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Tuning:
DON'T ASK ME NO QUESTIONS
As recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd
(From the 1974 Album SECOND HELPING)
Words and Music by Gary Rossington & Ronnie Van Zant
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Allen Collins - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gary Rossington - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Moderately Q=132
G D C
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
H E E E E +Q q E E E E +Q q E E E E +Q q E Q E
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------------|---------x---6-7-|-(7)--7--x-x-4-5-|-(5)--5--5s3----|
|--------2-4-5-|-(5)--5--x---6-7-|-(7)--7--x-x-4-5-|-(5)--5--5s3--5-|
|--------2-4-5-|-(5)--5--x-0-4-5-|-(5)--5--x-x-2-3-|-(3)--3--3s1--5-|
|--------0-2-3-|-(3)--3----------|-----------------|--------------3-|
GGtr II (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.) D C
< <
W W W W
|-----------------|-15--------------|-----------------|-15-------------|
|-----------------|-15--------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr I
| +Q q E E E E +Q q E E E E +Q q E E E E +Q q E Q E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------x---6-7-|-(7)--7--x-x-4-5-|-(5)--5--5s3----|
|-(5)--5--x-2-4-5-|-(5)--5--x---6-7-|-(7)--7--x-x-4-5-|-(5)--5--5s3--5-|
|-(5)--5--x-2-4-5-|-(5)--5--x-0-4-5-|-(5)--5--x-x-2-3-|-(3)--3--3s1--5-|
|-(3)--3--x-0-2-3-|-(3)--3----------|-----------------|--------------3-|
G C D G
W H E E E E H E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|--8------8---8-9-|-10-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------11-10-8-|-(8)--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|------9-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|----------9-8-7-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|
| +Q q E E E E +Q q q E E E E E E +E E E E +Q q q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------5--5-------|--------------------4-|-(4)--4---4-----4-|
|-(5)--5--x-2-4-5-|-(5)--5--5-----9-|----7---7-(7)--7----5-|-(5)--5---5-----5-|
|-(5)--5--x-2-4-5-|-(5)--3--3-----5-|----5---5-(5)--5----5-|-(5)--5---5-----5-|
|-(3)--3--x-0-2-3-|-(3)-------------|--------------------3-|-(3)--3---3-----3-|
1st Verse
+W C W DW G W
|----------------||----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|----------------||----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|----------------||----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-(5)------------||----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|----------------||----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|----------------||----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|
| Q q q E E +Q Q Q E E E E E E +E E E E +Q Q Q E E
|----------------||----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|----------------||----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|--4---4--4----5-||-(5)--5--5------|-----------------4-|-(4)--4--4----4-|
|--5---5--5----5-||-(5)--5--5----9-|---7---7-(7)-7---5-|-(5)--5--5----5-|
|-(5)--5--5----3-||-(3)--3--3----5-|---5---5-(5)-5---5-|-(5)--5--5----5-|
|-(3)--3--3------||----------------|-----------------3-|-(3)--3--3----3-|
Gtr I C D G
+Q Q Q E E +Q q E E E E E E E E +E E E E +Q q q E E
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-(4)--4--4----5-|-(5)--5--5-5-----|-----------------4-|-(4)--4--4----4-|
|-(5)--5--5----5-|-(5)--5--5-5---9-|---7---7-(7)-7---5-|-(5)--5--5----5-|
|-(5)--5--5----3-|-(3)--3--3-3---5-|---5---5-(5)-5---5-|-(5)--5--5----5-|
|-(3)--3--3------|-----------------|-----------------3-|-(3)--3--3----3-|
+Q q E E E E C+Q q E E E E DE E E E +E E E E Em+Q Q Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-(4)--4----4---5-|-(5)--5--5-5-----|-----------------9-|-(9)--9--9\----5-|
|-(5)--5----5---5-|-(5)--5--5-5---9-|---7---7-(7)-7---9-|-(9)--9--9\----5-|
|-(5)--5----5---3-|-(3)--3--3-3---5-|---5---5-(5)-5---7-|-(7)--7--7\----3-|
|-(3)--3----3-----|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
C+E Q E E E E E G+Q Q a E E E E D+Q Q E E E E C+Q Q a E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-(5)-5------------|-------------------|------7--7-------|------5------0-------|
|-(5)-5------5---5-|-(5)--5------------|------7--7-------|------5--1S2---0-----|
|-(3)-3--5s7---7-5-|-(5)--5------5---5-|-(5)--5--5-0-2-3-|-(3)--3--------------|
