You Were the Fool Lyrics

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
Collecting moonbeams in the morning
Curvy sticks and wooden poles
Assisting you in plugging holes
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
Of Jim and Dan prancing 'round the pool
You were the fool, and I feel sorry for you
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
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
Initiate the sequence, create catastrophe
__Chorus__
Think about it turn around
And go back to the quiet sound
Of Jim and Dan prancing 'round the pool
You were the fool, and I feel sorry for you
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
Collecting moonbeams in the morning
Curvy sticks and wooden poles
Assisting you in plugging holes
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
Of Jim and Dan prancing round the pool
You were the fool, and I feel sorry for you
You were the fool, but there's something you can do
You were the fool