Intro
AGEDAGC
Verse 1
AmGEmD
What did I see, fool that I was?
AmGC
Oh, a goddess with wings on her heels.
AmGEmD
All my illusions projected on her;
AmGC
The ideal that I wanted to see.
Chorus 1
DCDC
What did I know, fool that I was?
BbGFGFGFGFGG
Oh, little by little I learned
DC
My friends were dismayed
DC
To see me betrayed,
BbG
But they knew they could never tell me.
Verse 2
AmGEmD
What did I care, fool that I was?
AmGC
Oh, little by little I burned,
AmGEmD
Maybe sometimes, there might be a flaw,
AmGC
But how pretty the picture was back then.
Chorus 2
DCDC
What did I do, fool that I was,
BbGG
To profit from youthful mistakes?
DC
It's shameful to tell
DC
How often I fell
BbGG
In love with delusions again.
Solo
AmGEmD
Am G C x2
Chorus 3
DCDC
What did I do, the fool that I was,
BbGG
To profit from youthful mistakes?
DC
So shameful to tell
DC
Just how often I fell
BbGG
In love with illusions again!
AGEDAmGC
Oh a goddess with wings on her heels.