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Fool For The City

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[Intro]

     E        C         A    D           E
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|---9--9-----5--5------2----7--7--7-----9----|
D|---9--9-----5--5------2----7--7--7-----9----|
A|---7--7-----3--3------0----5--5--5-----7----|
E|---0--0--------------------------------0----|

(Repeat above)

[Verse]
                   E E E E E E                    E E E E E E
 Goin' to the city         Got you on my mind
                        E E E E E E                      E/A E/A E/A  E
 Country sure is pretty        I leave it all behind
 D                        A   G                               Bsus4 B
 This is my decision, I'm comin' home to stay this time 'cause

[Chorus]
        E                C C C  A                    D D D  E
 I'm a fool for the city      Fool for the city
 E                 CCC A                   DDD E
 Fool for the city       Fool for the city

                             EEE EEE                    EEE EEE
 Breathin' all the clean air         Sittin' in the sun
                          EEE EEE                  EEE EEE
 When I get my train fare         I get up and run
 D                              A   G                  Bsus4 B
 I'm headed for the city     Air pollution here I come

(Chorus)

[Bridge]

 B                           AAAA B
 I'm like a fish out of water      I'm just a man in a hole
 B                                        E
 The city lights turn my blues in to gold
 B                          AAAA  B
 I ain't no country boy           I'm just a homesick man
 B                                           E
 I'm gonna hit the grit just as fast as I can

(Play the following at the end of lines 1 & 3 of bridge above)
E|-------------------8--------|
B|----------------------------|
G|---10---8-------------------|
D|--------------10------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

(Instrumental-basically just bass and drums)
(Solo-rhythym guitar runs through verse & chorus)

[Bridge-2]

 B                      AAAA  B
 I ain't no country boy         I'm just a homesick man
 B                                            E
 I'm gonna hit the grit just as fast as I can

(2nd instrmental is also bass & drums)

 D                             A           G               Bsus4 B
 When I see my inner city child I'll be walking on a cloud

(Repeat chorus and fade)


(Additional chords)

     A/E        Bsus4      B       G
E|----------------7--------7-------3------------|
B|---10-----------7--------7-------3------------|
G|----9-----------9--------8-------4------------|
D|---11-----------9--------9-------5------------|
A|-------------------------9-------5------------|
E|-------------------------7-------3------------|

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Fool For The City

Foghat