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You Oughta Know by Alanis Morissette
You Oughta Know
F# : 244322
F#': x 9 11 11 11 x
E : 022100
B : 799877
B' : x 14 16 16 16 x
A : 577655
VERSE 1
(no chords)
I want you to know that I'm happy for you.
I wish nothing but the best for you both.
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Another version of me; Is she perverted like me? Would she go
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down on you in a theatre? Does she speak
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e- lo- quently? And would she have your baby? I'm sure she'd
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make a really excel- lent mother. Cause the
PRE-CHORUS
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F#'
love that you gave that we made wasn't a------ble to
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x x B'
make it enough for you to be o--pen wide.
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x x F#'
No. And every--time you speak her name does she
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know how you told me you'd hold me un--til
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B'
you died? Til you died, but you're still alive. And I'm here
CHORUS
F# E A B
(And I'm here) to remind you of the mess you left when you went away.
F# E A B
It's not fair to deny me of the cross I bear that you gave to me.
B n.c.
You, you, you oughta know.
VERSE 2 (guitar 1 plays the F#' and B' chords softly)
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F#'
You seem very well.
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B'
Things look peaceful.
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F#'
I'm not quite as well. I thought
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B'
you should know. Did you for-
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F#'
get a--bout me Mr. Du-------plici-ty? I hate to
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B'
bug you in the middle of dinner. It was a
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F#'
slap in the face how quickly I was replaced, and are you
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B'
thinking of me when you fuck her? Cause the
PRE-CHORUS (guitar 1 plays the F#' and B' chords loudly)
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F#'
love that you gave that we made wasn't a------ble to
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x x B'
make it enough for you to be o--pen wide.
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x x F#'
No. And every--time you speak her name does she
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know how you told me you'd hold me un--til
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B'
you died? Til you died, but you're still alive. And I'm here
CHORUS
F# E A B
(And I'm here) to remind you of the mess you left when you went away.
F# E A B
It's not fair to deny me of the cross I bear that you gave to me.
B n.c.
You, you, you oughta know.
`QUIET PART'
Guitar 1: feedback-effects
Guitar 2 (clean, with effects)
Chord formation: A7: 57565x B7: 224242
A7 B7 A7 B7 A7 B7 B7 B7 (each chord eight counts)
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F#'
Cause the joke that you laid in the bed that was me, and I'm
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x x B'
not gonna fade as soon as you close your eyes, and you know
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x x F#'
it. And every---time I scratch my nails down
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x x
someone else's back I hope you
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B'
feel it. Can you feel it? And I'm here
CHORUS
F# E A B
(And I'm here) to remind you of the mess you left when you went away.
F# E A B
It's not fair to deny me of the cross I bear that you gave to me.
B
You, you, you oughta know. And I'm here
(during the second chorus, guitar 1 plays the tab (with vibrato) overdriven,
and guitar 2 plays the chords overdriven)
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F# E A B
to remind you of the mess you left when you went away. It's not
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F# E A B
fair to deny me of the cross I bear that you gave to me. You you you
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F#m B
I want you to know that I'm happy for you.
F#m B
I wish nothing but the best for you both.
F#m F#m
Another version of me Is she preverted like me?
B B
Would she go down on you in a theatre?
F#m F#m
Does she speak eloquently?And would she have your baby?
B B
I'm sure she'd make a really excellent mother.
F#m
'Cause the love that you gave that we made
A B B
wasn't able to make it enough for you to be open wide. No,
F#m
and everytime you speak her name
A
does she know how you told me you'd hold me
B
until you died? `Til you died,
but you're still alive.
F# E
And I'm here to remind you
A B
of the mess you left when you went away.
F# E
It's not fair to deny me
A B
of the cross I bare that you gave to me.
B
You, you, you oughta know.
F#m
You seem very well.
B
Things look peaceful.
F#m
I'm not quite as well.
B
I thought you should know.
F#m F#m
Did you forget about me Mr. Duplicity?
B B
I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner.
F#m F#m
It was a slap in the face how quickly I was replaced,
B B
and are you thinking of me when you fuck her?
F#m
'Cause the love that you gave that we made
A B B
wasn't able to make it enough for you to be open wide. No,
F#m
and everytime you speak her name
A
does she know how you told me you'd hold me
B B
until you died? `Til you died, but you're still alive.
F# E
And I'm here to remind you
A B
of the mess you left when you went away.
F# E
It's not fair to deny me
A B
of the cross I bare that you gave to me.
B
You, you, you oughta know.
F#m
Cause the joke that you laid in the bed that was me,
A B B
and I'm not gonna fadeas soon as you close your eyes, and you know it.
F#m
And everytime I scratch my nails down
A
someone else's back
B B
I hope you feel it. Can you feel it?
F# E
And I'm here to remind you
A B
of the mess you left when you went away.
F# E
It's not fair to deny me
A B
of the cross I bare that you gave to me.
B
You, you, you oughta know.
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