Fooled Around and Fell in Love

How to play Fooled Around and Fell in Love by Elvin Bishop on guitar

These are the sounding chords. With a capo on fret 1 you play A, E, G#m, D, the shapes the player above shows.

This song is a great pick if you want a smooth, catchy groove that sits in a comfortable mid-tempo feel. You get a steady, singable progression that repeats often, so it is easy to lock in and start sounding musical quickly.

The open shapes, F and Am, should feel friendlier under your fingers, while A# and D# ask for more control because they are barre shapes. The main thing to watch is the move from A# to F and then into Am, since that shift can expose any hesitation in your fretting hand.

Start by looping the opening progression slowly until each change feels clean. Then practice the harder barre shapes on their own, add the open shapes back in, and finally run the full cycle with a steady pulse until you can keep the changes relaxed at speed.

Use the play-along above to follow each chord change in time with the music, or learn the shapes first with the chord diagrams below.