Bryan Ferry – These Foolish Things chords

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Artist: Bryan Ferry
Song: These foolish things
Tabbed by:DJ

Tuning:Standard

NB: I have included a couple of extended verses that don't appear 
in the single version of this song. For the single version, 
where those verses are shortened, use the A7 and D chords at the
end of the verse(in place of the last Em7 and A7)


D6 C9 D Bm Oh, will you never let me be? Oh, will you never set me free?
E7 A7 D7 G The ties that bound us, are still a - round us,
C9 F E7 There's no es - cape that I can see,
Em7(b5) A7e|-----------0-----0---|B|-----------3-----2---|G|-----------0-----0---|D|-----------0-----2---|A|---4---3---1-----0---|E|---------------------|
Am7 D7 Gmaj7 And still those little things re - main,
Bm7 E7 Em7 Em7(b5) A7sus4 A7 That bring me happiness, or pain!
D Bm Em7 A7 A cigar - ette that bears a lipstick's traces,
D Bm Em7 A7 An airline ticket to ro-------mantic places,
D D7 G G G/F# Em Em7 A7 And still my heart has wings, these fool - ish things re - mind me of you,
D Bm Em7 A7 A tinkling piano in the next a - partment,
D Bm Em7 A7 Those stumbling words that told you... what my heart meant,
D D7 G G G/F# Em A7 D A fairgrounds painted swings, these fool - ish things re - mind me of you!
G Em G Gm9 Gm(b9) Gm7 You came, you saw, you conquered me,
D6 Cdim Gm7(type2) A A7 When you did that to me, I, somehow, knew that this had to be!
D Bm Em7 A7 The winds of March that make my... heart a dancer,
D Bm Em7 A7 A tele - phone that rings, but... who's to answer?
D D7 G G G/F# Em Em7 A7 Oh, how the ghost of you clings, these fool - ish things re - mind me of you,
D Bm Em7 A7 Gardenia perfume lingering... on a pillow,
D Bm Em7 A7 Wild strawberries only seven... francs a kilo,
D D7 G G G/F# Em Em7 A7 And still my heart has wings, these fool - ish things re - mind me of you,
D Bm Em7 A7 The park at evening when the bell has sounded,
D Bm Em7 A7 The pier in France with all the... gulls a - round it,
D D7 G G G/F# Em A7 D The beauty that is Spring, these fool - ish things re - mind me of you!
G Em G Gm9 Gm(b9) Gm7 I know... that this... was bound to be,
D6 Cdim Gm7(type2) A A7 These things have haunted me, for you've entirely en - chanted me!
D Bm Em7 A7 The sigh of midnight trains in... empty stations,
D Bm Em7 A7 Silk stockings thrown aside, dance... invi - tations,
D D7 G G G/F# Em Em7 A7 Oh, how the ghost of you clings, these fool - ish things re - mind me of you,
D Bm Em7 A7 The smile of Garbo, and the scent of roses,
D Bm Em7 A7 The waiters whistling as the last bar closes,
D D7 G G G/F# Em Em7 A7 The song that... Crosby sings, these fool - ish things re - mind me of you,
D Bm Em7 A7 First daffo - dils, and long ex-----cited cables,
D Bm Em7 A7 And candle - light on little... corner tables,
D D7 G G G/F# Em A7 D And still my heart has wings, these fool - ish things re - mind me of you!
G Em G Gm9 Gm(b9) Gm7 How strange, how sweet, to find you still,
D6 Cdim Gm7(type2) A A7 These things are dear to me, that seem to bring you so near to me!
D Bm Em7 A7 The scent of smouldering leaves, the wail of steamers,
D Bm Em7 A7 Two lovers, on the street, who... walk like dreamers,
D D7 G G G/F# Em Em7 A7 Oh, how the ghost of you clings, these fool - ish things re - mind me of you, just you!
D Bm Em7 A7 D Bm Em7 A7 Ah, ah, ah, ah! Ah, ah, ah, ah! (repeat, end on D)
************************************ D6 = xx0202 C9 = x32330 D = xx0232 Bm = x24432 E7 = 022130 A7sus4 = x02030 A7 = x02020 D7 = xx0212 G = 320033 F = 133211 Em7(b5) = x10030 Am7 = x02213 Gmaj7 = 320002 Bm7 = x24232 Em7 = 022030 Gm9 = xx3335 Gm(b9) = xx3334 Gm7 = xx3333 Cdim = xx1212 Gm7(type2)= 353333 A = x02220
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