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Matthew West – Before You Ask Her Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsBb F C Dm

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[Intro]
Bb Bb

[Verse]
           F
Before you ask her
     C
On a Friday night first date
   Dm
It might be good for you and me
   Bb
To get things a few things straight

[Pre-Chorus]
           F
Before you ask her
      C
And I hear that doorbell ring
   Dm
Or she ain't gonna' answer
  Bb
Until you answer me

[Chorus]
         Bb
Will you hold the door? Be polite?
     C
Pick up the tab? And treat her right?
         F
Have her home by ten
    C            Dm
And not a minute after?
         Bb
Will you take it slow when
it comes to love?
      C
Let a goodnight kiss be far enough
    F                 C
And treat her with respect?
                     Dm
'Cause that's what's matters
      Bb
Oh, I guess you got some
                  C
things to ask yourself

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[Verse]
           F
Before you ask her
       C
Let me tell you about my girl
        Dm
She's a Fourth of July firework
           Bb
And she'll light up your whole world

[Pre-Chorus]
           F
Before you ask her
            C
You need to know what her
heart's worth
            Dm
And if she chooses you,
then that makes you
    Bb
The luckiest on Earth

[Chorus]
         Bb
Will you build her up?
Don't let her down?
    C
And never try to steal her crown?
   F               C
Believe in all the dreams
              Dm
she's chasing after?
         Bb
Will you give her wings
And let her fly?
       C
'Cause if you do she'll touch the sky
         F              C
Will you always let her know
               Dm
That her voice matters?
      Bb
Oh, I guess you got some
                  C
things to ask yourself

[Bridge]
           F
Before you ask her
           Dm      Bb
Before you ask her
   F       Dm  Bb
Ha-ooh-ooh-ooh

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[Verse]
           F
Before you ask me
           C
If you can walk her down the aisle
        Dm
Yeah, I knew this day was coming
              Bb
I've seen the way you make her smile

[Pre-Chorus]
           F
Before you ask her
           C
Before you get down on one knee
    Dm
And make my girl a promise
       Bb
I need you to promise me

[Chorus]
         Bb
Will you stay for better or for worse?
     C
Will you put her and Jesus first?
    F             C          Dm
And always be her happy ever after?
         Bb
Will you let that ring remind you
          C
That even when the hard times find you
         F           C
It's the promises we keep
            Dm
That really matter?
       Bb
Son, I guess you got some
                  C
things to ask yourself

[Outro]
           F
Before you ask her
           Bb     Bb
Before you ask her
   F
Ha-ooh-ooh
           Bb     Bb
Before you ask her

How to play Before You Ask Her: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Before You Ask Her by Matthew West on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Before You Ask Her by Matthew West is written in F major (one flat: B♭) and moves through 4 chords: Bb, F, C and Dm.

Listen for F – C – Dm – Bb (I – V – vi – IV in F major), the “four-chord” progression behind countless pop, rock and worship songs: the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – fah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes G, D, A, Bm (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.