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If You Could Save Yourself Youd Save Us All

by Ween

Biography:

Ween is an American alternative rock & experimental rock band that formed in 1984 in New Hope, Pennsylvania when Aaron Freeman (aka Gene Ween) and Mickey Melchiondo (aka Dean Ween) met in an eighth grade typing class. After a 28-year run, Freeman quit the band in 2012, citing the need to focus on his alcohol and drug addiction issues. Nonetheless, Ween reformed in late 2015 and is currently touring with no stated plans to release new recorded material.

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"If You Could Save Yourself (You'd Save Us All)" by Ween
From the album "Quebec"

Pretty song...

INTRO (Play this chord progression once): F-A7-D-Bb

VERSE I: (I'm not entirely sure about the E7, but it sounds acceptable enough while
the song...any corrections are definitely welcome.)

D E7
On a free ride home from the embassy
A7 E7 A7 D
I saw the governor, and his lover, holding hands
D E7
When I got to my place, I emptied my suitcase
A7 E7 A7 D
And opened the windows wide

CHORUS: (No chord until "save")
F A7
If you could save yourself, you'd save us all
D Bb
Is that what you called me for, is that why you're knocking on my door
F A7
The time I've spent, working myself to death
D Bb
Thought that's what you wanted, I thought you needed my help
F A7
To make it good again, to makes us strong
Bb F
To make you happy, to push you along
A7
And gain some respect, to be thrown a crumb
Bb F
I was on my knees when you knocked me down

VERSE II:

D
The wheels fell off, the bottom dropped out
E7
The checks all bounced, I came in your mouth
A7 E7 A7 D
Your mother came calling but there was no one around
D
The trash caught fire when the leaves turned brown
E7
The vultures were circling when the circus left town
A7 E7 A7 D
I left you a note but I wrote it in disappearing ink...

CHORUS:

F A7
If you could save yourself, you'd save us all
D Bb
Is that what you called me for, is that why you're knocking on my door
F A7
The time I've spent, working myself to death
D Bb
Thought that's what you wanted, I thought you needed my help
F A7
To make it good again, to makes us strong
Bb F
To make you happy, to push you along
A7
And gain some respect, to be thrown a crumb
Bb F
I was on my knees when you knocked me down

~Outgoing chord progression (during keyboard solo):
F-A7-Bb(Bb is held for awhile, listen to the song)-F
~or~
F-A7-Bb (again, held awhile), then play this descending progression, strumming each
once: Bb, Am, Gm, F (Although I think this sounds a bit corny...up to you.)

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BURN THE DEVICE!!!