Ask Not chords by Meredith Willson
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Verse 1
(D major) 13 CUNY LITTLE COLONIES
13 CUNY LITTLE COLONIES (A major)
(F sharp major) 13 CUN (D major) Y LITTLE COLONIES
13 BANDED TOGETHER ONE DAY TO PROVE THAT
RIGHT IS RIGHT FREE IS FREE AND JUST IS JUST
AND IF THEY GROW STRONG
with the help of the word?
Ignoramus Domus!
And didn't they stay free
with the help of the word?
In God we trust!
Well, freedom is a bigger word now than it was then,
by a long shot, when you add up
the penalties of leadership
and the widening horizons
and the narrowing seas.
Isn't it time to remember
the worst America used to live by?
And then, Gerrard flees! (A minor) (G major) (F sharp major) (B flat major)
(F sharp major) Ask (D major) not what your country
(G major) can (F sharp major) do for you, (D major)
Ask (G major) (D major) not what your country
(G major) can do (F sharp major) for (D major) you, (G major)
Ask (D major) not what your country (B minor) can (F sharp major) do for you, (F sharp minor)
(B major) ask (E major) what (E minor) you (Asus4) can do
for your (D major) country. (B minor)
(D major) That's (F sharp major) not what your
country (B major) can do (F sharp major) for you
That's (B major) (F sharpsus4) (F sharp major) not what your
country (B major) can do (F sharp major) for you (B major)
That's (F sharp major) not what your country
(B major) can do (B flat major) for (B flat minor) you, (E flat major)
that's (B major) what you can do (C sharp major) for your (F sharp major) country,
(B major) for (F sharp major)
You a (B flat major) man with opinions,
or a woman with an attitude?
Sure, you're an American clerk,
maybe you're a scientist, (A flat major) stu dent,
carpenter, (B flat major) nurse, musician.
You in uniform, electrician, union boss,
waiter, dairyman, veteran,
Aryan, librarian, artist, maid, plumber, diver, miner, sandbar,
bus driver, salesman, maintenance man, beautician,
Government employees, technicians, truckers,
packagers, loaders, bakers, farmers, engineers,
home (A flat major) makers, fishermen,
fire -releas (B flat major) ers, choreographers, pilots, actresses, (A flat major) printers,
garments, (B flat major) railroad men, professional (A flat major) men, (B flat major) businessmen,
labor and man, harvest men,
and in occasion,
all people with the freedom to
speak and be heard.
Courtesy of 13 puny little colonies
who fought their way to the stars.
Fifty stars, you'll be a saint.
Ask not (G major) what your country
(C major) can do (B minor) for you. (G major) (C major)
Ask (G major) not what your country can (C major)
do (B minor) for you. (G major) (C major)
Ask (G major) not what your (C major) country
can (B minor) do for you, (E major)
Ask (C major) what (B minor) you can do (C major) for
(D major) your coun (G major) try, (C major)
For your (G major) country. (C major)
Vaya con (G major) ti!
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