(itnro)  E   D6   A11   A   Cdim7   C#m
        E7   A7   C#7   G7   F#7   F   E7

 (verse 1)
E7                              A7
  Driving back from God knows where
E7                            A7  G#7  G7
  How'd you stay so long in Bloom ing ton?
C#7                          G7 F#7 F
  Trying to find out what it is a bout him

 (verse 2)
E7                              A7
  Then you find you're on your own
E7                           A7   G#7  G7
  Trying to find a place to hang your coat
C#7                            G7    F#7   F
  Can't you see that all your birds have flown away?

(refrão 1)
   E   D6 A11    A          Cdim7          C#m
  Yest er day's fool comes running back to you
   E   D6 A11    A       Cdim7            C#m
  Yest er day's fool is trying to play it cool
    E7              A7      C#7             G7
  Dropping out of school, breaking all the rules
  F#7  F              E7
  But who is fooling who?

 (verse 3)
E7                         A7
  Patterns never seem to change
E7                         A7   G#7   G7
  Same old heartache by a diffe rent name
C#7                               G7   F#7   F
  You start out happy but when it all falls down again

 (verse 4)
E7                        A7
  You can come and cry to me
E7                                     A7  G#7 G7
  But that's not the way that it's supposed to be
C#7                            G7  F#7  F
  Tell me, when are you gonna fina lly see?

(refrão 2)
       E   D6 A11    A    Cdim7          C#m
  I'm yest er day's fool running back to you
   E   D6 A11    A    Cdim7            C#m
  Yest er day's fool trying to play it cool
    E7              A7      C#7             G7
  Dropping out of school, breaking all the rules
  F#7  F              E7
  But who is fooling who?

(outro)
   E   D6 A11    A          Cdim7          C#m
  Yest er day's fool comes running back to you
   E   D6 A11    A       Cdim7            C#m
  Yest er day's fool is trying to play it cool
    E7              A7      C#7             G7
  Dropping out of school, breaking all the rules
  F#7  F                               E7    E7*
  But who is fooling, who is fooling?