Left Me A Fool

LEFT ME A FOOL (Emily Saliers)

[Key of E (but actually in F#, so 
capo up 2 frets]
[I'm a little unsure about some of 
these chords; the songbook has some
 mistakes, and I compiled these from
 the guitar part, the piano part, 
and my
 ear.  Maybe there should be some 
(9)'s on some of those naked chords,
 and
 maybe some of those 6's should be 
7's...]

E/A    B/A    Asus    A    E(9)
[intro]
    F#(9)    A(9)    B(11)    Bsus


E/A        B/A                
Everybody loves you, and they 
E7/A                A
want to know your story
        E(9)          F#(9)
You go riding out a mystery, 
       A(9)               B
concealed in all your glory
            C#m               
But when it comes to flesh and 
  G#m          A              E
bones, you remind me of Shallot
Only made of shadows, even though 
you're not

I remember how I spent all my energy
 and time
With affected conversation, trying 
to pry inside your mind
You are as beautiful as truth, and 
as empty as a shell
      B                A/B        
And I came to you one night, and 
  B6                 A6/B
it made me feel like hell

  G#m      C#m                
Ohhh, to reach through all your 
   F#m     A/B - B
surface
G#m      C#m           F#m   A/B - B
Just to find an empty pool
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       C#m               G#m      
And to suffer all your pride as I 
A                E
lay down by your side
        B6                A/B     
And you swallowed up my heart, and
             B6   A/B
 left me a fool
          E/A   B/A   A(9)   E   
Left me a fool
F#(9)   A(9)   B(11)   Bsus


Everybody loves a hero, an image to 
create
The antithesis of everything inside 
ourselves we hate
But you better close your eyes when 
it's time for them to die
'Cause you'd hate to think the life 
you'd built upon them was a lie

Ohhh, to reach through all your 
surface
Just to find an empty pool
And to suffer all your pride as I 
lay down by your side
And you swallowed up my heart, and 
left me a fool
Left me a fool

I resign myself to silence, I will 
never blow your cover
No one ever has to know who the hero
 took for lover
But it comes to mind as you blaze 
on, as brilliant as a star
How many you've left behind, how 
many casualties there are

Ohhh, to reach through all your 
surface
Just to find an empty pool
And to suffer all your pride as I 
lay down by your side
And you swallowed up my heart, and 
left me a fool
          E/A   B/A   A(9)   E   
Left me a fool
F#(9)   A(9)   B(11)   E.





TAB:

=  hammer-on or pull-off between two
 notes

  This is the tab for the 
introduction.  The rest of the song 
follows a
similar pattern.

  E/A              B/A              
E ----------------|----------7----
  Asus             A
E|-|----------5-----|------5--------

E|-| 


B 9---------9-----|7--------------
G ------9-----9---|------8--------
D ----9---------9-|----9----------
  -|6=7---5---------|----------5----
G|-|----7---------6-|----6-------6-
D|-|------------7---|--7-----------
  -|
G|--| 
D|7-| 


A 0-------0-------|0-------0------
E ----------------|--------------
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ 
  -|0-------0-------|0-------0------
E|--|----------------|--------------
 |.  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ 

--| 
.   


  E(9)             F#(9)             
E ----------------|--------------
B ----------------|--------------
G ----------4-----|--3-------3---
D ------4-------0-|------6-------
A ----2-------2---|----4---------
  A(9)            B(11)            
E|--|----------------|----------0---
B|--|------0---5-----|------0-------
G|--|--6---------6---|--8-----------
D|6-|----7---------7-|----9-------9-
A|--|0-------0-------|--------------

--|0---|| 
--|----|| 
8-|----|| 
--|----|| 
--|----|| 

E 
  
0-------0-------|2-------2---2---|----------------|7-------7-------|7---||
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ 
. ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^


NOTE:  These chords are hard.  I 
usually play this song 3 half-steps 
above the
way it's written here (i.e., in the 
key of G).  You can't pick it 
correctly in
G, but the chords are far easier.



- Adam Schneider, *