Dont Ask Me Why Cifras

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                      Don’t Ask Me Why – Billy Joel
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Written by: Billy Joel
From: “Glass Houses” (1980)
 
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
 
Capo: 3rd fret
Play: G
Key: Bb
 
For chords in original key, transpose +3 (and “use flats”).
 
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[Piano lick]
Whatever your strumming pattern, try to incorporate these changes.
 
 [G  [Gsus4 [Gm  [G  [Gsus4 [Gm
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
e|--------------------------------|
B|0-----1-----x---0-----1-----x---|
G|0-----0-----3---0-----0-----3---|
D|0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---|
A|x-----x-----x---x-----x-----x---|
E|3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---|
 
[Verse]
 
The quick changes can be played can be played similar to McCartney's Blackbird.
 [G   [Am7   [G/B    [G [C/G [G   [A   [Bm7  [A7/C#
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|0-----1-----3-------0---1---3---|2-----3-----5-------------------|
G(0-----0-----0-------0---0---0---|0-----0-----0)------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|------0-----2-----------0---2---|0-----2-----4-------------------|
E|3-------------------3-----------|--------------------------------|
  All   the  wai-    ters in  your grand ca-   fé ...
 
[D    [Em7  [D/F#    [D [Em7 [D/F# G            C/G
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
e|2-----3-----5-------2---3---5---|3-------------3-----------------|
B|--------------------------------|0-------------1-----------------|
G|--------------------------------|0-------------0-----------------|
D|0-----2-----4-------0---2---4---|0-------------2-----------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|3-------------3-----------------|
 
 Leave their tab-    les when you blink,        oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
 
 
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CHORDS
      E-A-D-G-B-e
G5    3-x-0-0-3-3
C/G   3-x-2-0-1-3
B7/F# 2-x-1-2-0-2
G7/D  x-x-0-0-0-1
A/C#  x-4-2-2-2-0
C     x-3-2-0-1-3
 
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[Intro]
| G5 | % | % |
 (piano lick: see tab)
 
[Verse 1]
G                       A
All the waiters in your grand café
D                           G      C/G
Leave their tables when you blink, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
G                       A
Ev’ry dog must have his ev’ryday
D                        [ G ]
Ev'ry drunk must have his drink
 
[Chorus]
G       B7/F#    Em
  Don't wait for answers
     G7/D      A/C#
Just take your chances
      D      | G | % |
Don't ask me why  (piano lick: see tab)
 
[Verse 2]
G                        A
All your life you had to stand in line
D                             G     C/G
Still you're standing on your feet, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
G                         A
All your choices made you change your mind
D                     [ G ]
Now your calendar's complete
 
[Chorus]
G       B7/F#    Em
  Don't wait for answers
     G7/D      A/C#
Just take your chances
      D      | G5 | % |
Don't ask me why  (piano lick: see tab) 
 
[Middle 8]
         D                              C
Hmmm ... you can say the human heart is only make believe
    D                           | G       C/G G |
And I am only fighting fire with fire
    E7                            A
But you are still a victim of the accidents you leave
   E7                      A    D7
As sure as I'm a victim of desi-i-ire
 
[Verse 3]
G                        A
All the servants in your new hotel
D                         G     C/G
Throw their roses at your feet, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
G                      A
Fool them all but baby I can tell
D                        [ G ]
You're no stranger to the street
 
[Chorus]
G     B7/F#   Em
Don't ask for favors
     G7/D      A/C#
Don't talk to strangers
      D      | G5 | % |
Don't aks me why  (piano lick: see tab)
 
 
[Middle 8]
| D | C | D | G |
(instrumental)
| E7 | A | E7 | A D7 |
(instrumental)
 
[Verse 4]
G                     A
Yesterday you were an only child
D                          G    C/G
Now your ghosts have gone away, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
G                        A
You can kill them in the classic style
D                     [ G ]
Now you parlez vous francais
 
[Chorus]
G       B7/F#    Em
  Don't look for answers
    G7/D      A/C#
You took your chances
      D        | G | % |
Don't a-ask me why  (piano lick: see tab)
 
 
[Coda]
                    1 + 2 + 3
            | G5  | G5      G
Don’t ask me why ... (piano lick: see tab)
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