|----------------3-|-(3)--3--5S7---7---|-----------------|-----------------3---|
+Q Q E E E E C+Q q q E E DE E E E +E E E E G +Q q q E E
|-----------------|----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|---------------5-|-(5)--5--5------|--------------------|---------------------|
|------5--5-5-5-5-|-(5)--5--5----9-|---7---7-(7)-7-7-12-|-(12)--12--12----/12-|
|------5--5-5-5-3-|-(3)--3--3----5-|---5---5-(5)-5-5-10-|-(10)--10--10----/10-|
|-(3)--3--3-3-3---|----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
2nd Verse
+E E E E E E E E C+Q q q E E
|-----------------------||----------------|
|-----------------------||----------------|
|---------------------5-||-(5)--5--5------|
|-(12)-12-12-----12---5-||-(5)--5--5----9-|
|-(10)-10-10-----10---3-||-(3)--3--3----5-|
|-----------------------||----------------|
DE E E E +E E E E G +Q q q E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---7---7-(7)-7-7-12-|-(12)--12--12----12-|
|---5---5-(5)-5-5-10-|-(10)--10--10----10-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
+E E E E E E E E C+Q q q E E
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|---------------------5-|-(5)--5--5------|
|-(12)-12-12-----12---5-|-(5)--5--5----9-|
|-(10)-10-10-----10---3-|-(3)--3--3----5-|
|-----------------------|----------------|
D+E E E E +E E E E G+Q Q E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------4-|-(4)--4--4-----4-|
|-(9)-7---7-(7)-7---5-|-(5)--5--5-----5-|
|-(5)-5---5-(5)-5---5-|-(5)--5--5-----5-|
|-------------------3-|-(3)--3--3-----3-|
Gtr II C
W W
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr I
| +E E Q E E E E +Q q q E E
|------------------|----------------|
|------------3-----|----------------|
|-(4)-4-5--4-4---5-|-(5)--5--5------|
|-(5)-5-5--5-5---5-|-(5)--5--5----9-|
|-(5)-5-5--5-5---3-|-(3)--3--3----5-|
|-(3)-3-3--3-3-----|----------------|
D Em
W H Q E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------10b12==|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|
| +E E E E +E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------9-|-(9)--9---------------|
|-(9)-7---7-(7)-7---9-|-(9)--9--9S7-5--------|
|-(5)-5---5-(5)-5---7-|-(7)--7---------------|
|---------------------|----------------8-----|
C G
+E E E E E E E E Q E E a E E E E
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------7-|
|-(10)r-10---------10-------|--------------5---5-|
|--------8---10S12----12-10-|--3---3-3-5S7---7---|
|
| +E Q E E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|--------5------------------|--------------------|
|--------5----------5-----5-|-(5)--5-------------|
|--------3----5S=7-----7--5-|-(5)--5-------5---5-|
|--(8)--------------------3-|-(3)--3-----7---7---|
D+Q Q E E E E C+Q Q a E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|------5---------------||
|-(7)--7--7-------|------5-------5-------||
|-(5)--5--5-0-2-3-|-(3)--3--5-/7---7-----||
|-----------------|------------------3---||
|
| +Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------||
|------7--7-------|------5-------0-------||
|------7--7-------|------5-----2---0-----||
|-(5)--5--5-0-2-3-|-(3)--3---------------||
|-----------------|------------------3---||
Chorus
GGtrs I, II D C
+Q E E E E E E +Q q E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q q E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------5-6-7-|-(7)--7\----------|------5--5-------|
|------5---5-------|------5----5-6-7-|-(7)--7\----------|------5--5-------|
|------5---5-------|------5----3-4-5-|-(5)--5\----0-2-3-|-(3)--3--3-------|
|-(3)--3---3-0-2-3-|-(3)--3----------|------------------|-----------6s5-3-|
G+Q q E E E E +Q Q E E E E D+Q Q E E E E C+Q q E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------5-6-7-|-(7)--7\----------|------5--5-------||
|------5--5-------|------5----5-6-7-|-(7)--7\----------|------5--5-------||
|------5--5-------|------5----3-4-5-|-(5)--5\----0-2-3-|-(3)--3--3-------||
|-(3)--3--3-0-2-3-|-(3)--3----------|------------------|-----------6s5-3-||
Guitar Solo
GGtr II C D G
Q E E E E E E +H E E E E E Q. E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|------8---8-7-8-8-|-(8)-----8-6-8-8S|=10-6------------6---|-----------------3-|
|------------------|-----------------|------------8--6---8-|-(8)--8-6----------|
|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|----------\5-3-----|
