You Oughta Know Tab - Alanis Morissette






F# : 244322
F#': x 9 11 11 11 x
E  : 022100
B  : 799877
B' : x 14 16 16 16 x
A  : 577655

Guitar 2 plays the tab. It is a clean guitar, with some effects (I'm not sure,
I think maybe a chorus or a flanger?)

OK, here we go.
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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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----16------------------------|---------------------------------------|
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make a  really  excel-  lent    mother.                      Cause the


PRE-CHORUS
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14-----------------------------------------------------------17-----|
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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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---19---17-----------|-14------------------------------17------|
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                 x x   F#'

 No.             And   every--time you speak her name does she
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                                               x x
 know how you told me you'd hold me       un--til

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-16--------------------------17-|-16-------------------------------------|
-----16-------------------------|-------16-------------------------------|
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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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-16-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
-----16--------------16---------|---------------------------------|
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B'
thinking of   me     when you        f**k    her?            Cause the


PRE-CHORUS (guitar 1 plays the F#' and B' chords loudly)
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--------------------------17-----------------16-------14------------|
14-----------------------------------------------------------17-----|
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--------------------------------------------------------------------|
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F#'
love     that you gave    that we made       wasn't   a------ble to

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14------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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                 x x  B'
make it enough for you to    be      o--pen wide.

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-----------------19----------|-14------------------------------17------|
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                          x x F#'
 No.                      And every--time you speak her name does she

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                                               x x
 know how you told me you'd hold me       un--til

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-----16----------16------------|--------16-------------------------------|
---------16----------16--------|---------------16------------------------|
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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)

PRE-CHORUS
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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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----------17---16~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-14-------------------------------17----|
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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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---------16------------------16-|----------------------------------------|
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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

N.C. oughta know.