I Was a Fool to Care – James Taylor Song Chord/Tab and Lyric

(James Taylor) 1975

[Em7 Gmaj7 A A/B, Em7 Gmaj7 A A#dim7]
I was a fool to care,
I was a fool to care [F#7sus4]
I was a fool to care
but I don't care even if I was a fool
I'm still in love with you [F#7sus4]

Had I listened to the grapevine,
I might have had my doubts
But I did my level best just to block them out [D/F#]
"Cause love is so unwise and love has no eyes [G A4 A7, D /c# /b /a]
And it took a while for a fool to see
what his friends were on about

I was a fool to care
I was a fool to care [F#7sus4]
I was a fool to care
but I don't care even if I was a fool
I'm still in love with you

Imagining your face,
it almost fills the empty space before me
I can see you eyes and almost hear your lovely lies
[F#7sus4]

I wish I was an old man
and love was through with me
I wish I was a baby on my mama's knee [D/F#]
I wish I was a freight train moving down the line [G A4 A7, D /c# /b /a]
Just keeping track of time
without all these memories

I was a fool to care
I was a fool to care [F#7sus4]
I was a fool to care [Dmaj7 ]
but I don't care even if I was a fool
I'm still in love with you [F#7sus4]
Baby, yes, I Am [Gmaj7 ]
I could have opened my eyes, [A/B]
I could have seen through your lies [A/B]
I could have stood for no more, [A/B]
I could have walked out the door

But I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care [Em7 Dmaj7, F#7sus4 F#7 Bm7]
But I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care [Em7 Dmaj7, F#7sus4 F#7 Bm7]
You weren't nothing but a fool to care; just a country fool to care.
[repeat and fade]

A#dim7: 012020 (same as A7/Bb)
F#dim7: xx1212