|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------5---|
|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| +Q Q E E E E +Q Q Q E E E E E E +E E E E +Q Q Q E E
|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------5--5-------|-------------------4-|-(4)--4----4-----4-|
|------5---x-2-4-5-|-(5)--5--5-----9-|----7----7-(7)-7---5-|-(5)--5----5-----5-|
|------5---x-2-4-5-|-(5)--3--3-----5-|----5----5-(5)-5---5-|-(5)--5----5-----5-|
|-(3)--3---x-0-2-3-|-(3)-------------|-------------------3-|-(3)--3----3-----3-|
+Q E E E E E E C Q E E S +S E E E
|-(3)--3------------|----------------------3---|
|--------6----------|--------------------3---3-|
|----------\5-3-5-5-|--5---5-3-5b7==(5)r-----3-|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|
| +Q Q Q E E +Q Q Q E E
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-(4)--4----4-----5-|-(5)--5---5---------------|
|-(5)--5----5-----5-|-(5)--5---5-------------9-|
|-(5)--5----5-----3-|-(3)--3---3-------------5-|
|-(3)--3----3-------|--------------------------|
D G
+Q E E E E E E +E Q. H
|----------------6-----|-----------------------|
|-(3)--------------6-8-|-(8)-8b11----8b11------|
|-(3)---------7--------|-----------------------|
|-------5-3/-----------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| E E E E +E E E E +Q Q Q E E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------4-|-(4)------4--4-------4-|
|-----7---7--(7)-7---5-|-(5)------5--5-------5-|
|-----5---5--(5)-5---5-|-(5)------5--5-------5-|
|--------------------3-|-(3)------3--3-------3-|
E E Q E +E E E C+Q E E E Q E
|--------------------------------|------------6b8-----|
|--8b11-8b11-8b11--8pb11r(8)-6-8-|-(8)--8-6-8---------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------|
|
| +Q Q Q E E +Q Q Q E E
|--------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------|
|-(4)--------4-----4-----------5-|-(5)--5---5---------|
|-(5)--------5-----5-----------5-|-(5)--5---5-------9-|
|-(5)--------5-----5-----------3-|-(3)--3---3-------5-|
|-(3)--------3-----3-------------|--------------------|
DE E E E E S +S Q G Q E E Q Q
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
|------11-12-13--13b15==(13)r-11---|----------------11/---|
|---12-----------------------------|-12---12-10-12--------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E +E E E E +Q Q Q E E
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------4-|-(4)---4-----4------4-|
|----7-----7-(7)--7--------------5-|-(5)---5-----5------5-|
|----5-----5-(5)--5--------------5-|-(5)---5-----5------5-|
|--------------------------------3-|-(3)---3-----3------3-|
Q E E E +E E E C +Q E E E +E E E
|------15----------------------|-------------18b20==(18)r-18----|
|---------18-------------------|-----------------------------15-|
|------------17pb19r(17)-15-17-|-(17)--17-15--------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| +Q Q E E E E +Q Q Q E E
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-(4)---4-------------4------5-|--(5)---5-----5-----------------|
|-(5)---5-------------5------5-|--(5)---5-----5---------------9-|
|-(5)---5-------------5------3-|--(3)---3-----3---------------5-|
|-(3)---3-------------3--------|--------------------------------|
D G
+Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|------------------------15-|-(15)-----------------15-|
|-(15)------15--------------|----------15-------------|
|--------17----15--16-17----|-------17----15-16-17----|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| E E E E +E E E E +Q Q Q E E
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------4-|--(4)---4-----4--------4-|
|------7-----7-(7)--7-----5-|--(5)---5-----5--------5-|
|------5-----5-(5)--5-----5-|--(5)---5-----5--------5-|
|-------------------------3-|--(3)---3-----3--------3-|
~~~~
+Q E E S +S S +S S +S E
|-(15)--18-18b19-18b20r(18)-18b20r(18)-18b20r(18)-15-||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|
| +Q Q E E E E
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|--(4)---4-------------------4---------------------5-||
|--(5)---5-------------------5---------------------5-||
|--(5)---5-------------------5---------------------3-||
|--(3)---3-------------------3-----------------------||
3rd Verse
C D G
~~~~~~
+W W W
|-(15)-------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| +Q Q E E E E E E E E +E E E E +Q q q E E
