etc.)

D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1)E (022100@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)       F#mWell (244222@1)i waited
     BmAnd (x24432@1)wondered
      D (xx0232@1)                      AWhat (x02220@1)seems like a lifetime and then
   F#m (244222@1)           B7i (x21202@1)loved you like a brother
     D (xx0232@1)                   EAnd (022100@1)cherished you so as a friend

A (x02220@1)                  ERemember (022100@1)the winter you went away
Bm (x24432@1)                   D (xx0232@1)           ASomething (x02220@1)inside of me died on that day

And now i am married
  EI (022100@1)play by the rules
   BmI (x24432@1)cannot go with you
     D (xx0232@1)         AI'm (x02220@1)that much a fool

DBut (xx0232@1)you could have fooled me
  AI (x02220@1)had no idea
      E (022100@1)                AThat (x02220@1)you were so very in love with me, dear
DYou (xx0232@1)did not show it
    A (x02220@1)           F#mAnd (244222@1)now it seems cruel
          DYou (xx0232@1)could have fooled me
    E (022100@1)          D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) AI?m (x02220@1)that much a fool

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