Intro:
E - D - A - A - C - C#mE - A7 - D7 - G7 - F#7 - F - EVerse 1:
EA7
Driving back from God-knows where
EA7G#7G7
How'd you stay so long in Bloom-ing-ton?
D7G7F#7F
Trying to figure out just what it is a-bout him
Verse 2:
EA7
Now you've found you're on your own
EA7G#7G7
Trying to find a place to hang your coat
D7G7F#7F
Can't you see that all the birds have flown away?
Chorus 1:
EDAACC#m
Yest-er-day's fool comes running back to you
EDAACC#m
Yest-er-day's fool is trying to play it cool
EA7D7G7
Dropping out of school, breaking all the rules
F#7FE
But who is fooling who?
Verse 3:
EA7
Patterns never seem to change
EA7G#7G7
Same old heartache by a diffe-rent name
D7G7F#7F
You start out happy but when it all falls down again
Verse 4:
EA7
You can come and cry to me
EA7G#7G7
But that's not the way that it's supposed to be
D7G7F#7F
I keep wondering when you're going to see I'm...
Chorus 2:
EDAACC#m
Yest-er-day's fool running back to you
EDAACC#m
Yest-er-day's fool trying to play it cool
EA7D7G7
Dropping out of school, breaking all the rules
F#7FE
But who is fooling who?
Interlude:
A7 - E - A7 - G#7 - G7 - D7 - G7 - F#7 - FOutro:
EDAACC#m
Now yest-er-day's fool comes running back to you
EDAACC#m
Yest-er-day's fool is trying to play it cool
EA7D7G7
Dropping out of school, still breaking all the rules
F#7FF
But who is fooling, who is fooling
FE
But who is fooling, who's fooling who?
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.