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Fool On The Roof Blues Chords

Music by: Guy Clark
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[Verse 1]
[Abm]Well, there's a fool on [Em]the roof,
mama, what do you think he [E]wants?
[Em]A fo[A]ol on [D]the ro[A]of, ma[D]ma,
[A]what do you [Em]think he wants?
[E]Well, that [Bm]could be the dumbest question I've
ever asked you, baby
Cause [Am]he's [D]smooth look[C]in' [D]for me[E]
You know I [G#m]tried to [E]get away, even gave
up [A]my good ad[Em]dress
I [A]tried [D]to get [A]away,
[D]gave up [A]my good ad[Em]dress
I moved [Bm]all the way to
Fannin
Street tryin' to [Em]catch [D]one
[C]lonesome [Em]break
Well, I [G#m]re member that day[Em], it was in 195[E]2 I r[D]eme[Em]mber that[A] day,[D][A]
[D]it was in [A]1952[Em][E]
[Bm]Mama and
Papa took me aside and said,
Whoa boy, they tell you but you gotta [Am]fool [D]on [C]your own[Em].[E]
[Em][D][Em][A][D][A][D][Em][A][Em][Bm]
[Am][D][C][Em]
[E]You let the [G#m]fool have his way a[E]nd you'll be
[D]spittin' on [A]your whole [Em]life
You let [A]the fool [D]have his way and you'll be
spittin' on your whole [Em]life
I'm talkin' about [Bm]goin' back to
Texas
Just [Em]me and my[D] g[C]uitar and my wife
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