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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
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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)