KOTTKE LEO - "why ask why" Tablature
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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 95 10:44:23 EST
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\par As a new guy on the net, and a bonefide Leo Kottke nut,
\par my first tab submitted to OLGA is one of Leo's more obscure
\par tunes, "Why Ask Why?" from "Dreams and all that Stuff". Six
\par \pard string, standard tuning, "Why ask Why?" is a classic example of Leo's
occasional foray into the sublime (ie. Muzak or "elevator music").
\par \pard
\par While not a Kottke original, I have no clue who composed
\par \pard
the piece. It kind of fits along the pattern of other "old standards" Leo has "
covered" over the years, the most recent being "Twilight Time" and "Wonderland by
Night" from "Peculiaroso". "Why ask Why?" is a little less tongue in cheek and h
as, as most
old standards, a very pretty melody which is probably what draws Leo to these tun
es to begin with.
\par \pard
\par The biggest problem I have with Leo's cover is the piano
\par banging out the melody in the background. Unfortunately
\par he has always had a tendancy to add too many "bells and
\par whistles" to his productions vice solo guitar. An attempt to
\par find commercial success I suppose but sure wish he'd stick
\par \pard to pure, unadulterated solo guitar......that's his audience in my humb
le opinion. His recent excursions into spoken word,"Rap"tunes, really turn me off
but what do I know...:)
\par \pard
\par \pard Regardless of aforementioned criticisms, I've been a long time Kottke
fan and had the rare opportunity to talk with Leo and his wife Mary for about twe
nty minutes on the floor of the Taylor guitar factory in San Diego in Dec 95. We
covered a
number of issues but I'll save that for another time if anybodys interested.....
..time I get on with the program here right!? :)
\par \pard
\par \pard \page
\par \pard
\par
\par "Why ask Why"
\par composer: unknown
\par arrangement: Leo Kottke
\par Tab: Jim Jarrell
\par Standard tuning
\par Capo II (or there abouts)
\par
\par a = arppegio
\par v = vibrato
\par
\par Note: As a "registered musical idiot", no time values
\par per measure are provided. I break up measures in a
\par \pard hap-hazard manner.....ie. you gotta hear the tune! A straight forward
tune, Leo's stuff doesn't get any easier
\par \pard than this. Reasonably slow tempo with lots of
\par feeling....play it like a "lounge lizard" would!
\par
\par
\par Section I
\par
\par
\par Em(?) G
\par e|-----------------------|---------------------|
\par B|-----------------------|----------------0----|
\par G|-----------------------|--------0-----2-2-2--|
\par D|-----0--4----4-------4-|--------0-----0---0--|
\par A|--2-----2--2---2---2---|------2---2----------|
\par E|--------0--------0-----|-2-3--------3--------|
\par a
\par
\par first two notes in above measure are "whole notes",
\par \pard then the pace picks up to say what? quarter notes?
\par \pard
\par Am Cmaj7
\par |------------------------------|-----------------|
\par |--------------0-------0-0-----|-----------------|
\par |------2-2-------2-----2-2-----|-----0-------0---|
\par |----2-2-2---2-------2-------2-|-1-2-2---2-------|
\par |--0-------0-------0-------0---|-------3-------3-|
\par |------------------------------|-----3-----3-----|
\par
\par \pard
\par
\par
\par \pard G Am D(1st ending)
\par |------------------|---------------|-------------|
\par |------0-------0---|-----1---------|-------3-----|
\par |----0-0-------0---|---0-2-2---2---|-0-0---2-----|
\par |--4-------0-------|-4-------2-----|-----4-0-----|
\par |--------2-------2-|-----0-------0-|-------------|
\par |------3-----3-----|---------------|-------------|
\par a a
\par
\par D(2nd ending)
\par |--------------|
\par |--------3-----|
\par |--0-----2-----|
\par |----2-4-0-----|
\par |--------------|
\par |--------------|
\par a
\par
\par Section II
\par
\par C G D
\par |-------------------|-------------------|
\par |------1---0-0------|-------0-1-0---0---|
\par |------0---0-0---0--|-----0-------2-----|
\par |---0----0------0---|---0---------------|
\par |-4----3------------|-------------------|
\par |------------3------|-2-----------------|
\par v a a that's right..
