Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1956)
Key: :[F#] (w: Frankie Lymon, Goldner) (Diana Ross, 1981, Key: E)
INTRO:
[F#] Ooh
[D#m] wah,
[B] ooh
[C#] wah
[F#] Ooh
[D#m] wah,
[B] ooh
[C#] wah
[F#] Ooh
[D#m] wah,
[B] ooh
[C#] wah
[F#] Why do fools fall in love?
VERSE 1:
[F#] Why do
[D#m] birds
[B] sing
[C#] so
[F#] gay?
[D#m]
And
[B] lovers a-
[C#]-wait the
[F#] break of
[D#m] day
[B] Why do they
[C#] fall in
[F#] love?
[D#m] [B] [C#]
VERSE 2:
[F#] Why
[D#m] [B] does the
[C#] rain
[F#] fall from a-
[D#m]-bove?
[B] Why do
[C#] fools
[F#] fall in
[D#m] love?
[B] Why do they
[C#] fall in
[F#] love?
[D#m] [B] [C#]
BRIDGE 1:
[B] Love is a losing game,
[F#] love can make you feel ashame
[B] I know of a fool, you see,
[C#] for that fool is me
INTERLUDE:
Tell me
[F#] why
[D#m] [B],
[C#] whyyy
[F#] [D#m] [B]
[C#] Whyyy
[F#] [D#m] [B],
[C#] tell me
[F#] why
[D#m] [B] [C#]
VERSE 3:
[F#] Why do
[D#m] birds
[B] sing
[C#] so
[F#] gay?
[D#m]
And
[B] lovers a-
[C#]-wait the
[F#] break of
[D#m] day
[B] Why do they
[C#] fall in
[F#] love?
[D#m] [B] [C#]
BRIDGE 2:
[B] Why does my heart,
[F#] skip a crazy beat?
[B] Before I know it will,
[C#] reach defeat
INTERLUDE:
Tell me
[F#] why
[D#m] [B],
[C#] whyyy
[F#] [D#m] [B]
[C#] Whyyy
[F#] [D#m] [B],
[C#] tell me
[F#] why
[D#m] [B] [C#]
OUTRO:
[B] Why do
[C#] fools fall in
[F#] love?
[B] [F# open] 