Alanis Morissette

You Oughta Know(Tabs)

Alanis Morissette

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	        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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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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                                               x x 
 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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                                               x x 
 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) 
 
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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                               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 
 
N.C. oughta know. 

	        

Written by Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard

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