Doobie Brothers What a fool believes
Doobie Brothers version Capo 1st fret
Matt Bianco version is in B Major so tune down the
guitar one half step lower
[G6sus4] 320010
[Fmaj7] 003210
[Fmaj7/G] 303210
[Am/F#] xx4555
[Am7] 002013
[A7sus4] 002030
[Gsus4] 320010
[Cmaj7] 032000
F#m7b5 XX4210 or 202210
[Bb7sus] 113141
Intro
G6sus4 (1x) G7 (1x) Fmaj7 (2x) C (2x) Am7 (2x)
Fmaj7 (2x) Fmaj7/G (2x) Am7 (2x) Am/F# (2x)
Riff: Bass tones:
C-Bb-A-G#
Verse
[G6sus4] [G7] [Fmaj7] [C] [Am7]
He came from somewhere back in her long ago
[Fmaj7] [Fmaj7/G] [Am7] [Am/F#]
The sentimental fool don't see
[G6sus4] [G7] [Fmaj7]
Trying hard to recreate
[C] [Am7] [Fmaj7] [Fmaj7/G] [Am7]
What had yet to be created once in her life
[Am/F#] [G6sus4] [G7] [Fmaj7]
She musters a smile
[C] [Am7] [Fmaj7]
For his nostalgic tale
[Fmaj7/G] [Am7] [Am/F#] [G6sus4] [G7]
Never coming near what he wanted to say
[Fmaj7] [C] [Am7]
Only to realize
[Fmaj7] [Fmaj7/G] [Am7]
It never really was
Chorus
[Am7] [A7sus4] [G7sus4] [G]
She had a place in his life
[Am7] [A7sus4] [G7sus4] [G]
He never made her think twice
[Dm7] [G7] [Cmaj7]
As he rises to her apology
[A7] [Dm7] [G7] [Am7]
Anybody else would surely know
[F#m7b5]
He's watching her go
[Fm7] [Bb7sus]
But what a fool believes he sees
[Bb7] [Cm7]
No wise man has the power to reason away Riff
[Fm7] [Bb7sus]
What seems to be
[Bb7] [Cm7]
Is always better than nothing Riff
And nothing at all keeps sending him
Verse
[G6sus4] [G7] [Fmaj7] [C] [Am7] [Fmaj7]
Somewhere back in her long ago
[Fmaj7/G] [Am7] [Am/F#] [G6sus4] [G7]
Where he can still believe there's a place in her life
[Fmaj7] [C] [Am7] [Fmaj7] [Fmaj7/G] [Am7]
Someday, somewhere, she will return
Chorus
[Am7] [A7sus4] [G7sus4] [G]
She had a place in his life
[Am7] [A7sus4] [G7sus4] [G]
He never made her think twice
[Dm7] [G7] [Cmaj7]
As he rises to her apology
[A7] [Dm7] [G7] [Am7]
Anybody else would surely know
[F#m7b5]
He's watching her go
[Fm7] [Bb7sus]
But what a fool believes he sees
[Bb7] [Cm7]
No wise man has the power to reason away Riff
[Fm7] [Bb7sus]
What seems to be
[Bb7] [Cm7]
Is always better than nothing Riff
And nothing at all
and repeat
