Am G Em D
Am G C
Am G Em D
What did I see, fool that I was?
Am G C
Oh, a goddess with wings on her heels.
Am G Em D
All my illusions projected on her;
Am G C
The ideal that I wanted to see.
D C D C
What did I know, fool that I was?
Bb G F G F G F G F G G
Oh, little by little I learned
D C
My friends were dismayed
D C
To see me betrayed,
Bb G F G F G F G F G G
But they knew they could never tell me.
Am G Em D
What did I care, fool that I was?
Am G C
Oh, little by little I burned,
Am G Em D
Maybe sometimes, there might be a flaw,
Am G C
But how pretty the picture was back then.
D C D C
What did I do, fool that I was,
Bb G F G F G F G F G G
To profit from youthful mistakes?
D C
It's shameful to tell
D C
How often I fell
Bb G F G F G F G F G G
In love with delusions again.
Am G Em D
Am G C x2
D C D C
What did I do, the fool that I was,
Bb G F G F G F G F G G
To profit from youthful mistakes?
D C
So shameful to tell
D C
Just how often I fell
Bb G F G F G F G F G G
In love with illusions again!
Am G Em D
Am G C
