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From: shruew@cyclone.xnet.com (Johnny Mnemonic)
Subject: Smiths - Ask.tab
To: guitar@nevada.edu
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 04:35:48 -0500 (CDT)
ASK
note:the intro on Rank is G , C C, G, much simpler than this intro
A new corrected version with the bass thrown in for fun.
some notes before you go on:
This tab is a two guitar song tab'd out for one guitar.
It's also tabbed out in mind that not everyone (myself included)
and lay just like Mr. Marr.) For example, I _do_ know that there
are three more strings on the guitar :), but I can play through this
version and it sounds good. If you can crank through it, it wont
be too hard for you to round out the chords a little. Corrections,
comments etc etc to shruew@cyclone.xnet.com
Tom Chess
~ = bend, tremolo bar, whatever
s = slide to next notes |-->I'm partiularly shaky about
| | @ | what happens here
| tab-A | | | tab B|
e-5-3-5-10~---|-7-10-----12----------8----|------|
b-7-5-7-12~---|-8-----8------------8---10-|-8s10-|
g-7-5-7-12~---|-------9----------9-----11-|-9s11-|
d-7-5-7-12~---|---------------10-------12-|------|
a-------------|---------------------------|------|
e-------------|---------------------------|------|
|
g------------------------------------------------|
d--------------------------------------0---------|
a---------------------0-------3------------------|
e-----5s3-s0----3---3----------------------------|
Shyness is nice and shyness can stop you from
e-7-7--5----7--7-----10------7--7----7---10---10--8----|
b-8-8--5-------8-----10--10--8---8-------9----10-------|
g------5-------9-----11------7---7-------9----11-------|
d------------------------------------------------------|
a------------------------------------------------------|
e------------------------------------------------------|
g------------------------------------------------------|
d--------------------0---------------------------0-----|
a-----0------------3------------0----------3-----------|
e-3-3----------------------3--3------------------------|
(that's pretty much how the bass goes so I'm gonna stop writing it
out. There may may a feww notes missing from it anyway, but that's
the general idea of it).
do-ing all the things in life you'd like to
e-10-12--10--8---8------7--5----------7----|
b-12-----10------8---------7----8----------|
g-12-----9-------9---------7---------------| intro tab A and B
d------------------------------------------|
a------------------------------------------|
e------------------------------------------|
Repeat for shyness is nice... then again for then again for coyness,
but now we have the So, if there's something part so end only with
tab A and go to...
So if there's something you'd like to try
e-10-10-10------10--10----10----12---10-10-----|
b---------------12--12----12----13------7---10-|
g---------------12--12----12----14------7---11-|
d----------------------------------------------| x2
a----------------------------------------------|
e---------------------------------Z------------|
ask me, I won't say no, how could I?
e-10--7---7-7-----7---3---7---7-----|
b-12--------------8---5---8---------|
g-12--------------9---5---9---------| tab A and B
d-----------------------------------|
a-----------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------|
then it makes its way to the Spening warm summer days apart...
Spending warm summer days indoors
e-----8--7---7----7----5--7---7----5-7------5-3-|
b-5-8----7---7----8----------------7--------5-5-|
g-5------7---7----7----------------7--------5-5-|
d-----------------------------------------------|
a-----------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------|
writing frightening verse to a bucktoothed girl in Luxemburg
e-5--7----10------7---7----10-10-10-10--10------7--3-3--3--5-7---|
b-7-------12---12-8---8----10-------12--12------5-------5----7---|
g-7-------12------9---9----11-------12--12------5-------5----7---|
d----------------------------------------------------------------|
a----------------------------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ask me, ask me, ask me.
e-10--7---10--7---10--7----8--8--|
b-8-------8-------8---7----8--8--|
g---------------------7----9--9--| twice, but the second time instead
d--------------------------10-10-| of the C C go...
a--------------------------------|
e--------------------------------|
because if it's not love then it's the bomb, the bomb
e-7-5-3--2--3--5----7---7----8----7----5---3-----5---7-----|
b-7-7-5--3--0--5----8---8---------7--------0---------8-----|
g-7-7-5--2--0--5----7---7---------7--------0---------7-----|
d--------0--0------------------------------0---------------|
a----------------------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------|
the bomb, the bomb. The bomb, the bomb the bomb
e--8---10----12--10-----12--10----8---7----8---8---|
b------12--------10---------12--------8--------8---|
g------12--------12---------12--------7--------9---|
d--------------------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------|
that will bring us together
e-7----5----5-----7--8-7---3-----5-----3-|
b-----------7--------------5-----7-----5-|
g-----------7--------------4-----7-----5-| strum that C till
d--------------------------------7-----5-| nature
a----------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------|
Nature is a language can't you read? So
e-7-7----7--7-7--7-----3-----7---7-----5---3---2---7-----------.. go to the:
b-8-8----8--8-8--8-----5---------8-----5---5---3---7- ask me.--..
g-7-7----7--7-7--7-----5---------7-----5---5---2---7-----------..
d----------------------------------------------0---------------.. second time:
a--------------------------------------------------------------..continue on
e--------------------------------------------------------------..
