Beatles — Ask Me Why Tab
Ask Me Why
(Lennon/McCartney)
Intro:
[this little lick also used over some E chords during verses]
E
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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
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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
———75——— 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