\par no bass notes!
\par
\par first three notes in first measure above are
\par whole notes
\par
\par Am
\par |----------------------------------|
\par |----------------------------------|
\par |--2------------------2-------2----|
\par |--2--2---2--2----2-----2---2---2--|
\par |--0----0----0--0---0-----0--------|
\par |------------0---------------------|
\par a a
\par
\par \pard
\par
\par Cmaj7 G
\par \pard |--------------------|------------------|
\par |--------------------|------------0-----|
\par |-------0---0--------|------0---0-0---0-|
\par |--1-2--2---2--4---2-|-1-2--0---0-----0-|
\par |---------3----------|--------2---------|
\par |-------3--------3---|------3-------3---|
\par
\par
\par Am D
\par |---------------------------|
\par |-------1-----1-0-------3---|
\par |----0--2-----2-2---2---2---|
\par |--4-------2----------4-----|
\par |-------0---------0-----0---|
\par |---------------------------|
\par a a
\par
\par Section III
\par
\par Uh,oh...change in key! Hate it when that happens! :)
\par Same tune as sections I and II. Not alot of time spent
\par trying to tab last two sections...only a sketch. Sections
\par I and II can stand alone as a complete tune however.
\par
\par
\par F#m A
\par
\par |------------------------|----------------------|
\par |------------------------|------------------2---|
\par |--------1----1-----1----|---------2--2---4---2-|
\par |-----2------------------|-------2----------2---|
\par |--4--------4-----4------|----0-------0---------|
\par |--------2------2------2-|--4-------------------|
\par
\par first 2 notes in both measures above are whole notes
\par \pard
\par \page
\par \pard Bm
\par |---------------------------------|
\par |---------------------------------|
\par |--4-----4-4------4-------4-4-----|
\par |------4--------4-------4-----4---|
\par |----2--------2-------2---------2-|
\par |--2-------2--------2-------2-----|
\par
\par
\par D A
\par
\par |-------------------|-----------------|
\par |-------------------|---------2-------|
\par |-------2---2-1-----|-----2-----4---2-|
\par |--3-4----0-------4-|-3-4---2---------|
\par |-------0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
\par |-------------------|-----------------|
\par
\par
\par Bm E
\par
\par |---------------------|--------------0--|
\par |-------3---3-2-------|------------0----|
\par |--1-2------------4---|--1-1-----1------|
\par |---------4---------4-|--------2--------|
\par |-------2-------2-----|------2----------|
\par |---------------------|----0---------0--|
\par
\par D A
\par
\par |----------------|-------------------------|
\par |-------3--------|--2--2-----2--3--2-------|
\par |-------2-----2--|---------2----------4--2-|
\par |--1-2-----0-----|-------2-----------------|
\par |----------------|-----0--------0----------|
\par |-------2--------|-------------------------|
\par
\par \pard
\par \page
\par
\par \pard |--------------------|
\par |--------------------|
\par |------4--4----4-----| of section
\par \pard |----2-------2-------|
\par |--2------2----------|
\par
\par Any corrections, comments etc. most welcome. I've
\par got several other Kottke's not currently in OLGA.
\par Some are only partially complete,half-baked,
\par need lots of assembly but are ball park and
\par a few others are reasonably close. If this one
\par passes ya'lls "hello test" I'll submit
\par tabs for "Cripple Creek", "Watermelon" (amazed
\par those two aren't in OLGA),"Available Space", "Train
\par and the Gate", "Always","Part Two","Tenn Toad",
\par "Little Martha"(Leo's, not Duane's),"Ark Greyhounds"
\par (I need help for the latter!!) plus some Ackerman,
\par Peter Lang (for you old timers) and a real close
\par Rick Ruskin "Here Comes the Sun". Somebody send me
\par a mail and let me know if they're interested.......
