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I'm A Fool To Want You

Billie Holiday

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners18 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

B7Diagram coming soon
CdimDiagram coming soon
Em
BDiagram coming soon
Em7
E7
Am×
Am7×
A9Diagram coming soon
C×
GdimDiagram coming soon
EdimDiagram coming soon
C7×
Bm7Diagram coming soon
D9Diagram coming soon
D7××
G9Diagram coming soon
G6Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              B7    Cdim    Em9   Em   B+   Em7 
I'm a fool to want you, 
      E7/9-     Am       Am7+ 
I'm a fool to want you, 
   A9   Am C   Em              Gdim   Edim 
To want a love   that can't be true, 
              C7   Edim             B7 
A love that's there  for oth - ers too. 
 
B7    Cdim    Em9   Em   B+   Em7 
I'm a fool to hold you, 
       E7/9-     Am       Am7+ 
Such a fool to hold you. 
    A9  Am C   Em              Gdim   Edim 
To seek a kiss    not mine a - lone, 
           Bm7/5-      B7         Em   Em7 
To share a kiss that Devil has known. 
 
(bridge) 
Am      Am7+    D9  D7             G9         G6 
Time and time again    I said I'd leave you; 
Am      Am7+    D9  D7          G9   G6 
Time and time again    I went away. 
    Am                   B7               Em        Em7+   Em7 
But then would come the time when I would need you, 
    Edim              C7            B7 
And once again these words I had to say, 
 
 B7     Cdim    Em9   Em   B+   Em7 
Take me back, I love you; 
    E7/9-    Am       Am7+    Cdim 
Pity me, I need you. 
             Em   B+             Gdim  Edim 
I know it's wrong,   it must be wrong, 
              B7      C7         B7       Em       B+  Em7  Em6  Em9  Em 
But right or wrong, I can't get along without you. 
          
 

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Chord set

B7 · Cdim · Em · B · Em7 · E7 · Am · Am7 · A9 · C · Gdim · Edim · C7 · Bm7 · D9 · D7 · G9 · G6

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.