What A Fool Believes Chords & Tabs

by The Doobie Brothers

[Version Description]
Mccdonald sings a very fluid melody in the verses, so it's easier to learn the groove than to follow the lyrics. Once you get the 3 parts down, it's a great song to jam with.
Strumming Patterns:
Pattern 1:
BPM: 121
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 203, 1, 203, 1, 101, 1, 101, 203, 101, 1, 203, 1, 101, 1, 202]
I play this fingerpicking simulating the keyboard chords. The voicings should be correct or very close to it.
Chords in parenthesis are turnarounds.
I tried to sync the chord changes to the lyrics, but you're probably better off getting the Intro groove down
and keeping it steady during the verses. Same with pre-chorus and chorus, though they keep the same melody.

[Intro]
F#maj7/G#    F#maj7    C#/F
D#m7         G#7      A#m7   (A7)
F#maj7/G#    F#maj7    C#/F
D#m7         G#7      A#m7   (A7)

[Verse 1]
             F#maj7/G#  F#maj7       C#/F  
He came from somewhere back in her long ago
D#m7 G#7         A#m7        A7
The sentimental fool don't see
       F#maj7/G#     F#maj7
Tryin' hard to recreate
         C#/F             
What had yet to be created
D#m7 G#7     A#m7
once in her life
     A7        F#maj7/G#
She musters a smile
F#maj7      C#/F      
for his nostalgic tale
D#m7 G#7      A#m7          A7       F#maj7/G#
Never coming near what he wanted to say
F#maj7   C#/F  
Only to realize
D#m7 G#7        A#m7
it never really was

[Pre-Chorus]
A#m7                   F#/G#
She had a place in his life
A#m7                      F#/G#
He never made her think twice
      D#m7  G#7    C#maj7 
As he rises to her apology
B7A#m7  D#m7       G#7    A#m7
Anybody else would surely know
                  A#m6
He's watching her go

[Chorus]
                F#m7         A/B 
But what a fool believes, he sees
                    E               C#m7A7
No wise man has the power to reason away
     F#m7      A/B
What seems to be
                      E      
Is always better than nothing
                C#m7
Than nothing at all

[Verse 2]
       A7         F#maj7/G#  F#maj7       C#/F  
Keeps sending him somewhere back in her long ago
D#m7  G#7             A#m7            A7          F#maj7/G#
Where he can still believe there's a place in her life
F#maj7       C#/F 
Someday, somewhere
D#m7 G#7 A#m7  
She will return

[Pre-Chorus]
A#m7                   F#/G#
She had a place in his life
A#m7                    F#/G#
He never made her think twice
      D#m7  G#7    C#maj7 
As he rises to her apology
B7A#m7  D#m7       G#7    A#m7
Anybody else would surely know
                  A#m6
He's watching her go

[Chorus]
                F#m7         A/B 
But what a fool believes, he sees
                    E               C#m7A7
No wise man has the power to reason away
     F#m7      A/B
What seems to be
                      E      
Is always better than nothing
                C#m7 A7
Than nothing at all
(repeat during fade out)