Fool's Paradise chords by 
Johnny Bond 
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Key: E major•
Verse 1
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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,
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I can_ 't hold the teardrops from my eyes,
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For at sundown I will lay a dime
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At the door of the fool's paradis_ e
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I walked and rode into this
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cattle town this morn_ ing
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Left my herd to check the market purse,
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And I strolled into the nearest bar,
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They called it the Pool's Paradise,
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There the crowd was gay
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and girls were dan_ cing,
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And the men were playin' cards and dice
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So I stepped up to the bar to join them
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A grand place, this fool's paradise
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C#m
It was then I showed
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to them your pic_ ture
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I passed it around once or twice
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Then a man insulted
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your sweet honor
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At the bar of the fool's paradis_ e
So I hit him in the face
and I told him
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I said, eat them words,
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Mr. O'Draw, that's my advice.
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He said somebody might
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get hurt here inside,
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but I'll tell you what I'll do,
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I'll meet you in the street at sundown,
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at sundown in front of the
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fool's paradise.
So good -bye, my darling,
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may God bless you,
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I go to make the sacri_ fice,
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And if ever you visit old Dodge City,
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Remember the fool's paradis_ 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.
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