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Ween - You Were the Fool
From the amazing album 12 Golden Country Greats
The song's signature is the little hammer-ons he hits when playing the E chord.  As he
strums the E, he does 0h2 hammer-ons on the A, D, and G strings.  Listen to the song to
hear it.
When solo, Gene sometimes puts a capo on the second fret, but with Ween I'm pretty sure
he didn't use the capo.
I think it sounds better with the capo on 2, but that may just be because I have more
trouble hitting the hammer-ons with no capo.  Also, the E is the only chord he plays open,
all the others are barre chords.  I have simplified those barre chords; there's probably 
some 7th stuff happening that I'm not smart enough to figure out.  And don't miss the
surprise C chord near the end.
*******************************
EBless the father bless the son
ECross your heart 'cause you're the one
CollAecting moonbeams in the Emorning
(E)
ECurvy sticks and wooden poles
EAssisting you in plugging holes
APlug them holes till you see straight Ethrough to the mind's eye
(E)
__Chorus__
DThink about it turn around
AAnd go back to the quiet sound
Of CJim and Dan prancing 'round the Dpool
You were the Efool, and I feel Asorry for Eyou
You were the Efool, but there's Dsomething you can Ado
 (E)
__Verse__
You can Ewash your arm in a pool of mud
You can Echop a tree, prevent a flood
You can Aspeak with a turtle just by Eflipping him around
(E)
You can Ebuild a boat, and sail the sea
You can Ebuy a moat and forge a key
InAitiate the sequence, cEreate catastrophe
(E)
__Chorus__
DThink about it turn around
And Ago back to the quiet sound
Of CJim and Dan prancing 'round the Dpool
You were the Efool, and I feel Asorry for Eyou
You were the Efool, but there's Dsomething you can Ado
(E)
__Verse__
EBless the father, bless the son
ECross your heart 'cause you're the one
ACollecting moonbeams in the Emorning
(E)
ECurvy sticks and wooden poles
EAssisting you in plugging holes
APlug them holes till you see straight Ethrough to the mind's eye
(E)
__Chorus__
DThink about it turn around
And Ago back to the quiet sound
Of CJim and Dan prancing round the Dpool
You were the Efool, and I feel Asorry for Eyou
You were the Efool, but there's Dsomething you can Cdo
You were the Efool
(E)...

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You Were The Fool

by Ween

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

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Ween - You Were the Fool

From the amazing album 12 Golden Country Greats

The song's signature is the little hammer-ons he hits when playing the E chord. As he

strums the E, he does 0h2 hammer-ons on the A, D, and G strings. Listen to the song to

hear it.

When solo, Gene sometimes puts a capo on the second fret, but with Ween I'm pretty sure

he didn't use the capo.

I think it sounds better with the capo on 2, but that may just be because I have more

trouble hitting the hammer-ons with no capo. Also, the E is the only chord he plays open,

all the others are barre chords. I have simplified those barre chords; there's probably

some 7th stuff happening that I'm not smart enough to figure out. And don't miss the

surprise C chord near the end.

*******************************

Bless the father bless the son

Cross your heart 'cause you're the one

A E

Collecting moonbeams in the morning

()

Curvy sticks and wooden poles

Assisting you in plugging holes

A E

Plug them holes till you see straight through to the mind's eye

()

__Chorus__

Think about it turn around

And go back to the quiet sound

C D

Of Jim and Dan prancing 'round the pool

E A E

You were the fool, and I feel sorry for you

E D A

You were the fool, but there's something you can do

()

__Verse__

You can wash your arm in a pool of mud

You can chop a tree, prevent a flood

A E

You can speak with a turtle just by flipping him around

()

You can build a boat, and sail the sea

You can buy a moat and forge a key

A E

Initiate the sequence, create catastrophe

()

__Chorus__

Think about it turn around

And go back to the quiet sound

C D

Of Jim and Dan prancing 'round the pool

E A E

You were the fool, and I feel sorry for you

E D A

You were the fool, but there's something you can do

()

__Verse__

Bless the father, bless the son

Cross your heart 'cause you're the one

A E

Collecting moonbeams in the morning

()

Curvy sticks and wooden poles

Assisting you in plugging holes

A E

Plug them holes till you see straight through to the mind's eye

()

__Chorus__

Think about it turn around

And go back to the quiet sound

C D

Of Jim and Dan prancing round the pool

E A E

You were the fool, and I feel sorry for you

E D C

You were the fool, but there's something you can do

You were the fool

()...

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