Am G Em D 
Am G C


[Verse 1]

Am         G    Em          D
What did I see, fool that I was?
    Am             G                  C   
Oh, a goddess with wings on her heels.
Am        G       Em          D
All my illusions projected on her; 
     Am          G              C
The ideal that I wanted to see.


[Chorus 1]

D          C     D           C
What did I know, fool that I was?
     Bb                      G      F G F G F G F G G 
Oh, little by little I learned                          
   D               C
My friends were dismayed
   D        C
To see me betrayed,
         Bb                            G  F G F G F G F G G                         
But they knew they could never tell me.


[Verse 2]

Am         G     Em          D
What did I care, fool that I was?
    Am        G               C
Oh, little by little I burned, 
Am        G            Em         D
Maybe sometimes, there might be a flaw,
        Am         G                C
But how pretty the picture was back then.


[Chorus 2]

D          C   D           C
What did I do, fool that I was,
   Bb                          G    F G F G F G F G G 
To profit from youthful mistakes?
     D           C
It's shameful to tell
    D       C
How often I fell
   Bb                   G      F G F G F G F G G
In love with delusions again.

[Solo] 
Am G Em D 
Am G C      x2


[Chorus 3]

D          C       D           C   
What did I do, the fool that I was,
   Bb                          G   F G F G F G F G G
To profit from youthful mistakes?
   D           C
So shameful to tell
         D       C
Just how often I fell
   Bb                     G     F G F G F G F G G
In love with illusions again!

Am G Em D

     Am           G            C
Oh a goddess with wings on her heels.