April Fools

Words & Music by Hal David & Burt Bacharach
Recorded by Dionne Warwick, 1969


Intro:  
||:  AM7 | AM7 | DM7 | DM7 :||

AM7 A  AM7       E7/6  F#m      DM7  D6 D9
In  an  A - pril dream once you came to me,

E7   D9  DM7       E7        Bm7-5     E7-9
When you smiled, I looked in - to your eyes

Fdim  F#m  F#m/E  Cdim   B7     F7   E7
And I knew        I'd be loving you and.

AM7   A  AM7       E7/6   Fdim   E7    Bm7-5  E7-9  Fdim      AM7
Then you touched my hand, and I learned April dreams can come true.
 

Refrain:

D9  E7 AM7  D9    AM7    D9  E7    AM7         D9   E7-9   Fdim E7
Are we just April fools, who can't see all the dan - ger around us?

D9  E7   AM7  D9    AM7   F#7       D     Bm7-5 E7-9     Fdim  E7  A 
If we're just April fools, I don't care -- true love has found us now.

 

AM7    A  AM7    E7/6  F#m      DM7   D6    D9
Lit - tle did we know where the road would lead;

E7   D9  DM7    E7              Bm7-5 E7-9 Fdim    F#m  F#m/E  
Here we are, a million miles a - way  from the past, 

Cdim   B7     F7   E7
Traveling so fast now.

AM7     A  AM7     E7/6  Fdim   E7   Bm7-5      E7-9  Fdim     AM7
There's no turning back, if our sweet  A - pril dream doesn't last.



Repeat Refrain:

Though it is not credited here, there's a version recorded by Vanessa Williams in 1996 that is an especially worthwhile listen.

The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.