Don't Ask Me Why chords by Laura Marling

• Capo on 3rd

Key: Bb

Intro:

G   C  G  C  G



Intro:
G
I choose to stay far away
G
From the ones that think
G
Money is money to share
G

Don't ask me why
G
And I'll tell you no lies

Verse 2:
G
Sonny don't come here no more
G
He don't drink from this well
G
O he's done with the world
G
And done with the girl
G
And I don't ask him why
G
And he tells me no lies

Chorus:
G                   E            N.C.
Those of us who are lost and low
  Dm
I know how you feel
  G                            C   G  C  G
I know it's not right but it's real

Bridge:
  Dm
I don't ask for love
      G
And I don't beg for money
         Dm7                     G
I'm just asking for grace and forgiveness
G
Now honey don't ask me why
         C           G C G
And I'll tell you no lies
Dm
Been looking for answers
   G
In unsavoury places
       Dm7
On the highest of mountains
           G
And on the lowest of bases
                       C
And I still don't know why
                   G C G
I still don't know why

Chorus:
G7                  E7
Those of us who are lost and low
   Dm7
We know how you feel
   G                            C G
We know it's not right but it's real
     C     G
But it's real

Verse 3:
G
I took the wind from the sea
G
I took the blood from an arrow
           C      G
I took the wisdom of spring
          G7                   G
And I was thrown and blown and tossed and turned until
G7                      G            G7
Time found its hand and called an end
G
Me and time we go way back when
G
I was a child
G
And I always knew why
G
I knew my name
G
I knew my road
    G7                    C
And I stayed away from heavy loads
 G    C     G    C
I'm still
I'm low
 G    C     G  C G
O lord am I low

Chorus:
G                   E7
Those of us who are lost and low
  Dm7
I know how you feel
  G                            C G
I know it's not right but it's real
     C     G C G
But it's real

Outro:
Dm7  G   G7   G
F   Em  D  G  F G Em  D