Title: Fool's Complaint
Album: Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles
Artist: Suzanne Vega
Method: Strumming
Tempo: Moderato
* The second set of chords on the right are played by Gerry Leonard.
* The chords indicated in the tab section of the solo are played by Vega.
* Arpeggiate the last chord in the outro.
* Link to the live acoustic performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPvzj82ZxJo
[Chords]
G 320033
G/B x20033
Csus2 x30033
Am x02210 or 57755x
Asus2 x02200
C x32010 or 8-10-10-9-8-x
D x00232 or 10-12-12-11-10-x
B7 x21201 or 79787x
F 133211 or x3321x
[Intro]
G G/B Csus2 G x3
[Verse]
N.C. G G/B Csus2 G
How I hate the Queen of Pentacles
Am Asus2 Am Asus2
Sitting on her golden throne
C F
In her domestic tyranny
G G/B Csus2 G
All roads lead back to her alone
[Verse 2]
N.C. G G/B Csus2 G
The whole wide world is a great big drain
Am Asus2 Am
And the vortex is her heart
Asus2
Her moods and wants and
C F
Wishes and whims
G G/B Csus2 G
All take precedence on this chart
[Chorus]
N.C.
But what do I know
C D B7
My card’s the fool, the fool, the fool
C
That merry rootless man,
Am
With air beneath my footstep
F
And providence as my plan
G G/B Csus2 G
Providence as my plan
[Verse 3]
N.C. G G/B Csus2 G
Oh it’s such expensive innocence
Am Asus2 Am
Never knowing any cost
Asus2 C F
She throws around her finery
G G/B Csus2 G
For us to fetch when it gets lost
[Solo]
Csus2 G Csus2 x2
Am C F G Csus2 G
Csus2 G Csus2 G
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--------0--2--0-------------|--------0-------------------|
A|--2--3-----------------3----|--2--3----------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
Csus2 Am v v
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|--------------------1-------|--------1-------------------|
G|--------------------2-------|--------2-------------------|
D|--------0--2--------2-------|--------0-------------------|
A|--2--3--------0-------------|--2-----------3--2--0-------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
C
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|--2-----------0-----2-----2/5----------------|
A|--------------------------------------3------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
F G
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|--------------------1-------|--------1-------------------|
G|-----------------2----(2)---|-----0----(0)---------------|
D|--------------3-------------|--2-----------0-------------|
A|--3-------------------------|-----------------3--2-------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
Csus2 G
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|--2--3--2--0----------------|
E|--------------3-------------|
[Chorus]
N.C.
But what do I know
C D B7
My card’s the fool, the fool, the fool
C
That merry rootless man,
Am
With air beneath my footstep
N.C. F
And providence as my plan
G
Providence as my plan
[Chorus]
N.C
But what do I know
C D B7
My card’s the fool, the fool, the fool
C
That merry rootless man,
Am
With air beneath my footstep
N.C. F
And providence as my plan
G
Providence as my plan
[Outro]
G/B Csus2 G x3
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| (x) Ghost note
| v Arppegiate down
| / Slide up
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