INTRO: A F#m B7 E A E
A D F#m
Well I waited and I waited up at day and night, thinkin' that my phone would ring
A B7 E
But you never gave me a second thought, and told all your friends about me
A D F#m
Yes you told 'em all about what a clown I was and how you had me on the end of string
A F#m B7 E A
Now I've got a title for which I'm known and that's the fool of the century
C#
Well you seem so close but just out of reach
F#m
I'm always chasin' somethin' down the road
B7 E
And it's way too late, I should've learned my lesson a long long time ago
A
But now no matter where I wonder all over town
D F#m
I can hear them laughin' at me
A F#m B7 E A
Yes they all whisper when I walk by there goes the fool of the century
SOLO (CHORUS chords)
Well I tried my best to look I fit in with your first class company
But they all looked at in disbelief and wouldn't take me seriously
Well now I followed you around for a long long time practically down on my knees
Then they all sent me to the head of the class as the fool of the century
CHORUS
B7 E A
Yes the fool of the century
F#m B7 E A E A
Mmmm the fool of the century