Before I Ask

[Andrey]

Yes

[JT]

I would love a ukulele song sheet for this. Really great song. Thank you

[vince Schubert]

ukulele chord sheet version in a gentle, reflective style.

I’ve set it in C major with easy chords:

Chords used:

C, Am, F, G

Optional color chord: Em

You can play it with a soft down-down-up-up-down-up pattern, or just slow downstrokes to start.

Before I Ask

Ukulele Chord Sheet

Verse 1

C

I used to know before I knew

Am

A quiet yes, a simple view

F

But somewhere in those early years

G

That knowing got wrapped up in fear

C

A teacher’s glance, a parent’s tone

Am

A little heart left on its own

F

And from that day I learned to wait

G

For someone else to call it straight

Pre-Chorus

Am

So I’d look around the room

F

Before I’d trust my eyes

C

Let another voice come in

G

And tell me what was mine

Chorus

C

Before I ask

G

Before I bend

Am

Before I hand my knowing

F

Over again

C

There’s a small voice here

G

Soft but clear

Am

It’s been waiting underneath

F

The years

C

Not loud, not fast

G

Not needing proof

Am

Just the simple weight

F

Of something true

C

Before I ask

G

Can I stay

Am

With what I knew

F

Before I turned away?

Verse 2

C

I got so good at reading signs

Am

The weather in other people’s minds

F

The experts, lovers, wiser friends

G

I made them all my compass ends

C

And every time they answered me

Am

I felt a little temporary peace

F

But every borrowed certainty

G

Took something small and deep from me

Pre-Chorus

Am

It wasn’t lack of thinking

F

It wasn’t lack of care

C

It was the old ache rising

G

At the thought of standing there

Chorus

C

Before I ask

G

Before I bend

Am

Before I hand my knowing

F

Over again

C

There’s a small voice here

G

Soft but clear

Am

It’s been waiting underneath

F

The years

C

Not loud, not fast

G

Not needing proof

Am

Just the simple weight

F

Of something true

C

Before I ask

G

Can I stay

Am

With what I knew

F

Before I turned away?

Bridge

Am

I remember birds on paper

F

A crowded sky, a seven-year-old hand

C

Someone said, “Maybe not like that”

G

And something in me changed its plan

Am

Not all at once

F

Not with a sound

C

Just a little step away

G

From ground

Am

And all my life I’ve felt that move

F

Like leaving home

C

To be approved

G

Final Chorus

C

Before I ask

G

Before I hide

Am

Before I set my own clear seeing

F

Aside

C

There’s a life in me

G

Learning still

Am

How to trust the quiet

F

Underneath the thrill

C

I may shake

G

I may doubt

Am

But I don’t have to keep

F

Stepping out

C

Before I ask

G

Let me stay

Am

With what is here

F

Before I give it away

Outro

C

Not to be right

G

Not to be strong

Am

Just to stop leaving myself

F

All day long

C

Before I ask

G

Before I bend

Am

May I come back

F

To my own heart again

C

[JT]

Thank you so much!