Ween - You Were The Fool

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 ) . . .