When I Was a Fool Chords & Lyrics by Concrete Blonde
When I Was a Fool
guitar chords lyrics
Intro
Am Em Bb
Am Em
I re-read silly lines That made sense at the time
Bb
Pages all stained with tears and red wine
Am Em
And I walk through the airport and see magazines
Bb
Every face that I see So much younger than me
Am Em
And I smile to myself how I don't even miss
Bb
My glorious past or the lips that I've kissed
Am Em
And I think to myself that how easy this is
Bb
Easy to breathe, easy to live
C Bb Am
And I wonder why I tear myself in two
C Bb Am
Over how to be, what to say and what to do
C Bb
And I know you liked me better then
Am
And I know you liked me
D Am Em
better when I was a fool
Bb
...I was a fool
Am Em
...mm
Bb
...I was a fool
Am Em
...mm
Am Em Bb
So I live in these days
But I still have my old ways
'cause the future,
somehow, has yet to arrive
And I see all around me the women on time
Kids and divorces and crisis in midlife
and do I surrender and give up my dream
for a brick in the wall and
a washing machine
grow up and get real
for a kid in their teens
who won't care what I've done
where I've been, what I've seen
C Bb Am
And I wonder why I tear myself in two
over who to be, how to be and what to do
and I know you liked me better then
and I know you liked me
D Am Em
better when I was a fool
Bb
...I...was a fool
Am Em
...I was a fool
Bb
...I was a fool
Am Em Bb
I'm free to a fault
I'm 45
I'm playing guitar
I'm living my life
Fly down the highway
Sun on my face
I belong to nobody
I belong to no place