\par
\par Jim Jarrell work: JarrellJ@N4.OPNAV.NAVY.MIL
\par home: KQTJ46A@prodigy.com
\par
\par |
\par \pard {\f3\fs16
\par }}
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\par As a new guy on the net, and a bonefide Leo Kottke nut,
\par my first tab submitted to OLGA is one of Leo's more obscure
\par tunes, "Why Ask Why?" from "Dreams and all that Stuff". Six
\par \pard string, standard tuning, "Why ask Why?" is a classic example of Leo's
occasional foray into the sublime (ie. Muzak or "elevator music").
\par \pard
\par While not a Kottke original, I have no clue who composed
\par \pard
the piece. It kind of fits along the pattern of other "old standards" Leo has "
covered" over the years, the most recent being "Twilight Time" and "Wonderland by
Night" from "Peculiaroso". "Why ask Why?" is a little less tongue in cheek and h
as, as most
old standards, a very pretty melody which is probably what draws Leo to these tun
es to begin with.
\par \pard
\par The biggest problem I have with Leo's cover is the piano
\par banging out the melody in the background. Unfortunately
\par he has always had a tendancy to add too many "bells and
\par whistles" to his productions vice solo guitar. An attempt to
\par find commercial success I suppose but sure wish he'd stick
\par \pard to pure, unadulterated solo guitar......that's his audience in my humb
le opinion. His recent excursions into spoken word,"Rap"tunes, really turn me off
but what do I know...:)
\par \pard
\par \pard Regardless of aforementioned criticisms, I've been a long time Kottke
fan and had the rare opportunity to talk with Leo and his wife Mary for about twe
nty minutes on the floor of the Taylor guitar factory in San Diego in Dec 95. We
covered a
number of issues but I'll save that for another time if anybodys interested.....
..time I get on with the program here right!? :)
\par \pard
\par \pard \page
\par \pard
\par
\par "Why ask Why"
\par composer: unknown
\par arrangement: Leo Kottke
\par Tab: Jim Jarrell
\par Standard tuning
\par Capo II (or there abouts)
\par
\par a = arppegio
\par v = vibrato
\par
\par Note: As a "registered musical idiot", no time values
\par per measure are provided. I break up measures in a
\par \pard hap-hazard manner.....ie. you gotta hear the tune! A straight forward
tune, Leo's stuff doesn't get any easier
\par \pard than this. Reasonably slow tempo with lots of
\par feeling....play it like a "lounge lizard" would!
\par
\par
\par Section I
\par
\par
\par Em(?) G
\par e|-----------------------|---------------------|
\par B|-----------------------|----------------0----|
\par G|-----------------------|--------0-----2-2-2--|
\par D|-----0--4----4-------4-|--------0-----0---0--|
\par A|--2-----2--2---2---2---|------2---2----------|
\par E|--------0--------0-----|-2-3--------3--------|
\par a
\par
\par first two notes in above measure are "whole notes",
\par \pard then the pace picks up to say what? quarter notes?
\par \pard
\par Am Cmaj7
\par |------------------------------|-----------------|
\par |--------------0-------0-0-----|-----------------|
\par |------2-2-------2-----2-2-----|-----0-------0---|
\par |----2-2-2---2-------2-------2-|-1-2-2---2-------|
\par |--0-------0-------0-------0---|-------3-------3-|
\par |------------------------------|-----3-----3-----|
\par
\par \pard
\par
\par
\par \pard G Am D(1st ending)
\par |------------------|---------------|-------------|
\par |------0-------0---|-----1---------|-------3-----|
\par |----0-0-------0---|---0-2-2---2---|-0-0---2-----|
\par |--4-------0-------|-4-------2-----|-----4-0-----|
\par |--------2-------2-|-----0-------0-|-------------|
\par |------3-----3-----|---------------|-------------|
\par a a
\par
\par D(2nd ending)
\par |--------------|
\par |--------3-----|
\par |--0-----2-----|
\par |----2-4-0-----|
\par |--------------|
\par |--------------|
\par a
\par
\par Section II
\par
\par C G D
\par |-------------------|-------------------|
\par |------1---0-0------|-------0-1-0---0---|
\par |------0---0-0---0--|-----0-------2-----|
\par |---0----0------0---|---0---------------|
\par |-4----3------------|-------------------|
\par |------------3------|-2-----------------|
\par v a a that's right..
