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Only a Fool Would Say That

Steely Dan
ChordsKeyFintermediate
★4.9(91)

Chords in this song18

Intro

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Dm7 Cmaj7 C6 N.C.
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Verse 1

N.C. Dm7
A world become one, of salads and sun,
Only a fool would say that, 
A boy with a plan, a natural man,
Wearing a white Stetson hat 

Pre-Chorus

Unhand that gun, be gone!
Em7 Em7 * Dm7
There's no one to fire upon,
If he's holding it high he's telling a lie-----!

Chorus

I heard it was you,
Talking 'bout a world where all is free,
It just couldn't be and only a fool would say that 

Verse 2

N.C. Dm7
The man in the street, dragging his feet,
Don't wanna hear the bad news, 
Imagine your face, there in his place,
Standing in - side his brown shoes 

Pre-Chorus

You do his nine - to - five,
Em7 Em7 * Dm7
Drag yourself home half-alive,
And there on a screen the man with a dream------!

Chorus

I heard it was you,
Talking 'bout a world where all is free,
It just couldn't be and only a fool would say that 

Bridge

Anybody on the street has...
Murder in his eyes, you feel ...no ...pain,
And you're younger than you realise,  
Only a fool would say that,
Am9 Am7 Am7 * Am7 (Dm7)
Only a fool-------------------------!

Break

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Em7 Dm7 Am7 C6 N.C.
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Chorus

N.C. Dm7
I heard it was you,
Talking 'bout a world where all is free,
It just couldn't be and only a fool would say that 

Coda

Only a fool would say that,
Only a fool would say that 
N.C.
Solamente un tonto le decia esto
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For the GUITAR chord box diagrams to match my
suggested choices you need to manually select the
following choice of options by clicking on the
forward/backward arrows below fourteen of the diagrams.
Dm7 Cmaj7 C6 Am F
<4 of 36> <6 of 26> <4 of 27> <5 of 22> <15 of 16>
Em7 Am/G D7/F# Fmaj7
<16 of 49> <2 of 9> <4 of 20> <6 of 19>
Bm7add11 E7sus4 F6 Am9 Am7
<2 of 32 > <2 of 34> <3 of 28 > <6 of 16> <11 of 46 >
All the remaining chord boxes can be the
default first option and don't need reselecting.
As long as you are logged into your account,
the choices will be saved automatically for every
time you view the tab.
The tab has two inversions each of Em7 and Am7
(differentiated by an asterisk in my chord legend).
Currently there is no facility to save two
variations of a chord voicing, so you will have to
choose which one of them to display.

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