Chords for How to Play Fool's Paradise
Tempo:
151.65 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
F#
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
Okay, here's how I play Fool's Paradise.
This is an arrangement from Paul Jeremiah.
It's a little different, [E] I believe, from the Charles Brown.
I think the bridge is a little bit different.
1,
[D]
1 9th.
[A]
[A#] [B] [C#m] [A#] That diminished thing, it's like an A sharp [C#m] diminished.
[E]
[G#] It's just a [Am] G sharp.
[A] We say
1, 1 9th.
[F#] [B]
2, 5, [E] 1.
[F#] [G#] [B]
[E]
[D]
[A]
[A#] [C#m] [E]
[G#]
[A] [F#]
[G#] [E] Here [F#m] we go to the bridge.
[Gm] [G#m] [A]
[E] [D#]
[F#m]
[G#m] [A]
[F#] [A#] [C#]
[A#m] Diminished note, A sharp diminished.
[C#m] [F#] 2, 5, 1.
[B] Actually, 2, 5 and then it goes to this cool augmented.
So you just take like the [C#] B7th and then you just
Paul [C] Jeremiah showed me that.
I'm [B] ready to go.
[B] [E]
[Bm] [D]
[A]
[C#] [E]
[C]
[B] [F#] [A]
[E] [B]
[E] [D#] [Em]
[E] [Bm]
[A]
[E] [C#]
[E]
[C] [C#] [F#]
[Bm] [D#] [Em]
[D] [E] [Em]
[Em] [E]
[Bm] [A]
[A#] I catch up to [C#] you
[E] Drinking and gambling
[F#] [A] Staying out all [C#] night
[F#] Living [B] in a fool's [E] paradise
[F#m] [Gm] [G#m] [A]
Well I learned my [C#] lesson
[E] [F#m] Like all [Em] these fools [F#m] I've met
[Bm]
[C#] I learned [F#m] something [G#]
in my [Gm] life
[F#]
I'll never [E] [B] forget
[D#]
[D] My mother [E] told me
My father said [Bm] it too
He said, [C#] son
[A] It's gonna [E] catch up to [C#]
you
[E] Drinking and gambling
And [G#] staying [Am] out all [G] night
[F#] [B] Living in a
[E] fool's paradise
[F#] You're living [B] in a fool's [E] paradise
[Am] [E]
[C#]
This is an arrangement from Paul Jeremiah.
It's a little different, [E] I believe, from the Charles Brown.
I think the bridge is a little bit different.
1,
[D]
1 9th.
[A]
[A#] [B] [C#m] [A#] That diminished thing, it's like an A sharp [C#m] diminished.
[E]
[G#] It's just a [Am] G sharp.
[A] We say
1, 1 9th.
[F#] [B]
2, 5, [E] 1.
[F#] [G#] [B]
[E]
[D]
[A]
[A#] [C#m] [E]
[G#]
[A] [F#]
[G#] [E] Here [F#m] we go to the bridge.
[Gm] [G#m] [A]
[E] [D#]
[F#m]
[G#m] [A]
[F#] [A#] [C#]
[A#m] Diminished note, A sharp diminished.
[C#m] [F#] 2, 5, 1.
[B] Actually, 2, 5 and then it goes to this cool augmented.
So you just take like the [C#] B7th and then you just
Paul [C] Jeremiah showed me that.
I'm [B] ready to go.
[B] [E]
[Bm] [D]
[A]
[C#] [E]
[C]
[B] [F#] [A]
[E] [B]
[E] [D#] [Em]
[E] [Bm]
[A]
[E] [C#]
[E]
[C] [C#] [F#]
[Bm] [D#] [Em]
[D] [E] [Em]
[Em] [E]
[Bm] [A]
[A#] I catch up to [C#] you
[E] Drinking and gambling
[F#] [A] Staying out all [C#] night
[F#] Living [B] in a fool's [E] paradise
[F#m] [Gm] [G#m] [A]
Well I learned my [C#] lesson
[E] [F#m] Like all [Em] these fools [F#m] I've met
[Bm]
[C#] I learned [F#m] something [G#]
in my [Gm] life
[F#]
I'll never [E] [B] forget
[D#]
[D] My mother [E] told me
My father said [Bm] it too
He said, [C#] son
[A] It's gonna [E] catch up to [C#]
you
[E] Drinking and gambling
And [G#] staying [Am] out all [G] night
[F#] [B] Living in a
[E] fool's paradise
[F#] You're living [B] in a fool's [E] paradise
[Am] [E]
[C#]
Key:
E
A
B
F#
C#
E
A
B
Okay, here's how I play Fool's Paradise. _
This is an arrangement from Paul Jeremiah.