\par no bass notes!
\par
\par first three notes in first measure above are
\par whole notes
\par
\par Am
\par |----------------------------------|
\par |----------------------------------|
\par |--2------------------2-------2----|
\par |--2--2---2--2----2-----2---2---2--|
\par |--0----0----0--0---0-----0--------|
\par |------------0---------------------|
\par a a
\par
\par \pard
\par
\par Cmaj7 G
\par \pard |--------------------|------------------|
\par |--------------------|------------0-----|
\par |-------0---0--------|------0---0-0---0-|
\par |--1-2--2---2--4---2-|-1-2--0---0-----0-|
\par |---------3----------|--------2---------|
\par |-------3--------3---|------3-------3---|
\par
\par
\par Am D
\par |---------------------------|
\par |-------1-----1-0-------3---|
\par |----0--2-----2-2---2---2---|
\par |--4-------2----------4-----|
\par |-------0---------0-----0---|
\par |---------------------------|
\par a a
\par
\par Section III
\par
\par Uh,oh...change in key! Hate it when that happens! :)
\par Same tune as sections I and II. Not alot of time spent
\par trying to tab last two sections...only a sketch. Sections
\par I and II can stand alone as a complete tune however.
\par
\par
\par F#m A
\par
\par |------------------------|----------------------|
\par |------------------------|------------------2---|
\par |--------1----1-----1----|---------2--2---4---2-|
\par |-----2------------------|-------2----------2---|
\par |--4--------4-----4------|----0-------0---------|
\par |--------2------2------2-|--4-------------------|
\par
\par first 2 notes in both measures above are whole notes
\par \pard
\par \page
\par \pard Bm
\par |---------------------------------|
\par |---------------------------------|
\par |--4-----4-4------4-------4-4-----|
\par |------4--------4-------4-----4---|
\par |----2--------2-------2---------2-|
\par |--2-------2--------2-------2-----|
\par
\par
\par D A
\par
\par |-------------------|-----------------|
\par |-------------------|---------2-------|
\par |-------2---2-1-----|-----2-----4---2-|
\par |--3-4----0-------4-|-3-4---2---------|
\par |-------0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
\par |-------------------|-----------------|
\par
\par
\par Bm E
\par
\par |---------------------|--------------0--|
\par |-------3---3-2-------|------------0----|
\par |--1-2------------4---|--1-1-----1------|
\par |---------4---------4-|--------2--------|
\par |-------2-------2-----|------2----------|
\par |---------------------|----0---------0--|
\par
\par D A
\par
\par |----------------|-------------------------|
\par |-------3--------|--2--2-----2--3--2-------|
\par |-------2-----2--|---------2----------4--2-|
\par |--1-2-----0-----|-------2-----------------|
\par |----------------|-----0--------0----------|
\par |-------2--------|-------------------------|
\par
\par \pard
\par \page
\par
\par \pard |--------------------|
\par |--------------------|
\par |------4--4----4-----| of section
\par \pard |----2-------2-------|
\par |--2------2----------|
\par
\par Any corrections, comments etc. most welcome. I've
\par got several other Kottke's not currently in OLGA.
\par Some are only partially complete,half-baked,
\par need lots of assembly but are ball park and
\par a few others are reasonably close. If this one
\par passes ya'lls "hello test" I'll submit
\par tabs for "Cripple Creek", "Watermelon" (amazed
\par those two aren't in OLGA),"Available Space", "Train
\par and the Gate", "Always","Part Two","Tenn Toad",
\par "Little Martha"(Leo's, not Duane's),"Ark Greyhounds"
\par (I need help for the latter!!) plus some Ackerman,
\par Peter Lang (for you old timers) and a real close
\par Rick Ruskin "Here Comes the Sun". Somebody send me
\par a mail and let me know if they're interested.......
\par
\par Jim Jarrell work: JarrellJ@N4.OPNAV.NAVY.MIL
\par home: KQTJ46A@prodigy.com
\par
\par |
\par \pard {\f3\fs16
\par }}
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