{"id":11137,"date":"2022-06-23T22:06:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T22:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=11137"},"modified":"2025-10-25T21:21:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T21:21:34","slug":"this-is-all-i-ask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/this-is-all-i-ask\/","title":{"rendered":"This is all I Ask – PRACTICE"},"content":{"rendered":"

SHEET MUSIC<\/a><\/span>
\nPRACTICE THIS ALONE FIRST<\/span><\/p>\n

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[Instrumental]\r\n<\/span>C<\/span> F<\/span> Bb7<\/span> Am7<\/span> D7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>F7\/A<\/span> D#<\/span> C7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>D#<\/span> C7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>[Intro]\r\n<\/span><\/span>   C<\/span>              Dm\/C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>As I approach the prime of my life\r\n<\/span><\/span>G7<\/span>              C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>I find I have the time of my life\r\n<\/span><\/span>C<\/span>             Am7b5<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Learning to enjoy at my leisure\r\n<\/span><\/span>G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>All the simple pleasure\r\n<\/span><\/span>Dm<\/span>       Fm<\/span>         C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And so I happily concede\r\n<\/span><\/span>A7<\/span>            Dm7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>This is all I ask\r\n<\/span><\/span>G7<\/span>            C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>This is all I need\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Instrumental]\r\n<\/span>B\/C<\/span> B7\/C<\/span> B\/C<\/span> Cdim\/C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Cm\/C<\/span> C<\/span> B<\/span> Em<\/span> Dm7<\/span> C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>C\/G<\/span> Cmaj7<\/span> Cmaj7\/G<\/span>\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Verse]\r\n<\/span>          Cmaj7<\/span>  A7<\/span>                            Dm<\/span> G7<\/span>   C<\/span> C\/G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Beautiful girls, walk a little slower when you walk by me\r\n<\/span><\/span>          Cmaj7<\/span> A7<\/span> Dm7<\/span>              G7<\/span>           C<\/span>  C\/G<\/span> B7sus4\/F#<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Lingering sunset,  stay a little longer with the lonely sea\r\n<\/span><\/span>B7<\/span>            Em<\/span>     Em\/B<\/span>     Em<\/span>                A7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Children everywhere, when you shoot at bad men, shoot at me\r\n<\/span><\/span>        D7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Take me to that strange enchanted land\r\n<\/span><\/span>Dm7\/A<\/span>    G7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Grownups seldom understand\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Outro]\r\n<\/span>          Cmaj7<\/span>     A7<\/span>                          Dm<\/span>  G7<\/span>   C<\/span>   C\/G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Wandering rainbows, leave a bit of color for my heart to own\r\n<\/span><\/span>             Cmaj7<\/span> A7<\/span> Dm7<\/span>               G7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Stars in the sky,     make my wish come true\r\n<\/span><\/span>           C<\/span>         E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Before the night has flown\r\n<\/span><\/span>                  F<\/span>       B7\/D#<\/span>             C<\/span>       A7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And let the music play as long as there's a song to sing\r\n<\/span><\/span>    Dm<\/span>          G<\/span>                 D#<\/span> D<\/span> C#<\/span> C<\/span> D#<\/span> D<\/span> C#<\/span> C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And I will stay younger than spring\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n
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\nSOME CHORDS ARE WRONG
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[Verse]\r\n<\/span>[C] As [Am] I [Dm] approach the [G] prime of my life.    <\/span>[F] I find I [G] have the [C] time of my life.   <\/span>[Am] Learning to [F#m] enjoy at my leisure.    <\/span>[G] All the simple pleasures.    <\/span>[Dm] And so I [G#] happily [A#] concede      [E]    <\/span>[A#m] This is all I [Dm] ask.    <\/span>[G#m] This is [C] all I [Gm] need   [Dm] \r\n<\/span> \r\n[G] Beautiful [C] girls   <\/span>[A#m] Walk a little slower    <\/span>[Dm] When you [G#m] walk [C] by me.    <\/span>[C] Lingering [Am] sunsets  <\/span>[Dm] Stay a little [G] longer<\/span> - With the [C] lonely [F#m] sea.    <\/span>[B] Children [G] everywhere   <\/span>When you [B] shoot a<\/span>t bad men, [G] shoot at [A] me\r\n<\/span>\r\n[D7] Take me to that strange<\/span> Enchanted land.    [G7] grown-ups s<\/span>eldom understand <\/span> \r\n\r\nWandering [CMAJ<\/span>7] rainbows<\/span> [A#] Leave a bit of color<\/span> [Dm] for my [G#DIM<\/span>] heart to [C] own.  <\/span>[C] Stars in the [Am] sky [<\/span>Dm7]    [Dm] Make my [G] wish come true, b<\/span>efore the night has [G#] flown. <\/span>   [F] And let the [F#] music play, a<\/span>s long as [B7] there's a [G] song to [A7] sing -<\/span> Then [Dm] I will stay [G] younger than [C] Spring. <\/span><\/span>\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n
