Ween – You Were The Fool (Guitar)

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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. *******************************
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)...