Ask Me Why The Beatles
Ask Me Why
(Lennon/McCartney)
Intro:
(this little lick also used over some E chords during verses)
[E]
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Verse:
[E]I [F#m]love [G#m]you [F#m] 'cos you tell me things I w[E]ant to know
A[E]nd [F#m]it's [G#m]true [F#m] that it really only g[E]oes to show [G#7]that I know
That [C#m]I I I I would ne[A]ver ever ever be [F#m]blue[B7]
N[E]ow [F#m]you're [G#m]mine [F#m] my happiness near ma[E]kes me cry
A[E]nd [F#m]in [G#m]time [F#m] you'll understand the re[E]ason why [G#7]that I cry
It's [C#m]not 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 b[A]elieve [B7] it's happened to [E]me[E+]
I can't co[A]nceive[B7] of any more mi[E]sery[B7]
Verse:
A[E]sk [F#m]me [G#m]why I'll say I [F#m]love you (second time jump to ending)
And I'm a[G#m]lways thinking of y[A]ou[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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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
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