|------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|--(5)--5--5-----7-|---7---7-(7)-7-7-12-|-(12)--12--12----12--|
|--(5)--5--5-----7-|---7---7-(7)-7-7-12-|-(12)--12--12----12--|
|--(3)--3--3-----5-|---5---5-(5)-5-5-10-|-(10)--10--10----10--|
|------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
Gtr I C D G
+Q q E E E E +Q q q E E +E E e E +E E e E +Q q q E E
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------|
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------|
|-(12)--12--12-12---5-|-(5)--5--5------|-------------------4-|-(4)--5--4----4-|
|-(12)--12--12-12---5-|-(5)--5--5----7-|-(7)-7-9-7-(7)-7-9-5-|-(5)--5--5----5-|
|-(10)--10--10-10---3-|-(3)--3--3----5-|-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-(5)--5--5----5-|
|---------------------|----------------|-------------------3-|-(3)--3--3----3-|
+Q q E E E CE +Q Q E E E E DE E E E +E E E E Em+Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-(4)--5--6-7---5-|-(5)--5--5-5-----|-----------------7-|-(7)--7--7\--5-5-|
|-(5)--5--6-7---5-|-(5)--5--5-5---9-|---7---7-(7)-7-7h9-|-(9)--9--9p7-5h7-|
|-(5)--5--4-5---3-|-(3)--3--3-3---5-|---5---5-(5)-5-----|-----------------|
|-(3)--3----------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
C G
+E E E E E E E E Q E E a E E E E
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-(5)-5-------------|------------------|
|-(7)-5-------5-----|----------------7-|
|---------5S7---7-5-|------------5---5-|
|-------------------|-3--3-3-5s7---7---|
D+Q Q E E E E C+Q Q a E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|------5--------------||
|-(7)--7--7-------|------5------5-------||
|-(5)--5--5-0-2-3-|-(3)--3--5s7---7-----||
|-----------------|-----------------3---||
Chorus
G+Q E E E E E E +Q q E E E E D+Q Q E E E E C+Q q E E E E
|------------------||------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------||------------5-6-7-|-(7)--7\----------|------5--5-------|
|------5---5-------||-------5----5-6-7-|-(7)--5\----------|------5--5-------|
|------5---5-------||o------5----3-4-5-|-(5)--5\----0-2-3-|-(3)--3--3-------|
|-(3)--3---3-0-2-3-||--(3)--3----------|------------------|-----------6S5-3-|
G+Q q E E E E +Q q E E E E D+Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------5-6-7-|-(7)--7\----------|
|------5--5-------|------5----5-6-7-|-(7)--7\----------|
|------5--5-------|------5----3-4-5-|-(5)--5\----0-2-3-|
|-(3)--3--3-0-2-3-|-(3)--3----------|------------------|
Outro
CGtr II G C
W H a E E E E Q a E E +Q a E E
|----------------|---------------15-13s15--||-15----------15-(15)---------15-|
|----------------|--------13-/15----------o||------13-/15----------13-/15----|
|----------------|-------------------------||--------------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------||--------------------------------|
|----------------|------------------------o||--------------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------||--------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| +Q q E Q E +H E E E E +Q q q E E
|----------------|-------------------------||--------------------------------|
|----------------|------------------------o||--------------------------------|
|------5--5------|-------------------------||-----------5------5-------------|
|------5--5------|-------------------------||-----------5------5-----------9-|
|-(3)--3--3-1----|------------------------o||-----------3------3-----------5-|
|--------------3-|-(3)------------0--2--3--||-(3)----------------------------|
D +Q Q E E E E G+H E E E E +W
|-(15)-------------------|---------------12-15-|-(15)----*|
|--------15---11S=10S9S8-|-(8)-----12-15-------|---------*|
|------------------------|---------------------|---------*|
|------------------------|---------------------|---------*|
|------------------------|---------------------|---------*|
|------------------------|---------------------|---------*|
|
| E E E E +E E E E +Q q q E E +W
|------------------------|---------------------|---------*|
|------------------------|---------------------|---------*|
|----------------------4-|-(4)--4---4--------4-|--(4)----*|
|------7----7-(7)--7---5-|-(5)--5---5--------5-|--(5)----*|
|------5----5-(5)--5---5-|-(5)--5---5--------5-|--(5)----*|
|----------------------3-|-(3)--3---3--------3-|--(3)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths