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I'm a Fool to Want You

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Recorded Feb/March 2014

The tab below is actually a tab I made a long time ago, of Sinatra’s version, but since Dylan’s arrangement is based on Sinatra’s, the match is fairly accurate.

Chords 
Chords:
A+       x02221
D7-9     x5454x
Bb/d     x5333x
F6/c     x3323x
Bm7-5    x2323x
A7-9     5453xx or x02323
Gmmaj7   354333
Gm6      375333 or 355353
G7-9     32310x
C7-9     x32320
Em7-5    012030 or xx2333
A7-9sus4 x02333
A7       x02223
      A+      Dm
I'm a fool to want you
      D7-9    Gm       Gm7 Gm6
I'm a fool to want you
          Bb/d  F6/c            Bm7-5
To want a love    that can't be true
              Bb7              A
A love that's there for others too
            
I'm a fool to hold you
Such a fool to hold you
To seek a kiss not mine alone
           Dm/a     A7-9      Dm
To share a kiss the devil has known
            
Gm  Gmmaj7 Gm7   Gm6
Time   and time again
G7-9       Fmaj7      (F7 F6)
I said I'd leave you
Gm  Gmmaj7 Gm7   Gm6
Time   and time again
  C7-9  Fmaj7
I went away
    Em7-5               A7-9sus4 A7
But then would come the time
             Dm          Dm7/c
When I would need you
    Bdim                              A7-9sus4   A7
And once again these words I'd have to say
Take me back, I love you
Pity me, I need you
I know it's wrong, it must be wrong
             Bb7
But right or wrong
             A7       A7 Bb7  C7  Em7-5  A7-9
I can't get along
        Dm
Without you

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