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) A7
e|-----------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!
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bryan_ferry/these_foolish_things_crd.html ]
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)
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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
