I Was a Fool to Care by James Taylor Lyric and Guitar Chords

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You can play I Was a Fool to Care by James Taylor using guitar or guitar.
This song by James Taylor can also be played by that instruments.
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I Was a Fool to Care guitar chords has rhythm and included in Gorilla (1975) album.
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I Was a Fool to Care by James Taylor Guitar Chords


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(James Taylor) 1975

[Em7 Gmaj7 A A/B, Em7 Gmaj7 A A#dim7]
I was a fool to care,

Em7
Dmaj7

I was a fool to care [F#7sus4]
F#7
Bm7

I was a fool to care
Em7
Dmaj7

but I don’t care even if I was a fool
Bm
Gmaj7
F#m7
Em7
!
A

I’m still in love with you
Dmaj7
[F#7sus4]
F#7

Had I listened to the grapevine,

Bm7
Gmaj7
F#m7

I might have had my doubts
Em7
!
Dmaj7

But I did my level best just to block them out
Bm7
Gmaj7
F#m7
Bm7
E7
[D/F#]
“Cause love is so unwise and love has no eyes [G A4 A7, D /c# /b /a]
And it took a while for a fool to see
G
D

what his friends were on about
!
E7

I was a fool to care

G
A
D

I was a fool to care [F#7sus4]
F#7
Bm7

I was a fool to care
Em7
Dmaj7

but I don’t care even if I was a fool
Bm
Gmaj7
F#m7
Em7
!
A

I’m still in love with you
D
Bm

Imagining your face,

C
G

it almost fills the empty space before me
C
Am7
Dmaj7
D

I can see you eyes and almost hear your lovely lies
C
G
Fmaj7
Em7
A7

[F#7sus4]
F#7

I wish I was an old man

Bm7
Gmaj7
F#m7

and love was through with me
Em7
!
Dmaj7

I wish I was a baby on my mama’s knee
Bm7
Gmaj7
F#m7
Bm7
E7
[D/F#]
I wish I was a freight train moving down the line [G A4 A7, D /c# /b /a]
Just keeping track of time
G
D

without all these memories
Bm
E7

I was a fool to care

G
A
D

I was a fool to care [F#7sus4]
F#7
Bm7

I was a fool to care
Em7
[Dmaj7 ]
but I don’t care even if I was a fool
Bm
Gmaj7
F#m7
Em7
!
A

I’m still in love with you
D
[F#7sus4]
F#7

Baby, yes, I Am
Bm7
Am7
[Gmaj7 ]
I could have opened my eyes,
F#m7
Em7
Gmaj7
A
[A/B]
I could have seen through your lies
Em7
Gmaj7
A
[A/B]
I could have stood for no more,
Em7
Gmaj7
A
[A/B]
I could have walked out the door
Em7
Gmaj7
A
!

But I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care [Em7 Dmaj7, F#7sus4 F#7 Bm7]
But I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care [Em7 Dmaj7, F#7sus4 F#7 Bm7]
You weren’t nothing but a fool to care; just a country fool to care.
[repeat and fade]

A#dim7: 012020 (same as A7/Bb)
F#dim7: xx1212

If you want to learn James Taylor I Was a Fool to Care guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play I Was a Fool to Care. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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