Fools Gold

	  		

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Intro: 
Bm       A      G x5 

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She wore a dress that Mara Lisa had sewn  
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And everybody just laughed  
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The boys were suited up on Mexican rose  
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They spilled their wine on their pants  
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A distant cousin of her brother had come  
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He tore the sheets from her bed  
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She felt the poison of the barreling sun  
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She felt the weight of his hands  

   
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Fool's gold can buy you anything you want  
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Fool's gold, fool's gold  

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Her sister Hattie had a ship  
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But it had no sail  
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Her husband hit her and he split her lip  
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He said he'd kill her if he thought she would tell  
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The streets were empty on the 4th of July  
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The fires burned in the sticks  
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The bells were ringing from the church of the saints  
A 
Made of Mexican brick  

   
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Fool's gold can buy you anything you want  
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Fool's gold, fool's gold    
      Bm  
Fools Gold   
   
   
Bm    A      G  x4 (over solo)  
   

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They watched her walk in from the roof of their house  
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She had a gun in her purse  
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Mara Lisa could have left on a train   
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She wasn't sure which was worse  
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Her brother Daniel knew a guy in the stretch  
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He had some horses and a grudge  
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The other option was a Mexican jail  
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And a crooked judge  

  
Bm     D                A            G   
Fool's gold can buy you anything you want  
Bm     A            G        Quick A 
Fool's gold, fool's gold  
   
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Fool's gold can buy you anything you want  
Bm     A            G         
Fool's gold, fool's gold    
      Bm  
Fools Gold 


Bm    A      G x4 (over solo)  


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They cast a shadow on the dusted remains  
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The broken bottles cut the earth  
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She saw a rifle sticking out of the brush  
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She grabbed the gun from her purse  
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Mara Lisa threw the sacks in the car  
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The bullets cut into the breeze  
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Fool's gold can buy you Mexican jewels  
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But it can't buy the police  
   
   
  
Bm     D                A            G   
Fool's gold can buy you anything you want  
Bm     A            G        Quick A 
Fool's gold, fool's gold  
   
Bm     D                A            G   
Fool's gold can buy you anything you want  
Bm     A            G         
Fool's gold, fool's gold    
      Bm  
Fools Gold   


Outro: 
Bm       A      G   (fade out over solo)