'Ask Me Why' by Beatles - Guitar Tutorial

                          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


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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