• Song:

    Ask

  • Artist:

    The Smiths

  • Album:

    Genius Steals

Intro: 
   
   Bm  G  Em D Am D Em G
   (Not sure but it's a good compromise)

G   Am     C   D
Shyness is nice, and
G   Am      C   D
Shyness can stop you
     G     Am      C         D
From doing all the things in life
            G   Am   C   D
You'd like to


G   Am     C   D
Shyness is nice, and
G   Am      C   D
Shyness can stop you
     G     Am      C         D
From doing all the things in life
            G   Am   C   D
You'd like to


                G     Am               C     D
So, if there's something you'd like to try
           G     Am                C     D
If there's something you'd like to try
G   Am           C    D         G     Am    C    D
ASK ME - I WON'T SAY "NO" - HOW COULD I?

G   Am     C   D
Coyness is nice, and
G   Am      C   D
Coyness can stop you
     G     Am      C         D
From saying all the things in life 
            G   Am   C   D
You'd like to

                G     Am               C     D
So, if there's something you'd like to try
           G     Am                C     D
If there's something you'd like to try
G   Am          C    D        G     Am    C    D
ASK ME--I WON'T SAY "NO"--HOW COULD I?

          G    Am    C  D    G  Am   C   D
Spending warm summer days indoors
        G    Am     C    D
Writing frightening verse
      G    Am             C     D
To a buck-toothed girl in Luxembourg

G                   C  
ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME
G                   
ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME

        G   Am      C
Because if it's not love
     D        G         Am        C
Then it's the bomb, the bomb, the bomb,
    D         G         Am        C 
the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, 
          D         |   Em   D   C    |  (strum each once)
That will bring us together

| Em   D  C | (strum each once)  D | (fast then continue to next chord)

G      Am    C     D  G   Am  C  D
 Nature is a language--can't you read?
G      Am    C     D  G   Am  C  D
Nature is a language--can't you read?

   G                   C
SO ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME
G
ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME

        G   Am      C
Because if it's not love
     D        G         Am        C
Then it's the bomb, the bomb, the bomb,
    D         G         Am        C 
the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, 
          D             G   Am   C   D
That will bring us together

G    Am     C   D
If it's not love
G    Am      C    D
Then it's the bomb
G    Am       C
Then it's the bomb
D                    G  Am  C  D
That will bring us together

   G                   C
SO ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME
G
ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME

Outro:

G    Am          C     D
La la la la la la da dum
G    Am          C     D
La la ra ra ra ra da dum
      
  ~ repeat as many as you'd like, slowly fading
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