Intro
A C#m B B
[Verse 1]
A C#m
Crawled up beside you
B
And I was yours to hold
A C#m
Still learning how to
B
But I was yours to love
[Pre-Chorus 1]
G#m A C#m
I, I, I, I, I
B
Painted you in gold
A C#m
When I, I, I, I, I
B
Held you high above it all
[Chorus]
A C#m
Are we chasing it still?
B
Will we ever have it like we had it?
Fool's love
A C#m B
When we thought it was real, did we really have it?
Or was it only fool's gold?
[Post-Chorus]
A C#m
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
B
I, I, I, I, I
A C#m
Painted you in gold
B
Will I ever find it like we had it?
Fool's gold
A C#m B B
[Verse 2]
A C#m
Years have passed us
B
I wonder where you are
A C#m
Would you forgive me
B
If I apologise now?
[Pre-Chorus 2]
A C#m
I, I, I, I, I
B
Painted you in gold
A C#m
Remind me
B
How we lost it all
[Chorus]
A C#m
Are we chasing it still?
B
Will we ever have it like we had it?
Fool's love
A C#m B
When we thought it was real, did we really have it?
Or was it only fool's gold?
[Post-Chorus]
A C#m
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
B
I, I, I, I, I
A C#m
Painted you in gold
B
Will I ever find it like we had it?
Fool's gold
A C#m E G#m
[Bridge]
C#m E
Thought we knew love like a love song
G#m
Just cause we learned all the words
A C#m E
But you don't realise until the love's gone
G#m A
Singing it all wrong
C#m E
Yeah, heartache to heartache, we fight on
G#m
Promises blinding the truth
A C#m
But the truth is it was useless
E
You and me were just fool's gold
A C#m B B
[Chorus]
A C#m
Are we chasing it still?
B
Will we ever have it like we had it?
Fool's love
A C#m B
When we thought it was real, did we really have it?
B
Or was it only fool's gold?
[Post-Chorus]
A C#m
Oh oh oh oh oh
B
I, I, I, I, I
A C#m
Painted you in gold
B
Will I ever find it like we had it?
E A
Fool's gold
[Outro]
C#m B
Fool's gold
A C#m
Fool's gold
B
Will I ever have it like we had it?
C#m
Fool's gold