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.
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E
Bless the father bless the son
E
Cross your heart 'cause you're the one
A E
Collecting moonbeams in the morning
(E)
E
Curvy sticks and wooden poles
E
Assisting you in plugging holes
A E
Plug them holes till you see straight through to the mind's eye
(E)
__Chorus__
D
Think about it turn around
A
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
(E)
__Verse__
E
You can wash your arm in a pool of mud
E
You can chop a tree, prevent a flood
A E
You can speak with a turtle just by flipping him around
(E)
E
You can build a boat, and sail the sea
E
You can buy a moat and forge a key
A E
Initiate the sequence, create catastrophe
(E)
__Chorus__
D
Think about it turn around
A
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
(E)
__Verse__
E
Bless the father, bless the son
E
Cross your heart 'cause you're the one
A E
Collecting moonbeams in the morning
(E)
E
Curvy sticks and wooden poles
E
Assisting you in plugging holes
A E
Plug them holes till you see straight through to the mind's eye
(E)
__Chorus__
D
Think about it turn around
A
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
E
You were the fool
(E)...
