Don't Ask Me How I Know Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays565

Don't Ask Me How I Know by Bobby Pinson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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  			Intro-see below  Drop D if you want to 
 
Verse 
D                                                  
Don?t ride your bike off a ramp that?s more than three bricks high 
D 
Don?t take that candy from the store if you ain?t got the dime 
G 
Don?t pick a fight with a little guy that doesn?t talk that much 
D 
Don?t pick up a cherrybomb thinkin? it?s a dud 
A 
And don?t sneak out of a 2 story house usin? bed sheets as a rope 
G 
Don?t ask me how I know 
 
D                                G                        D                     G 
Sell your truck while it?s still runnin?, save the Jesus off the dash 
D                       G                                  A 
Say a prayer when you feel like cussin?, save your money pay with cash 
G                          D                      G                   D 
Forget your pride, buy the roses, if you?re sorry tell her so 
Bm                   A                   G 
Don?t drink the water in Mexico 
Bm     Ahold                 D      (intro lick here after 1st time) 
Don?t ask me how I know 
2nd time to solo 
 
Verse 
Don?t quit your high school football team halfway through the season 
Don?t bust your buddy in the nose when you know he didn?t mean it 
Don?t lose a girl you love at home for a night in Panama City 
Don?t rush off the phone when your Mama calls you ain?t that busy 
Ya oughta make that drive to say goodbye to your grampa ?fore he goes 
Don?t ask me how I know 
 
Chous 
 
Guitar solo  d g d g d g a   PLAY SOLO IN Bm pent and think Allman Bros 
G                          D                     G                   D 
Forget your pride buy the roses, if you love her tell her so, 
Bm             A                                G 
Don?t go to Vegas with your heart broke,  
 
Bm             A                                G 
Don?t bum your cousin for that first smoke 
Bm             A                                G 
I'm tellin' ya, don't drink the water in Mexico 
Bm XX A  XX         D   intro lick here 
Don't ask me how I know 
D                                    intro lick here 
Don't ask me how I know 
D                                    intro lick here 
I just know 
D                                     intro lick here 
sell your truck while it's still runnin',  say a prayer when you feel like cussin' 
D                                    intro lick here 
I know,  
 
And fade 
 
Intro 
 4X?S                              5th time   
|x-----------------|--------------------------| 
|M-2-3-2-----------|3-2---3-2------------------| 
|U-3-----2---------|---2-----2-0-1>2-----------| 
|R-----------------|----------4------0---------| 
|T-----------------|--------------------------| 
|S-----------------|--------------------------| 
 
try this too 
|-------------10---|---------------------| 
|--10?12p10--------|---------------------| 
|--11------11------|---------------------| 
|--12--------------|---------------------| 
 
This is a great country song and I hope it get's more traction than the fake  
country songs like Live like you're not dyin' and Back when 
    	

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100 BPM Andante