Don't Ask Me Chords

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Don't Ask Me by Asleep At The Wheel is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Verse 1 
G                                           C 
Don't ask me why I'm going to Texas 
                 G                          D 
'Cause the reasons I just don't know 
G                                           C 
But I've got a little gal down in Houston 
G                          D                        G 
And I've got lots of friends in San Antone 
  
Verse 2 
Don't ask me why I'm going to Texas 
Why in all the world am I here 
'Cause I do love to hear those Texas fiddles 
And dance and sing and drink my lonestar beer 
  
A                         D 
From Austin up to Dallas 
A                       D 
Amarillo to El Paso 
A                                                      D 
You can hear Bob Wills yell on your radio 
  
Verse 3 
Don't ask me why I'm going to Texas 
It's just the kind of place where I should be 
Yeah there's a lot of room beneath that southern moon 
Texas you're a good ol' state by me 
  
Chorus 
Verse 3 
  
G                    D                     G 
Texas your a good ol' state by me 
  
  
Lee Marshall 
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Chord diagrams

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante