Concrete Blonde - When I Was A Fool Ukulele

Intro
Am  Em   Bb

     Am                         Em
I re-read silly lines That made sense at the time
Bb
Pages all stained with tears and red wine
      Am                           Em
And I walk through the airport and see magazines
      Bb
Every face that I see So much younger than me
      Am                    Em
And I smile to myself how I don't even miss
   Bb
My glorious past or the lips that I've kissed
      Am                       Em
And I think to myself that how easy this is
Bb
Easy to breathe, easy to live
C                  Bb             Am
And I wonder why I tear myself in two
     C          Bb                      Am
Over how to be, what to say and what to do
      C                 Bb
And I know you liked me better then
      Am
And I know you liked me
D                   Am     Em
better when I was a fool
           Bb
...I was a fool
   Am    Em
...mm
           Bb
...I was a fool
   Am    Em
...mm

Am Em Bb
So I live in these days
But I still have my old ways
'cause the future,
somehow, has yet to arrive
And I see all around me the women on time
Kids and divorces and crisis in midlife
and do I surrender and give up my dream
for a brick in the wall and
a washing machine
grow up and get real
for a kid in their teens
who won't care what I've done
where I've been, what I've seen

C  Bb  Am
And I wonder why I tear myself in two
over who to be, how to be and what to do
and I know you liked me better then
and I know you liked me
D                   Am    Em
better when I was a fool
             Bb
...I...was a fool
           Am    Em
...I was a fool
           Bb
...I was a fool

Am Em Bb
I'm free to a fault
I'm 45
I'm playing guitar
I'm living my life
Fly down the highway
Sun on my face
I belong to nobody
I belong to no place