Foolish Heart - The Mavericks

Foolish Heart

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CHORD CHART (triple eighths)
CHORUS: 2D 4A 2D 2D7 2G 2A 2D
VERSE: 2A 2D 2A D D7 G A 2D 2E 2A
 
CHORUS
D (riff 1) A (riff 2)
Foolish heart, you made me weep
A (riff 2) D (riff 1)
Foolish heart, I'm yours to keep
D7 (riff 3) G (riff 4)
You're the one, that's still with me
A (riff 2) D (riff 5)
Foolish heart, don't set me free
 
VERSE 1
A (riff 6) D (riff 7)
There was a time, when you said to me
A (riff 6) D D7 (riff 7)
Don't fall in love, so easily
G (riff 8) D (riff 9)
But then she walked in, and right away
E A (riff 10)
You never had another thing to say
 
(CHORUS) (riff 11 before solo)
 
BRIDGE (guitar solo)
2A 1/2D 1/2G D
 
VERSE 2
A D
She went away, and now we're alone
A D D7
I asked her to stay, but she had to go
G (riff 8) A D
She's made up her mind, that I'm just a fool
E A (riff 10)
My love is blind, and it's all because of you
 
(CHORUS) (riff 12 before CODA)
 
Foolish heart, don't set me free (CODA)
 
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
Ocultar tablatura
 
___
| | | |\
| | = | | triple eighths
/ / / /
\/
3
 
riff 1 riff 2
___ ___
|\ | | | |\ | | |
| | | | | | | |
|-------------------------||-------------------------||
|---------10---10-12--10--||--------------10-12--10--||
|------10-11-----\/-------||----------------\/-------||
|--12----\/---------------||------10-11--------------||
|-------------------------||--12----\/---------------||
|-------------------------||-------------------------||
 
riff 3 riff 4
___ ___
|\ | | | |\ | | |
| | | | | | | |
|----------------------||----------------------||
|---------10---10--13--||----------------------||
|------10-11-----\/----||----------------------||
|--12----\/------------||------11-12---11--9---||
|----------------------||--10----\/------\/----||
|----------------------||----------------------||
slide slide
 
riff 5
\ ___ ___ __
/ | | | | | | | | | | |
\ | | | | | | | | | | |
|--------------------|-----------------------------|---||
|------10---12---12--|-10--------------------------|---||
|------11---12---12--|-11---11--11---9---9---7--7--|-6-||
|--------------------|------12--12--10--10---9--9--|-7-||
|--------------------|-----------------------------|---||
|--------------------|-----------------------------|---||
 
riff 6 riff 7 riff 8
__
|\ | | | |\ | | |
| | | | | | | |
|------|-----||---------||-------------|------||
|------|-3---||---------||--------12---|-10---||
|------|-----||---7--7--||----7--/11---|--9---||
|-2-4--|-----||-7-9--7--||-5-----/-----|------||
|--\/--|-----||--\/-----||-------------|------||
|------|-----||---------||-------------|------||
slide
 
riff 9 riff 10
___ _____ _____ _____
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---------|-----||-12--12--10----10---9-----9--8-----8--|-7---||
|-7---8---|-9---||-14--14--12----12--10----10--9-----9--|-8---||
|-7---8---|-9---||------------12--------11-------10-----|-----||
|---------|-----||--------------------------------------|-----||
|---------|-----||--------------------------------------|-----||
|---------|-----||--------------------------------------|-----||
 
riff 11
\ ___ ____ ___
/ | | | | | | | | | | | |
\ | | | | | | | | | | | |
|-------------------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------12------------|----------------------||
|---------7--11-------10-9-7----|-7----11----9----7----||
|-----7-9----/----------\/---9--|----------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------||
slide
 
SOLO
___ ___ _____ _____ _____ ___
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |\
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | /| |
|----------------------------10---9-|--9--------10-14--------10-12|
|-5-5-5--8-8-8--10-10-10--10-12--10-|-10--10-12----/---10------\/-|
|-6-6-6--9-9-9--10-10-10----\/-----\|/----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
tie
 
_____ _____
| |\ | | | | | |
| /| | | | | | | |
|-10-------------------------------|--------------||
|----------------12----12----------|--------------||
|-------------10-11-10-11----------|-7------------||
|---------12----\/----\/------7--9-|--------------||
|----------------------------------|--------------||
|----------------------------------|--------------||
 
riff 12
\ ___ ___
/ | | | | | | | | | | |
\ | | | | | | | | | | |
|---------------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------10----10---------||
|-----------9-9-10----9-7---|-7---9-11-----9----11---||
|-------7-9----\/---------9-|------\/----------------||
|---------------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------------|------------------------||
 
CODA
\ __ ___
/ | | | | | | | _
\ | / | | / | | | | |_|
|------5-/-10----10-/--|-14---------10------------||
|------7---12----12----|-15--9--10--10------------||
|----------------------|------\/----11------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------||
 
_____________ ____________ __________
|__|__|_|__|__| |__|_|__|__|_| |__|__|__|_|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|-10---------------------------------------------||
|-------12---10----------------------------------||
|----11----9-------11---9------------------------||
|---------------12----9------12---9--------------||
|-------------------------12----9------12----9---||
|-----------------------------------12----10-----||
 
NOTES
 
/| = eighth rest
 
\
/ = quarter rest
\
_
|_| = whole rest

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What is the starting chord?

The first identified chord is D. You can transpose without leaving the page.

Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?

Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.

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