Fool's Paradise chords by Johnny Bond

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Verse 1
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 (D major) Well, let's go and do it. All right.
Yeah, I'm going do The Fool's Paradise.
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As I write this letter to you, darling,  (A major) 
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I can (G major) 't hold the teardrops from my eyes,  (D major) 
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For at sundown I will lay  (A major) a dime  (G major) 
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At the  (A major) door of the fool's paradis (D major) e
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I walked and rode  (A major)  (D major) into this
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cattle town this morn (A major) ing
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Left my herd  (G major) to check the market purse,  (D major) 
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And I strolled into the nearest bar,  (G major) 
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They called  (A major) it the Pool's Paradise,
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 (D major) There the crowd was gay
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and girls were dan (A major) cing,
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And the  (G major) men were playin' cards  (D major) and dice
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So I stepped up to the  (A major) bar to  (G major) join them
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A grand  (A major) place, this fool's paradise
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It  (D major) was then  (G major)  (B minor) I   showed
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to them your pic (F sharp major) ture
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I passed it around once or twice  (G major) 
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 (B minor) Then  (G major)  (D major) a  (G major) man insulted
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your sweet honor  (D major) 
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At the  (A major) bar of the fool's paradis (D major) e
So I hit him in the face
and I told him
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I  (A major) said, eat them words,
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Mr. O'Draw, that's  (G major) my advice.
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He  (D major) said somebody  (A major) might
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get hurt  (D major) here inside,
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but I'll tell  (A major) you what I'll  (D major) do,
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I'll  (A major) meet  (G major) you in the street at sundown,
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at sundown  (A major) in front of the
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fool's paradise.  (D major) 
So good -bye, my darling,
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may God bless  (A major) you,
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I go  (G major) to make the sacri (D major) fice,
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And if ever you visit old Dodge  (C major) City,  (G major) 
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Remember  (A major) the fool's paradis (D major) e.
Jim Reeves told me he
wanted to sing the song,
and there was one little line in there
that he said makes me want to do it,
and I said, what's that?
He said, I just want to say,
eat them words, mister.