The Beatles - Ask me why
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Ask Me Why
(Lennon/McCartney)
Intro:
[this little lick also used over some E chords during verses]
E
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-|--7-----------7----
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Verse:
EI F#mlove G#myou F#m 'cos you tell me things I wEant to know
AEnd F#mit's G#mtrue F#m that it really only gEoes to show G#7that I know
That C#mI I I I would neAver ever ever be F#mblue B7
NEow F#myou're G#mmine F#m my happiness near maEkes me cry
AEnd F#min G#mtime F#m you'll understand the reEason why G#7that I cry
It's C#mnot because I'm sad
A E E+ (e.g., 076550)
But you're the only love that I've ever had
Middle:
I can't bAelieve B7 it's happened to Eme E+
I can't coAnceiveB7 of any more miEsery B7
Verse:
AEsk F#mme G#mwhy I'll say I F#mlove you [second time jump to ending]
And I'm aG#mlways thinking of yAou E E+
[now repeat from the middle]
Ending:
G#m A E A
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And I'm always thinking of you you
E A G#m
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-|-----9--9-----------------------------6--6----
-|--7-----------7-------------------------------
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you
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Tab Special Notations:
---5/7--- play fret five, slide up to fret seven
---7\5--- play fret seven, slide down to fret five
--8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach
the pitch of fret nine
--b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine,
unbending until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight
---/7---- slide up to fret 7 (the starting fret of the slide is
undefined, judge by ear)
---15\--- play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is
undefined, judge by ear)
---1h3--- play fret one and hammer-on to fret three
---7p5--- play fret seven and pull-off to fret five
-7b(9)r7- play fret seven, bend up to fret nine, release back to fret
seven
--5h7p5-- play fret five, hammer on to fret seven, pull off to fret five
--X------ pick string, but do not press string to fret; left hand mute