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- #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
- #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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- From: hertzberg@netcad.enet.dec.com (Marc Hertzberg (History: Love it or leave it!))
-
-
- Ask Me Why
- (Lennon/McCartney)
-
- Intro:
- [this little lick also used over some E chords during verses]
-
- E
- -|-------------------
- -|-------------------
- -|-------------------
- -|-----9--9----------
- -|--7-----------7----
- -|-----------7-------
-
-
- Verse:
-
- E F#m G#m F#m E
- I love you 'cos you tell me things I want to know
-
- E F#m G#m F#m E G#7
- And it's true that it really only goes to show that I know
-
- C#m A F#m B7
- That I I I I would never ever ever be blue
-
- E F#m G#m F#m E
- Now you're mine my happiness near makes me cry
-
- E F#m G#m F#m E G#7
- And in time you'll understand the reason why that I cry
-
- C#m
- It's not because I'm sad
-
- A E E+ (e.g., 076550)
- But you're the only love that I've ever had
-
-
- Middle:
- A B7 E E+
- I can't believe it's happened to me
-
- A B7 E B7
- I can't conceive of any more misery
-
-
- Verse:
- E F#m G#m F#m
- Ask me why I'll say I love you [second time jump to ending]
-
- G#m A E E+
- And I'm always thinking of you
-
- [now repeat from the middle]
-
-
- Ending:
-
- G#m A E A
- -|-----------------------------------------------------
- -|-----------------------------------------------------
- -|-----------------------------------------------------
- -|------------------------------------9--9-------------
- -|---------------------------------7-----------7-------
- -|------------------------------------------7----------
- And I'm always thinking of you you
-
- E A G#m
- -|----------------------------------------------
- -|--------------------------4--4----------------
- -|--------------------------------4--4--4--4----
- -|-----9--9-----------------------------6--6----
- -|--7-----------7-------------------------------
- -|-----------7-----------4----------------------
- you
-
-
- Beatles Tab by Marc Hertzberg
- Digital Equipment Corporation
- hertzberg@netcad.enet.dec.com
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 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
-
-