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You Asked Me To

Waylon Jennings, as performed by Alison Krauss

 

Drop D tuning, Capo 1

 

Chord Guide

Picking Guide

       32 1

C:    x3201x

                        |-----------------|

                        |---------X-------|

                        |-----X-------X---|

Bass note changes       |---X---X---X---X-|

depending on chord   -> |-X---------------|

(G & D = 6th string)    |-----------------|

      3    4

G:    3x000x

        312

D:    0x423x

 

                            C (2)

Long ago and far away

                                        G (2)

In my old common labor shoes

                                              D (2)

I turned the world all which away

                                           G (2)

Just because you asked me to

 

                              C (2)

Like unto no other feel

                                G (2)

Simple love is simple true

                                         D (2)

There's no end to what I'd do

                                          G (2)

Just because you asked me to

 

Chorus:

                                  C (2)

Let the world call me a fool

                                                     G (2)

But if things are right with me and you

                                              D (2)

That's all that matters and I'll do

                                 G (2)

Anything you ask me to

 

Instrumental Verse

 

Chorus (play last A just one measure)

 

                                        C (2)

Knowing how much i love you

                                             G (2)

And after all that I've been through

                                            D(2)

I'd turn and walk away from you

                                        G (hold 2)

Just because you asked me to

 

Instrumental Verse

 

End on G

 

Guitar Solo in First Instrumental Verse:

 

 

 

This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song.  It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.