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The Waltzing Fool
Lyle Lovett

 

Capo 5


3/4 waltz

Intro:  / E - - / - - - / Asus2 - - / - - - /

          / E - - / - - - / B7sus4 - - / - - - /

          / E - - / - - - / Asus2 - - / - - - /

          / E - - / B7sus4 - - / Asus2 - - / E - - /

          / Asus2 - - / E - - /

 

        E (2)
The waltzing fool
             Asus2 (2)
He's got lights in his fingers

         E (2)
The waltzing fool
                     B7sus4 (2)
He just don't never say
        E (2)
The waltzing fool
                      Asus2 (2)
He keeps his hands in his pockets
         E               B7sus4    Asus2   E
And waltzes the evening away

/ Asus2 - - / E - - /

               E (2)
And it's a waltz to a woman
           Asus2 (2)
Who's lying beside him
           E (2)
It's a waltz to her face on the
B7sus4 (2)
Wall when she's gone
          E (2)
It's a waltz to the rodeo
         Asus2 (2)
The damn thing it rides him
 
           E             B7sus4    Asus2   E

It's a waltz to a waltz

               E (2)
Now the waltzing fool
       Asus2 (2)
He just might be crazy
                     E (2)
Because the waltzing fool
                      B7sus4 (2)
He keeps the moon in his car
                E (2)
And the waltzing fool
Asus2 (2)
He says it's running
        E               B7sus4    Asus2   E
On waltzes and waltzes

Repeat Intro


                 B
And it's a waltz to a woman
          A          E
Who's lying beside him
          B
It's a waltz to a face on the

  A                      E

wall when she's gone
          B
It's a waltz to the rodeo
          A                E
The damn thing it rides him
           E             B7sus4      Asus2       E
It's a waltz to a waltz, just a waltz to a waltz.

/ E - - / B7sus4 - - / Asus2 - - / E - - /

 

               E (2)
Now the waltzing fool

          Asus2 (2)
They say he's been drinking

              E (2)
But the waltzing fool
                      B7sus4 (2)

He's just got mud on his shoes

                E (2)
And the waltzing fool

       Asus2 (2)
He knows they're all thinking

        E         B7sus4        Asus2   E
He's only an old waltzing fool

                E (2)
But the waltzing fool
             Asus2 (2)
He's got lights in his fingers

         E (2)
The waltzing fool
                     B7sus4 (2)
He just don't never say
        E (2)
The waltzing fool
                      Asus2 (2)
He keeps his hands in his pockets
         E               B7sus4    Asus2   E
And waltzes the evening away

        E (2)
The waltzing fool
        Asus2 (2)
His hands in his pockets
         E               B7sus4    Asus2   E (hold)
And waltzes the evening away


This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.