It's a little different, [E] I believe, from the Charles Brown.
_ I think the bridge is a little bit different.
_ _ _ _ _ 1, _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ 1 9th. _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#] _ _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [A#] That diminished thing, it's like an A sharp [C#m] diminished. _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ It's just a [Am] G sharp.
[A] _ _ We say
1, 1 9th.
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
2, 5, [E] 1. _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ [E] Here [F#m] we go to the bridge.
[Gm] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [A#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ [A#m] Diminished note, A _ sharp diminished.
[C#m] _ _ _ [F#] 2, 5, 1. _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ Actually, 2, 5 and then it goes to this cool _ _ augmented.
_ So you just take like the [C#] B7th and then you just_
_ _ _ Paul [C] Jeremiah showed me that.
I'm [B] ready to go.
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [D#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [A#] _ I catch up to [C#] you _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Drinking and gambling
[F#] [A] Staying out all [C#] night
[F#] _ Living [B] in a fool's [E] paradise
[F#m] _ _ [Gm] _ [G#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ Well I learned my [C#] lesson _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] Like all [Em] these fools [F#m] I've met
_ [Bm] _ _ _
[C#] I learned [F#m] something _ [G#] _
in my [Gm] _ life
[F#] _ _ _
I'll never [E] _ [B] forget
_ [D#] _
[D] My mother [E] told me
My father said [Bm] it too
He said, [C#] son
_ [A] _ It's gonna [E] catch up to [C#]
you
_ _ [E] Drinking _ _ _ and gambling
And [G#] staying [Am] out all [G] night
[F#] _ [B] Living in a _ _
[E] fool's paradise
_ [F#] _ You're living [B] in a fool's [E] paradise _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
This is an arrangement from Paul Jeremiah.
It's a little different, [E] I believe, from the Charles Brown.
_ I think the bridge is a little bit different.
_ _ _ _ _ 1, _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ 1 9th. _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#] _ _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [A#] That diminished thing, it's like an A sharp [C#m] diminished. _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ It's just a [Am] G sharp.
[A] _ _ We say
1, 1 9th.
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
2, 5, [E] 1. _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ [E] Here [F#m] we go to the bridge.
[Gm] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [A#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ [A#m] Diminished note, A _ sharp diminished.
[C#m] _ _ _ [F#] 2, 5, 1. _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ Actually, 2, 5 and then it goes to this cool _ _ augmented.
_ So you just take like the [C#] B7th and then you just_
_ _ _ Paul [C] Jeremiah showed me that.
I'm [B] ready to go.
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [D#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [A#] _ I catch up to [C#] you _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Drinking and gambling
[F#] [A] Staying out all [C#] night
[F#] _ Living [B] in a fool's [E] paradise
[F#m] _ _ [Gm] _ [G#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ Well I learned my [C#] lesson _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] Like all [Em] these fools [F#m] I've met
_ [Bm] _ _ _
[C#] I learned [F#m] something _ [G#] _
in my [Gm] _ life
[F#] _ _ _
I'll never [E] _ [B] forget
_ [D#] _
[D] My mother [E] told me
My father said [Bm] it too
He said, [C#] son
_ [A] _ It's gonna [E] catch up to [C#]
you
_ _ [E] Drinking _ _ _ and gambling
And [G#] staying [Am] out all [G] night
[F#] _ [B] Living in a _ _
[E] fool's paradise
_ [F#] _ You're living [B] in a fool's [E] paradise _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _