This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research Song: Heartaches of a Fool Artist: Willie Nelson Transcribed by: Badger709 Recorded by Willie Nelson [3/4 time] Written by Walt Breeland, Paul Buskirk, Willie Nelson I love this song. It was one of the songs that I wanted to play when I started to play guitar, but for a beginner that G7 can be ugly, but once you get that down the rest is pretty easy. The nice thing about this song for a beginner is that it can be played as slow as you want and still sounds great. People will think that you are playing slow to capture the emotions in the song. At least that's what I tell them. Play to make your self happy and then everything sounds good. I first heard this song in a episode of the Rockford Files (Season 5-Ep 1), so you know it has to be good. (I got most of this version from Classic-country-song-lyrics.com)

^GStarted out with the ^G7dreams And the ^Cplans of a ^Gwise man And ended ^Cup with the ^D7heartaches of a ^Gfool

As a boy I would ^Cwalk through the ^Gvalley Gazed at the ^D7world all a^Ground Made a vow that some^G7how I would ^Cfind fame and ^Gfortune I ^Cfound it but ^D7look at me ^Gnow

I had a sweetheart who would ^Clove me for^Gever Didn't need her I would ^D7reign all a^Glone And look at me I'm the ^G7king of a ^Ccold lonely ^G7castle The ^Cqueen of my ^D7heart is ^Ggone

So get around me you ^Cfools for a ^Gdollar Listen to me a ^D7lesson you'll ^Glearn Wealth there's happiness and ^G7love sent from ^Cheaven ^Gabove

And the ^Cfires of am^D7bition will ^Gburn ^GStarted out with the ^G7dreams And the ^Cplans of a ^Gwise man And ended ^Cup with the ^D7heartaches of a ^Gfool

Willie Nelson - Heartaches of a fool