Standard Tuning/ 
capo 1st fret 

Intro: 
Bm       A      G x5 

Bm 


Bm         A               G 
She wore a dress that Mara Lisa had sewn  
Bm       A         G  
And everybody just laughed  
Bm            A            G 
The boys were suited up on Mexican rose  
Bm                 A             G 
They spilled their wine on their pants  
Bm        A             G 
A distant cousin of her brother had come  
Bm          A               G 
He tore the sheets from her bed  
Bm           A             G 
She felt the poison of the barreling sun  
Bm           A             G 
She felt the weight of his hands  

   
Bm     D                A            G 
Fool's gold can buy you anything you want  
Bm     A            G          Quick A 
Fool's gold, fool's gold  

Bm    A     G x2  
  
Bm         A            G  
Her sister Hattie had a ship  
Bm     A           G 
But it had no sail  
Bm          A              G 
Her husband hit her and he split her lip  
Bm           A              G  
He said he'd kill her if he thought she would tell  
Bm               A            G  
The streets were empty on the 4th of July  
Bm        A             G 
The fires burned in the sticks  
Bm             A                G 
The bells were ringing from the church of the saints  
A 
Made of Mexican brick  

   
Bm     D                A            G   
Fool's gold can buy you anything you want  
Bm     A            G         
Fool's gold, fool's gold    
      Bm  
Fools Gold   
   
   
Bm    A      G  x4 (over solo)  
   

Bm               A                G 
They watched her walk in from the roof of their house  
Bm        A          G 
She had a gun in her purse  
Bm   A               G 
Mara Lisa could have left on a train   
Bm         A              G 
She wasn't sure which was worse  
Bm          A             G 
Her brother Daniel knew a guy in the stretch  
Bm          A             G 
He had some horses and a grudge  
Bm        A            G 
The other option was a Mexican jail  
A 
And a crooked judge  

  
Bm     D                A            G   
Fool's gold can buy you anything you want  
Bm     A            G        Quick A 
Fool's gold, fool's gold  
   
Bm     D                A            G   
Fool's gold can buy you anything you want  
Bm     A            G         
Fool's gold, fool's gold    
      Bm  
Fools Gold 


Bm    A      G x4 (over solo)  


Bm          A             G   
They cast a shadow on the dusted remains  
Bm         A               G 
The broken bottles cut the earth  
Bm        A              G         
She saw a rifle sticking out of the brush  
Bm              A            G 
She grabbed the gun from her purse  
Bm   A              G              
Mara Lisa threw the sacks in the car  
Bm          A            G  
The bullets cut into the breeze  
Bm     A                G          
Fool's gold can buy you Mexican jewels  
A 
But it can't buy the police  
   
   
  
Bm     D                A            G   
Fool's gold can buy you anything you want  
Bm     A            G        Quick A 
Fool's gold, fool's gold  
   
Bm     D                A            G   
Fool's gold can buy you anything you want  
Bm     A            G         
Fool's gold, fool's gold    
      Bm  
Fools Gold   


Outro: 
Bm       A      G   (fade out over solo)