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Don't Want To Be A Fool chords by
Luther Vandross
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Key: G major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Love,
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what have you done? Oh, wow
C#dim
C#dim
4

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F#
F#
2

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B
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I was sure up to now that she was a friend
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B
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I stayed 'til the end (don't be
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a fool again)
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Em
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I once believed that love was fair
F#
F#
2

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B
B
2

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But I don't anymore, she said I'm a bore
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B
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2

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My heart hit the floor (don't be a
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fool anymore)
Verse 2
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Each time around I tell
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Bm
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myself it's the game of love
C
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Ignore the signs and risk it
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all in the name of love
C
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Well, I've decided I can't
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F#
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2

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Bm
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let nobody hurt me again
C
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So I'll say to the end
F
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I just don't want to be a fool

(don't want to be a fool)
Dsus4
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C
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D
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Said I don't want to be a fool ever
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again
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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Whenever a fool's in love,
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C#dim
C#dim
4

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he doesn't know he's to blame
F#
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2

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B
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2

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He's caught in the game
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B
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2

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C
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It all ends up the same (he doesn't
D
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G
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feel the shame)
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Am
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G
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He looks at love in a different way
Em
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It breaks his heart ev'rytime
F#
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2

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B
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2

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they all turn out strange
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2

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But he'll never change

(he's never gonna change)
Verse 4
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Next time around, I'll
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Bm
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Em
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tell myself it'll be better than before
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I won't look back

There'll be no one tearing
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Em
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my heart out anymore
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Am
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I just decided I can't let
F#
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Bm
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nobody fool me again
C
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So I'll swear to the end
F
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I just don't wanna be a fool

(don't wanna be a fool)
Dsus4
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C
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Said I don't wanna be a fool
D
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B
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2

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Em
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ever again
B
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2

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(No way) I mean no more (never again) ooh,
Verse 5


no never
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(I can't be a fool) can't be,
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no way, no way, no way
C
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I don't want to be
C#dim
C#dim
4

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Dsus4
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I don't want to be a fool,
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no
Verse 6
C
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(I can't love) I can't love
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(anybody) nobody
Bm
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Em
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(Walking on a one way street) any way,
C
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any way, any way, no

(If I don't) if I don't
Em
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(find somebody) somebody- body
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(That'll be alright with me) I know,

I know it'll be alright now
C
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'Cause I've decided not to
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F#
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Bm
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let nobody kill me again
C
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So I'll
Verse 7

say to the end
F
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I just don't want to be a fool

(don't want to be a fool)
Dsus4
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Said I don't want to be a fool (don't want
Dsus4
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G
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to be a fool) ever, ever again
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Am
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G
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(Don't want to be a
D
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C
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fool) can't be a fool
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(Don't want to be a

fool) ever again
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(I don't want to be a fool) never,

oh never, oh never again
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(Don't want to be a

fool) can't be a fool

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • Am

  • C

  • Em

  • C#dim

    4

  • F#

    2

  • B

    2

  • D

  • Bm

    2

  • F

  • Dsus4

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

0

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The original key of Don't Want To Be A Fool by Luther Vandross is G major.

The primary chords used in Don't Want To Be A Fool are G, Am, C, Em, Dbdim, F#.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like G, Am, C, Em, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Don't Want To Be A Fool is approximately 95 beats per minute.

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