(togeth)er If it's not love
e---------3---5---3---2----3--5----7---7----3--|
b---------3---5---5---3----------------8----5--|
g---------4---5---5---2----------------7----5--|
d---------------------0------------------------|
a----------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------|
then it's the bomb then it's the bomb that will bring us
e-3----5----7---7-----3--3----5----7---7----5----5----5-----7--|
b---------------8-----5----------------8--------------7--------|
g---------------7-----5----------------7--------------7--------|
d--------------------------------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------|
together So
e-8-7---3--5--3--7--|
b-------0--5--5--7--| ask me ask me ask me part
g-------0--5--5--7--|
d----------7--5-----|
a-------------------|
e-------------------|
and end with
Da da da da da da da da
e-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5--|
b-8--8--5-----------5--7--|
g-7--7--5-----------5--7--|
d-------------------------|
a-------------------------|
e-------------------------|
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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cody Rhythm Player |
#1 by cody watts at Jun 20, 1972 at 7:02 PM EST |
| Morrissey has long expressed that hes is/was a very shy individual, and in very basic terms how shyness can impede someone going after someone due to their shyness. Instead these people go after people who may not besuited for them "Spending warm, Summer days indoors/Writing frightening verse to a buck-toothed girl in Luxemburg" ...but i think it also has deeper meaning in how we all relate to each other in general, and how we all have SOME sort of shyness at some level "if its not love/then its the bomb that will bring us together" | |
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Rodney Wanna Be |
#2 by Rodney at Jul 16, 1972 at 10:04 PM EST |
| This is about being in a romantic relationship with someone and you think they want to do you up the butt but they are too shy to ask but you want to let them but you don't want to be like begging for it so you are like "just ask and I will let you." It is a secret that I like this song. | |
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Zane Rhythm Player |
#3 by Zane Haight at Oct 9, 1974 at 9:19 AM EST |
| I always thought it was "bond" and not "bomb." I mean, doesn't it make more sense for people to be brought together by a common bond, maybe shyness? I dunno. Then again, I used to think "son and the heir" was "Sun and the air." | |
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Kevin Average |
#4 by Kevin Fournier at Feb 6, 1981 at 1:32 PM EST |
| This is such a cute and happy song! Always gets me dancing. I dont really get the meaning, its kinda confusing, but still, i love it! | |
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Adrian Lead Player |
#5 by Adrian Ortega at Jun 1, 1987 at 12:01 AM EST |
| Nice analysis, Alexbhlz. I agree 100% re: the bomb. As for the lyric "shyness is nice", it's both comforting AND a call to get off your ass to do something. See, shy people, like many of us, are usually nice sweet people, but that same shy sweetness means they will miss out on many of the JOYS of life because they are too busy being INDOORS and avoiding too much social contact. We should all strive to be both social AND still nice. An ideal world, really. | |
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Jon Lead Player |
#6 by Jon Shuffler at Aug 13, 1988 at 1:16 PM EST |
| i've always thought that the line "the bomb will bring us together" is about how people will come together in order to do violence, ie war. a country working hard together to create the bomb, which i believe is supposed to be "The Bomb", the atomic bomb, because it symbolizes humankind's drive to war in general. this is damaging of course because people coming together to hurt other people is not unifying overall and thus shows the general fault of war. | |
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Jesse Professional |
#7 by Jesse Garcia at Nov 29, 1988 at 6:55 PM EST |
| Morrissey is trying to say that if love won't bring them together, then "the bomb"/war/destruction is the only thing powerful enough to do it. It's a clever take on how humans bond. We're at our best when we're at extremes. | |
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Razzle Wanna Be |
#8 by Razzle jester at Dec 15, 1990 at 2:34 AM EST |
| it means so much, i received it from a very special person and since then i can get it out of my head, i haved listened it more than a thousand times and can listen it over an over again for the rest of my life, i have all the versions, all the lyrics and still dont have enough of it, maybe i need a special concert for myself and she...thanks for special songs like this | |
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Vinnie Rhythm Player |
#9 by Vinnie Valium at Jun 30, 1993 at 4:20 AM EST |
| I've got the booklet from their CD "Louder Than Bombs" here, and it says bomb, not bond. | |
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Jonathan Rhythm Player |
#10 by Jonathan Matuszyk at May 4, 2001 at 11:26 AM EST |
| It's about breaking down sexual barriers. "nature is a language can't yuo raed" is a reference to poeples misinterpretations of sex and love. Morrissey is trying to say that love and sex has no gender only emotions and feelings --> nature. He is saying raed what ur body your nature is telling you. The bomb is symbolic for destroying those barriers. | |
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HIYA Wanna Be |
#11 by HIYA at Jan 12, 2003 at 10:26 AM EST |
| whats he mean about the bomb bringing them together ? | |
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Kempy Lead Player |
#12 by Kempy at Feb 5, 2003 at 12:35 AM EST |
| Morrissey rather sarcastically professes "Shyness is nice" before bitinglly contradicting his statement with the fact that it stops you from doing "ALL the things in life that you want to". If anything it's a song about seizing the moment, "cape diem" and whatnot. The somewhat confusing bit about "the bomb" could have any number of meanings. Morrissey imagining World War 2 lovers locked up in bomb shelters with nothing to do but huddle together and provide an opportunity for love to grow is just one possibility. Perhaps he just refers to the unity and love brought about through terror (quite appropriate in a post 9/11 era). Or it could just be that he's saying that something drastic (that likely will never come - after all how often do bombs really drop from the sky?) is going to have to happen for things to change. Multi-levelled I'd say. | |
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brennan Average |
#13 by brennan collins at Aug 5, 2003 at 11:48 PM EST |
| About "then it's the bomb," my interpretation was that if they don't have love, the only thing bringing them together is violence, and that would be a horrible thing. | |
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Zach Average |
#14 by Zach at Aug 8, 2004 at 9:31 PM EST |
| this song helped me stop being shy and finally do what I've always wanted to: run naked in the street covered in milk and honey. thanks Morrissey... | |
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Rob Average |
#15 by Rob Jones at Feb 16, 2007 at 12:08 PM EST |
| i love this song beyond belief | |
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