Glorious Fool chords by
John Martyn
John Martyn

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Key: A major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Out of the west come a curious fool
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He tried to impress me with his furious cool
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He lied from the start
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I knew just what he was trying.
Verse 2
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He lied to his mother
And lied to the rest
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He lied to his brother
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Who loved him the best
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I believe he lies to my children.
Verse 3
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Ah, half the lies he tells you,
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they're not true
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I say that half the lies he tells
you, they're not true
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I know half the lies he tells you,
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they're not true
They never could be
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Half the lies he tells
Verse 4
you, they're not true.
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You may come to the white house
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You walk through the white door
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You come to the corridor
of power
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You might slip on the white house floor.
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You come to
Verse 5
the wrong,
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to to the wrong floor
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You come and see the wrong
people
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You knocked on the wrong door
Verse 6
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Watching a person
Watching a thief
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Watching a lover
Watching a leaf
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You could watch what you want,
when you will
Verse 7
You can't watch a liar.
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You lied to your friend
You lied to you now
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Some lies, somehow
Verse 8
I believe he lies to my children.
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Oh, half the lies
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he tells you, they're not true
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I know half the lies he tells
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you, they're not true
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They never could be
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Half the lies he tells you,
they're not true.
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They never ever will be
Half the lies he tells you, they're not true
Verse 9
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You may come to the white house
You walk through the white
door
You might step on the
corridor of power
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You might slip on the white
house floor.
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You come to the wrong, du du the wrong floor
Verse 10
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You come and see the wrong
people
You knocked on the wrong door
Verse 11
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Out of the west came a curious fool In
tent to impress me with his furious cool
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He lied from the start
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I knew just what he was trying to do.
Verse 12
He lied to his mother
He lied to the rest
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He lied to the lovers
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Who loved him the best
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I believe he lies to my children.
Verse 13
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Oh, half the lies he tells you,
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they're not true
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Believe it that half the lies he tells you,
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they're not true
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Esus4
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Half the lies he tells you,
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they're not true.
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They never could be
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Bm
Bm

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Half the lies he tells
you, they're not true
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Half the lies he tells you, they're not true
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I say half the lies he tells you,
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they're not true
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Half the lies he tells you,
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Bm
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they're not true
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Outro 1
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