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Foolish Games

Foolish Games was written by Jewel Kilcher and Steve Poltz. It was inspired by a broken love affair, reflecting the pain and vulnerability that comes with the end of a relationship. The song highlights the emotional games and careless words that can hurt in a relationship.

Key: Dm

Introduction: Dm Bb 

difficulty
very easy |||||
Dm             Bb                        F
   You took your coat off and stood in the rain
                C
You were always crazy like that
Dm                     Bb
   And I watched from my window,
                  F               C
always felt I was outside looking in on you
Dm
   You were always the mysterious one
    Bb
with dark eyes and careless hair
        F                              C
You were fashionably sensitive, but too cool to care
Dm                    Bb                       F
   Then you stood in my doorway, with nothing to say
                    C
besides some comment on the weather

Gm
   Well, in case you failed to notice
   Bb
In case you failed to see
F                                 C
This is my heart bleeding before you
This is me down on my knees

Bb           C        F C/E      Dm
These foolish games are tearing me apart
    Bb              C        F  C/E    Bb
And your thoughtless words are breaking my heart
                 Dm
You' re breaking my heart
Bb  F  C

Dm                                 Bb
   You were always brilliant in the morning
             F               C
Smoking your cigarettes, and talking over coffee
Dm                                        Bb
   Your philosophies on art, Baroque moved you,
                               F
You loved Mozart and you' d speak of your loved ones
      C
As I clumsily strummed my guitar
Dm
   You' d teach me of honest things
Bb
   Things that were daring, things that were clean
F                                C
 Things that knew what an honest dollar did mean
Dm                        Bb
   So I hid my soiled hands behind my back
F                                   C
Somewhere along the line I must' ve gone off track with you

Gm                                   Bb
   Excuse me, think I' ve mistaken you for somebody else
 F                    C
Somebody who gave a damn,
Somebody more like myself

Bb           C        F                 C/E               Dm
These foolish games are tearing me, you' re tearing me, you' re tearing me apart
    Bb              C        F  C/E  Bb
And your thoughtless words are breaking my heart
                 Dm
You' re breaking my heart
Bb  F  C
Dm

Dm          Bb                            F
   You took your coat off and stood in the rain,
                 C
you were always crazy like that&hellip 
Dm  Bb  F  C
Dm  Bb
(fade out)