Ask chords by Sharon Van Etten

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Novice

Intro: G Em x2

 G               Em
Let's find something that can last.
 C/G
Like cigarette ash,
 G                      D/F#
The world is collapsing around me.
 D/F#              C/G
Let's try to do the best we can.
 C/G       D          G        D/F#        G       D/F#
I think I need more than the flowers and letters, man.
        G       D/F#            G             D/F#
It's not that I don't try, it's that you won't again
       D/F#             C/G                  D/F#
And it hurts too much to laugh about it
    D/F#
(Yes it hurts too much to laugh about it)

 G                           Em
Hey, please think about it, friend.
 C/G                     G                      D/F#
I know you're lonely, I'm here writing in the dark
 D/F#           C/G
Tryin' to get the balls
 C/G               D/F#
But it hurts too much to ask

 G                       Em
Dear I Need Someone Who's Lost,
 C/G                  G                    D/F#
Tell me how not to stop all these tears and fears
 D/F#              C/G
So nothing else will drop,
  C/G            D/F#
So all this pain will stop.
   D/F#           C/G
But if it hurts too much ask
   C/G            D/F#
If it hurts too much to ask

G               Em
It's not that I don't cry,
C/G                D/F#
It's that I have to hide,
C/G                D/F#
Yeah it's that I have to hide
  D/F#                  C/G
So I won't be there to ask.
 C/G                  D/F#
So I won't be there to ask.
           C/G                  D/F#
No, I won't be the one to ask.
D/F#
I won't be there to ask.
    C/G                                 D/F#
It hurts too much to laugh about it.
     D/F#                C/G              D/F#
Yes it hurts too much to laugh about it.
       D/F#              C/G (let ring)