Too Much To Ask

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Step 1 / 23Position: 5
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
Tuning - Standard (EADGBE)
Chords written according to fret position
A7- x02020 || G5/F#- 2x0033 || G/B- x20033
C- x32013 || Em7- 022033 || Cadd9- x32033
Dadd4- x54035 || D- xx0232 || F- 133211
G5- 3x0033 || Em- 022000 ||
Opening Riff
e||---A7-----------------C-----------------A7-----------------C---------Dadd4--------|
B||----5~~-5~~-5~~~-----8---8---8~~~-----5~~-5~~-5~~~----8--------10~~~~--|
G||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||--/5---5---5----5--/9---9---9----9\-/5---5---5----5--/9----------------|
A||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
It's the fG5irst time I G5/F#ever felt this lEm7onely
WG5ish someone would G5/F#cure this pEm7ain
It's fCunny when you thDink it's gonna wEmork outD  
Till you chose wCeed over mDe you're so lEmameG5/F#  
I thG5ought you were cG5/F#ool until the pEm7oint
G5Up until the pG5/F#oint you didn't cEm7all me when you said you would
FCinally figured Dout you're all the sEmameD  
Always cComing up with sDome kind of stEmoryG5/F#  
[Chorus]
G5Everytime I try to mG/Bake you sCadd9mile
You're G5always feelin sG/Borry for yoursCadd9elfD  
G5Everytime I try to mG5/F#ake you lEm7aughD  
A7You can't you're too tCough
You think you're lovelA7ess
Is that too mCuch that I'm Dadd4askin' for?
G5 G5/F# Em7
G5 G5/F# Em7
[Verse]
ThG5ought you'd come G5/F#around when I ignEm7ored you
So I thG5ought you'd have the dG5/F#ecency to chEm7ange
But bCabe I guess you dDidn't take that wEmarningD  
Cause CI'm not abDout to lEmook at your fG5/F#ace again
CG5an't you see that you lG/Bie to yoursCadd9elf
You cG5an't see the wG/Borld through a mCadd9irrorD  
G5It won't be G5/F#too late whEm7en the smoke clDears
Cause A7I, I am still hCereDadd4  
[Chorus]
But G5everytime I try to mG/Bake you smCadd9ile
You'd G5always go off feelin' sG/Borry for yoursCadd9elfD  
G5Everytime I try to mG5/F#ake you lEm7aughD  
A7You stand like a stCone
Alone in your zA7one
Is that too mCuch that I'm Dadd4asking for?
[Bridge]
C  EmYeah yeah, yeah yeah
CCan't find where I am, Ema lying here alone I fear
CAfraid of the dark, Emno one to claim, alone again
FYeah yeah yeah yeah
[Verse]
CG5an't you see that you lG/Bie to yoursCadd9elf
You cG5an't see the wG/Borld through a mCadd9irrorD  
G5It won't be G5/F#too late whEm7en the smoke clDears
Cause A7I, I am still hCereDadd4  
[Chorus]
But G5everytime I try to mG/Bake you smCadd9ile
You're G5always feelin' sG/Borry for yoursCadd9elfD  
G5Everytime I try to mG5/F#ake you lEm7aughD  
A7You can't you're too tCough
You think you're lovelA7ess
It was too mCuch that I'm Dadd4ask him for
G5 G5/F# Em7
G5 G5/F# Em7
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The story behind the song

Avril Lavigne is a Canadian singer and songwriter credited with popularizing pop-punk music, especially for female artists in the early 2000s. She signed a recording contract at 16, and her debut album, Let Go, released in 2002, is the best-selling album of the 21st century by a Canadian artist. This song appears on the Let Go: Instrumentals release. Playing this song can evoke the feeling of a request that might be just a bit beyond reach.

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