Biography:
Boo Hewerdine (b. 1961, London) is an English singer-songwriter. His work includes lead singer and creative force behind The Bible, formed in the 1980s, and reformed in 1994, as well as solo recordings and work for film. He lives in Ely.
Hewerdine (born Mark Hewerdine) moved to Cambridge as a child, but returned to London in his late teens, and worked in a record shop. Suffering from agoraphobia, it was not a happy time of his life, and he was fired from his job after being wrongly accused of theft.
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Other songs:
- Bible Pages
- Evidence
- Ghost Of Summer Walking
- Harvest Gypsies
- It Always Reminds Me Of You
- Joke
- Muddy Water
- Murder In The Dark
- New Years Eve
- Oil On The Water
- Out Of This World
- Patience Of Angels
- Please Dont Ask Me To Dance
- Ship Song
- Silvertone
- Sing To Me
- Slow Learner
- Sweet Invisible
- The Birds Are Leaving
- The Man That I Am
- Weatherman
- White Lilies
- Worlds End
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Song: Please don't ask me to dance
Artist: Boo Hewerdine
Album: Thanksgiving
Tabbed by: DJ
23rd Dec 2012
Video of a live version at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLeqBTOE-xI
TUNING: DADGAD
(Top and bottom E strings tuned down to D, B string down to A)
CAPO: 3rd fret (Sounds in the key of F)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
D5 Gadd9 D G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7 G/B A7/C#
d|---0----0----0----0----0------0--------2------0-----0-----|
A|---0----0----0----0----0------0--------0------2-----0-----|
G|---2----4----2----0----2------0--------0------0-----0-----|
D|---0----0----4----0----0------0--------2------0-----2-----|
A|---0----0----0----0----0------0--------0------2-----4-----|
D|---0----5----0----5----4------2--------x------x-----x-----|
***************************************************************************
[Intro]
D5 Gadd9 D D5 Gadd9 D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
D5 Gadd9 D D5 Gadd9 D
Please, don't ask me to dance, please, don't ask me to dance,
G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7
The skin re - members what the heart for - gets,
G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7
I might do something that I will re - gret!
[Verse 2]
D5 Gadd9 D D5 Gadd9 D
How can you smile at me now? After all the ugly words we used,
G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7
Don't you re - member anything we said?
G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7
Tonight I'm younger, and it's going to my head!
D5 Gadd9 D D5 Asus7 D5
No, I don't want a second chance, please, don't ask me to dance!
[Break]
D5 Gadd9 D D5 Gadd9 D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7 G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Bridge]
G/B A7/C# D5
The skin remembers what the heart for - gets,
D5 D5 D5 D5 Asus7
And I might... do something... that I will re - gret!
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 3]
D5 Gadd9 D D5 Gadd9 D
Why don't you leave me a - lone? Why don't you bother someone else?
G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7
What do I care, if you've got no one to hold?
G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7
What does it matter if the night is getting old?
D5 Gadd9 D D5 Asus7 D5
Oh, God, if I feel your hand, please, don't ask me to dance!
[Break]
D5 Gadd9 D D5 Gadd9 D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Coda]
G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7
Hey, ey - ey, yeh! Hey, ey - ey, yeah!
G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7
Hey, ey - ey, yeh! Hey, ey - ey, yeah!
D5 Gadd9 D D5 Asus7 D5
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / ||
***************************************************************************
D5 = 000200 G = 500000 Asus7 = x02002
Gadd9 = 500400 D/F# = 400200 G/B = x20020
D = 004200 Asus7/E = 200000 A7/C# = x42000
Artist: Boo Hewerdine
Album: Thanksgiving
Tabbed by: DJ
23rd Dec 2012
Video of a live version at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLeqBTOE-xI
TUNING: DADGAD
(Top and bottom E strings tuned down to D, B string down to A)
CAPO: 3rd fret (Sounds in the key of F)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
D5 Gadd9 D G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7 G/B A7/C#
d|---0----0----0----0----0------0--------2------0-----0-----|
A|---0----0----0----0----0------0--------0------2-----0-----|
G|---2----4----2----0----2------0--------0------0-----0-----|
D|---0----0----4----0----0------0--------2------0-----2-----|
A|---0----0----0----0----0------0--------0------2-----4-----|
D|---0----5----0----5----4------2--------x------x-----x-----|
***************************************************************************
[Intro]
D5 Gadd9 D D5 Gadd9 D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
D5 Gadd9 D D5 Gadd9 D
Please, don't ask me to dance, please, don't ask me to dance,
G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7
The skin re - members what the heart for - gets,
G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7
I might do something that I will re - gret!
[Verse 2]
D5 Gadd9 D D5 Gadd9 D
How can you smile at me now? After all the ugly words we used,
G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7
Don't you re - member anything we said?
G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7
Tonight I'm younger, and it's going to my head!
D5 Gadd9 D D5 Asus7 D5
No, I don't want a second chance, please, don't ask me to dance!
[Break]
D5 Gadd9 D D5 Gadd9 D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7 G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Bridge]
G/B A7/C# D5
The skin remembers what the heart for - gets,
D5 D5 D5 D5 Asus7
And I might... do something... that I will re - gret!
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 3]
D5 Gadd9 D D5 Gadd9 D
Why don't you leave me a - lone? Why don't you bother someone else?
G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7
What do I care, if you've got no one to hold?
G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7
What does it matter if the night is getting old?
D5 Gadd9 D D5 Asus7 D5
Oh, God, if I feel your hand, please, don't ask me to dance!
[Break]
D5 Gadd9 D D5 Gadd9 D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Coda]
G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7
Hey, ey - ey, yeh! Hey, ey - ey, yeah!
G D/F# Asus7/E Asus7
Hey, ey - ey, yeh! Hey, ey - ey, yeah!
D5 Gadd9 D D5 Asus7 D5
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / ||
***************************************************************************
D5 = 000200 G = 500000 Asus7 = x02002
Gadd9 = 500400 D/F# = 400200 G/B = x20020
D = 004200 Asus7/E = 200000 A7/C# = x42000
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