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Fooling Yourself by Styx
Fooling Yourself
#1.
D C/D
You see the world through your cynical eyes,
D C/D
You're a troubled young man, I can tell.
D C/D
You've got it all in the palm of your hand,
Bb C/Bb Bb C/Bb
But your hand's wet with sweat and your head needs a rest.
D/A G/A
And you're fooling yourself if you don't believe it.
D/A G/A
You're kidding yourself if you don't believe it.
#2.
D C/D
Why must you be such an angry young man?
D C/D
When your future looks quite bright to me.
D C/D
And how can there be such a sinister plan,
Bb C/Bb Bb
that could hide such a lamb, such a caring young man?
D/A G/A
And you're fooling yourself if you don't believe it.
D/A G/A
You're killing yourself if you don't believe it.
#3.
D Eb/D D C/D D
Get up, get back on your feet.
C/D D Eb/D D C/D D C
You're the one they can't beat, and you know it.
D Eb/D D C/D D
Come on, let's see what you've got.
C/D D Eb/D D C/D D C
Just take your best shot and don't blow it.
G Bb C Gm7 C..G.
#4.
D/A G/A
And you're fooling yourself if you don't believe it.
D/A G/A
You're killing yourself if you don't believe it.
D Eb/D D C/D D
Get up, get back on your feet.
C/D D Eb/D D C/D D C
You're the one they can't beat, and you know it.
D Eb/D D C/D D
Come on, let's see what you've got.
C/D D Eb/D D C/D D C
Just take your best shot and don't blow it.
G Bb C Gm7 C..G.
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version 2
Intro fig 1:
e|---0-2-3-2-3-5-3-2-3-2-0--|---0-2-3-2-3-5-3-2-0------|
B|-3------------------------|-3-------------------3-2--|
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
With other acoustic guitar strumming D ALOT
Repeat, then fig 2:
|---5-3--------------------------|
|---5-3----5-5-3-----------------|
|---6-4----6-6-4----6-4----------|
|----------7-7-5----7-5---7-7-5--|
|-------------------7-5---7-7-5--|
|-------------------------5-5-3--|
With G strumming on the quarter notes underneath.
Repeat figure 1, then figure 2
then figure 3:
|-2-3-5-7-5-3h5p3-2---0-|-2-3-5-7-5-3h5p3-2---0-|
|-------------------3---|-------------------3---|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
while the guitar 2 does:
|-2-3-5-7-5-3---2-----|-2-3-5-7-5-3---2-----|
|-3-3-5-8-5-3---3-3-5-|-3-3-5-8-5-3---3-3-5-|
|-2-4-6-7-6-4---2-4-6-|-2-4-6-7-6-4---2-4-6-|
|-----------------5-7-|-----------------5-7-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
The little synthesizer fill that follows each
repetition of the above:
|----15---------------15-|-17-15--------------------|
|-------15---------------|-------19-17-15-----------|
|----------16----16------|----------------18-16-18--|
|-12----------17---------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
While the acoustic strums these chords:
|-0----------|-0--------|
|-3----------|-5--------|
|-4----------|-6--------|
|-5----------|-7--------|
|-5----------|-7--------|
|-3----------|-5--------|
Then figure 1 twice, figure 2 twice,
slowing and ending with a G and hold......
Then begin the song:
Play this (figure 4) three times:
|-2--2-2-0-3---|-0--0-0-2----0|
|-3--3-3-1-0---|-1--1-1-3----1|
|-2--2-2-0-0---|-0--0-0-2----0|
|-0--0-0-0-0---|-0--0-0-0----0|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
Then this to end the figure:
|-2--2-2-0-3---|-7--0--2----|
|-3--3-3-1-0---|-8--1--3----|
|-2--2-2-0-0---|-7--0--2----|
|-0--0-0-0-0---|-0--0--0----|
|--------------|------------|
|--------------|------------|
JY plays this little harmonic thing over the
fourth and sixth measures of figure 4 (above):
-------------------|
---------(7)-------|
------(5)---(7)----| (let ring)
---------------(7)-|
-------------------|
-------------------|
Then, the rest of the song is basically just
straight strumming of the chords.
