IF YOU COULD SAVE YOURSELF (YOU'D SAVE US ALL) - words and music by Ween
**from the album "Quebec"
If You Could Save Yourself (You'd Save Us All) - by Ween
Thx Steve from AMW and Deaner for the chorus and Whiff79 for the lyrics
It's out the Trenton show from 02/07/02
For the verses it's picking and the strummng pattern for the chorus is quite easy.
Chords :
F Am Bb D C A E
E:-1- -x- -1- -x- -x- -x- -0-
A:-3- -0- -1- -0- -3- -0- -2-
D:-3- -2- -3- -0- -2- -2- -2-
G:-2- -2- -3- -2- -0- -2- -1-
B:-1- -1- -3- -3- -1- -2- -0-
e:-1- -0- -1- -2- -0- -0- -0-
Intro :
F Am D Bb
D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
on a free ride home from the embassy
A (x02220@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
i saw the governor and his lover
C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
holding hands
Dwhen (xx0232@1)i got to my place
Ci (x32010@1)emptied my suitcase
A E D
and opened the windows wide
F Am
if you could save yourself, you'd save us all
Dis (xx0232@1)that what you called me for?
Bbis (x1333x@1)that why you're knocking on my door?
Fthe (133211@1)time i've spent
Amworking (x02210@1)myself to death
Dthought (xx0232@1)that's what you wanted
Bbi (x1333x@1)thought you needed my help
Fto (133211@1)make it good again
A7to (x02020@1)make us strong
Bbto (x1333x@1)make you happy
Fto (133211@1)push you along
Am Am Am F
and gain some respect
A7to (x02020@1)be be thrown a crumb
Bbi (x1333x@1)was on my kness
Fwhen (133211@1)you knocked me down
The wheels fell off, the bottom dropped out
The checks all bounced, I came in your mouth
Your mother came calling but there was no one around
The trash caught fire when the leaves turned brown
The vultures were circling when the circus left town
I left you a note but I wrote it in disappearing ink
If you could save yourself, you'd save us all
Is that what you called me for, is that why you're knocking on my door?
The time I've spent, working myself to death
Thought that's what you wanted
I thought you needed my help
To make it good again, to make us strong
To make you happy, to push you along
And gain some respect, to be thrown a crumb
I was on my knees, when you knocked me down
(repeat chorus)
Break and Outro :
F A7 Bb
F A7 Bb