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[Instrumental]\r\n<\/span>C<\/span> F<\/span> Bb7<\/span> Am7<\/span> D7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>F7\/A<\/span> D#<\/span> C7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>D#<\/span> C7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>[Intro]\r\n<\/span><\/span>   C<\/span>              Dm\/C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>As I approach the prime of my life\r\n<\/span><\/span>G7<\/span>              C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>I find I have the time of my life\r\n<\/span><\/span>C<\/span>             Am7b5<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Learning to enjoy at my leisure\r\n<\/span><\/span>G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>All the simple pleasure\r\n<\/span><\/span>Dm<\/span>       Fm<\/span>         C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And so I happily concede\r\n<\/span><\/span>A7<\/span>            Dm7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>This is all I ask\r\n<\/span><\/span>G7<\/span>            C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>This is all I need\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Instrumental]\r\n<\/span>B\/C<\/span> B7\/C<\/span> B\/C<\/span> Cdim\/C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Cm\/C<\/span> C<\/span> B<\/span> Em<\/span> Dm7<\/span> C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>C\/G<\/span> Cmaj7<\/span> Cmaj7\/G<\/span>\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Verse]\r\n<\/span>          Cmaj7<\/span>  A7<\/span>                            Dm<\/span> G7<\/span>   C<\/span> C\/G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Beautiful girls, walk a little slower when you walk by me\r\n<\/span><\/span>          Cmaj7<\/span> A7<\/span> Dm7<\/span>              G7<\/span>           C<\/span>  C\/G<\/span> B7sus4\/F#<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Lingering sunset,  stay a little longer with the lonely sea\r\n<\/span><\/span>B7<\/span>            Em<\/span>     Em\/B<\/span>     Em<\/span>                A7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Children everywhere, when you shoot at bad men, shoot at me\r\n<\/span><\/span>        D7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Take me to that strange enchanted land\r\n<\/span><\/span>Dm7\/A<\/span>    G7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Grownups seldom understand\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Outro]\r\n<\/span>          Cmaj7<\/span>     A7<\/span>                          Dm<\/span>  G7<\/span>   C<\/span>   C\/G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Wandering rainbows, leave a bit of color for my heart to own\r\n<\/span><\/span>             Cmaj7<\/span> A7<\/span> Dm7<\/span>               G7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Stars in the sky,     make my wish come true\r\n<\/span><\/span>           C<\/span>         E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Before the night has flown\r\n<\/span><\/span>                  F<\/span>       B7\/D#<\/span>             C<\/span>       A7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And let the music play as long as there's a song to sing\r\n<\/span><\/span>    Dm<\/span>          G<\/span>                 D#<\/span> D<\/span> C#<\/span> C<\/span> D#<\/span> D<\/span> C#<\/span> C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And I will stay younger than spring\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n
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X X X X X X X X<\/p>\n
Play along at https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5xUEBOLZk6U\r\nIts hard to play this song slow enough.\r\n \r\n[Chords]\r\nG#6     5x465x\r\nG6<\/span>     4x354x\r\nG7<\/span>     4x454x\r\nG7#5<\/span>   4x455x\r\nG9<\/span>     x4545x\r\nGaug<\/span>   x7655x\r\nGdim<\/span>   4x343x\r\nG#dim<\/span>   5x454x\r\nA#7<\/span>     7x787x\r\nA#7#5<\/span>   7X788X\r\nAm7<\/span>    6x666x\r\nA#dim<\/span>   7x676x\r\nB7<\/span>      x3231x\r\nB7b5<\/span>    2x231x\r\nC#6add9<\/span> 554455\r\nC<\/span>      x4666x\r\nC6<\/span>     x4332x\r\nC6add9<\/span> 443344\r\nCmaj7<\/span>  x4656x\r\nD#6<\/span>     x7665x\r\nD6<\/span>     x6554x\r\nD7<\/span>     x6564x\r\nDm7<\/span>    6x464x\r\nEaug<\/span>    x4322x\r\nF6<\/span>     2x132x\r\nF#dim<\/span>   3x232x\r\nF#m7b5<\/span>  3x332x\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\nC<\/span> D#<\/span> G9<\/span> A#9<\/span> G#7#5<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\nC<\/span>     Am7<\/span>       Dm7<\/span>        G7<\/span>\r\nAs I approach the prime of my life\r\nF6<\/span>      G7<\/span>      C<\/span>\r\nI find I have the time of my life\r\nAm7<\/span>          F#dim<\/span>\r\nLearning to enjoy at my leisure\r\nG7<\/span>\r\nAll the simple pleasures\r\nDm7<\/span>     G#6<\/span>     A#7<\/span> Eaug<\/span>\r\nAnd so I happily concede\r\nA#dim<\/span>         Dm7<\/span>\r\nThis is all I ask\r\nG#dim<\/span>        C6<\/span>     Gdim<\/span> Dm7<\/span>\r\nThis is all I need\r\n \r\n\r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nG7<\/span>       Cmaj7<\/span>\r\nBeautiful girls\r\nA#dim<\/span>\r\nWalk a little slower\r\n         Dm7<\/span> G#dim<\/span> C6<\/span>\r\nWhen you walk     by me\r\nC6<\/span>       Cmaj7<\/span>    Am7<\/span>\r\nLingering sunsets\r\nDm7<\/span>          Gaug<\/span>\r\nStay a little longer\r\n         Cmaj7<\/span> F#m7b5<\/span>\r\nWith the lonely sea\r\nB7<\/span>           G6<\/span>\r\nChildren everywhere\r\n         B7b5<\/span>\r\nWhen you shoot\r\n            G6           A7\r\nAt bad men, shoot at me\r\n        D7\r\nTake me to that strange\r\n                G7\r\nEnchanted land grown-ups\r\nG7         G7#5\r\nSeldom understand\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nG7       Cmaj7\r\nWandering rainbows\r\nA#dim\r\nLeave a bit of color\r\n       Dm7 G#dim C6\r\nFor my heart   to  own\r\nC6          Cmaj7  Am7\r\nStars in the sky\r\nDm7              Gaug\r\nMake my wish come true\r\n           Cmaj7    G#dim\r\nBefore the night has flown\r\n                  F6\r\nAnd let the music play\r\nF#m7b5     B7        G6     A7#5\r\nAs long as there's a song to sing\r\n     Dm7        G9           C6\r\nThen I will stay younger than Spring\r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\nD#6 D6 C#6add9 C6add9\r\n
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