The Damn Quails

Fools Gold

The Damn Quails


Tom: Em

G
Well, a truest test of a man's good name
     Am
is acceptance of failure and losing a game,
       C                      Cm                    G
with a smile and a handshake, quiet every building rage

[Verse 2]
G
I got knocked around in a real small town,
         Am
and they poked and and they prodded and marched me around,
       C                 Cm                        G
for a laugh in the snow, try to tear a good man's soul

[Chorus]
      G
For a fool's gold, a beggar's bargain
Am
too much time, space to get lost in, 
     C                 D                     G
it's one for the road, two if you can let it go.
G
Blood's thick, but water's deeper,
     Am
the wine works fine, but the whiskey's cheaper
    C                D                          G
Now turn it around, quick before your sun goes down.

[Solo]
| G   | G   | Am  | Am  | C   | Cm  | G   | G   |

[Verse 3]
G
Well, I see you found yourself a damn fine game,
        Am
you can lines on your mind and ounces to say,
         C      Cm                         G
but it's okay, we've both seen our darker days.

[Verse 4]
G
But it's like you never saw a sucker before,
      Am
been alive on the side of your bedroom door,
        C                 Cm                      G
with an ear on the phone, beggin' just to let it go.

[Chorus]
      G
For a fool's gold, a beggar's bargain
Am
too much time, space to get lost in, 
     C                 D                     G
it's one for the road, two if you can let it go.
G
Blood's thick, but water's deeper,
     Am
the wine works fine, but the whiskey's cheaper
    C                D                          G
Now turn it around, quick before your sun goes down.

[Solo]
| G   | G   | Am  | Am  | C   | Cm  | G   | G   | x2

[Chorus]
      G
For a fool's gold, a beggar's bargain
Am
too much time, space to get lost in, 
     C                 D                     G
it's one for the road, two if you can let it go.
G
Blood's thick, but water's deeper,
     Am
the wine works fine, but the whiskey's cheaper
    C                D                          G
Now turn it around, quick before your sun goes down.

[Outro]
            C                D                          G
I said, now turn it around, quick before your sun goes down.

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