I Pity The Fool:Bobby Blue Bland.
#1 R&B and #46 on BB Hot 100 on
DUKE Records in 1961.
(Great blues from one of the best.)
INTRO: F
#1.
F
I pity the fool..I said, I pity the fool.
Bb F
Well, I pity the fool, yeah..I said, I pity
C
the fool..that falls in love with you..and
Bb F
expect you be true..oh, I pity the fool.
CHORUS:
F
Look at the people..I know you're wonderin'
what they're doin'.
F
They're just standin' there..watchin' you make
a fool of me.
Bb
Look at the people..I know you're wonderin'
what they're doin'.
F
They're just standin' there watchin' you make
a fool of me.
#2.
F Bb
Oh, I pity the fool, I pity the fool..that falls
in love with you.
C F
I pity the fool, I pity the fool that falls in love
with you.
C
She'll break your heart one day..and then she'll
Bb F
laugh and walk away..oh, I pity the fool.
CHORUS:
F
Look at the people..I know you're wonderin'
what they're doin'.
F
They're just standin' there..watchin' you make
a fool of me.
Bb
Look at the people..I know you're wonderin'
what they're doin'.
F
They're just standin' there..watchin' you make
a fool of me.
OUTRO:
F Bb
Oh, I pity the fool..I said, I pity the fool.
F Bb
I pity the fool, yeah..I said, I pity the fool..baby..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.