Cant Fool The Blues

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Can’t Fool the Blues – BBM
                                    
(Moore/Bruce/Hanrahan)
                                 
Around the Next Dream [1994]

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Tabbed by: varannion


Tuning: standard


Intro


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Verse 1

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You can fool the landlord so you 
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don’t have to pay the rent
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You can fool the World and become 
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the President
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You can fool all the people some 
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of the time
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You can make a million dollars and
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 cry, “I don’t have a lousy dime”



Chorus

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But you can’t fool the blues
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No you can’t fool the blues
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When you’re making all the rules, 
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it’s so hard to lose
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But you can’t fool the blues, oh no
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Verse 2

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You can fool the Romans into a 
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lending you an ear
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Write a story in the papers 
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believing every smear
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You can fool the rich by driving 
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in a wreck
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You can get up someone’s nose every 
time you bounce a cheque



Chorus

       [A]
But you can’t fool the blues
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No you can’t fool the blues
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You can’t fool the blues, it just 
[A]
laughs at each lie
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You can’t fool the blues, oh no

Play it for me!



Guitar solo 1


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Verse 3

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You can fool your brother into 
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lending you his car
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Rub up the waitress for some 
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cocktails at the bar
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You can talk some bimbo into 
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taking you home
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You can fool the wife into thinking 
you’re alone




Chorus

       [A]
But you can’t fool the blues
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No you can’t fool the blues
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Well, the blues chews you up and 
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spits you right out
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You can’t fool the blues, oh no
B7#9


C’mon!



Guitar solo 2


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