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Verse 1:
D C/Dbass
You see the world through your cynical eyes
D C/Dbass
You're a troubled young man I can tell
D C/Dbass
You've got it all in the palm of your hand
B- C/B-bass B- C/B-bass
But your hand's wet with sweat and your head needs a rest
D/Abass G/Abass
You're foolin' yourself if you don't believe it
D/Abass Em7/Abass
You're kidding yourself if you don't believe it
Verse 2:
Why must you be such an angry young man
When your future looks quite bright to me
How can there be such a sinister plan
That could hide such a lamb, such a caring young man
You're foolin' yourself if you don't believe it
You're kidding yourself if you don't believe it
Chorus:
D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
Get up, get back on your feet
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D C
You're the one they can't beat and you know it
D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
Come on, let's see what you've got
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D C
Just take your best shot and don't blow it
G B- C Gm7 C
Oh.... Oh.....
Middle Section/Solo
You're foolin' yourself if you don't believe it
You're kidding yourself if you don't believe it
Get up, get back on your feet
You're the one they can't beat and you know it
Come on, let's see what you've got
Just take your best shot and don't blow it.
Chords:
D-xx0232
C/Dbass-000553
B- -000331
C/B-bass - 012010
D/Abass-x00232
G/Abass-300033
Em7/Abass-000000
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version 3
Intro: D G D G ( D G/D A/D G/D A/D D G A ) x2 G A
Intro: ( D G/D A/D G/D A/D D G A ) x2 G A D G A
Intro: ( D C/D G/D C/D D ) x4
D C/D D C/D
You see the world through your cynical eyes, you're a troubled young man, I can tell
D C/D
You've got it all in the palm of your hand,
Bb C/Bb Bb C/Bb
But your hand's wet with sweat and your head needs a rest
D/A G/A
And you're fooling yourself, if you don't believe it
D/A G/A
You're kidding yourself, if you don't believe it
D C/D D C/D
Why must you be such an angry young man, when your future looks quite bright to me?
D C/D
And how can there be such a sinister plan
Bb C/Bb Bb C/Bb
That could hide such a lamb, such a caring young man?
D/A G/A
And you're fooling yourself, if you don't believe it
D/A G/A
You're kidding yourself, if you don't believe it
D Gm/D D C/D D C
Get up, get back on your feet, you're the one they can't beat, and you know it
D Gm/D D C/D D C
Come on, let's see, what you've got, just take your best shot and don't blow it
Solo: D Bb C/Bb Bb C/Bb Bb C/Bb Bb C/Bb
D/A G/A
And you're fooling yourself, if you don't believe it
D/A G/A
You're killing yourself, if you don't believe it
D Gm/D D C/D D C
Get up, get back on your feet, you're the one they can't beat, and you know it
D Gm/D D C/D D C
Come on, let's see, what you've got, just take your best shot and don't blow it
Outro: D C Bb A
Outro: ( D G/D A/D G/D A/D D G A ) repeat
intro chords alternate intro
D G/D A/D G/D D C/D Bb C/Bb D/A G/A Bb C/Bb Gm/D D C/D G/D
e-2--3---5---7--|-2--0----1--------------|-----------|--3--|-2--0--3--------------
B-3--3---5---8--|-3--1----3---1---3---3--|---3---5---|--3--|-3--1--3--------------
G-2--4---6---7--|-2--0----3---0---2---4--|---3---5---|--3--|-2--0--0--------------
D-0--0---0---0--|-0--0----3---2---4---5--|---3---5---|--0--|-0--0--0--------------
A---------------|---------1---1---0---0--|-----------|-----|----------------------
E---------------|------------------------|---6---6---|-----|----------------------
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