Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know


Standard tune


THE RHYTM IS VERY IMPORTANT ON THIS SONG

(Flea's playing bass on this one.)


Tab symbols:
h = hammer on
p = pull off
/ = slide up
*x* = pluck the x-note (hard) 
r = rest

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VERSE 1 

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 per-  verted like me?    Would she go 


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  down on you   in    a thea-       tre?             Does she speak 


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  eloquently?        And would she  have your baby?  I'm sure she'd 


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  make a really excellent           mother.               Cause the 


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 love that you gave that we...      make it enough for you to be o- 
 ...made wasn't able to             
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 -pen wide.                    No.                              And       

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  everytime you speak her...        know how you told me you'd... 
  ...name does she                  ...hold me until 

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  you died? Til you died, but       you're still alive. And I'm here 


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                         to remind you                   of the mess 


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  you left when you                 went away.         It's not fair 

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                          to deny me                    of the cross 


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  I bear that you               gave to me.                You, you, 

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  you oughta know.... 


VERSE 2 

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  You seem                          very well. 

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  Things look                     peaceful. 

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 I'm not                          quite as well.           I thought 

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                       you should   know.               Did you for- 

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  get about me           Mr.   Du---plicity?               I hate to 

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  bug you in the middle of          dinner.                 It was a 

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  slap in the face     how quickly  I was replaced,      and are you 

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  thinking of me when you              *** her?           Cause the 


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  love that you gave that...        make it enough for you to be 
  ...we made wasn't able to 

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  open wide.                        No.                          And 

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  everytime you speak her...        know how you told me... 
  ...name does she                  ...you'd hold me until 

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  you died?     Til you died, but   you're still alive. And I'm here 



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                         to remind you                   of the mess 

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  you left when you                 went away.         It's not fair 

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                          to deny me                    of the cross 

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  I bear that you               gave to me.                You, you, 

  you oughta know.... 


QUIET PART' 
[Sixteen bars rest] 

PRE-CHORUS 


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Cause the joke that you laid in the...       not gonna fade as soon as you 
          ...bed that was me, and I'm 

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  close your eyes, and you know     it.                          And 

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  everytime I scratch my nails down someone else's back I hope you 


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  feel it.               Can you feel it?               And I'm here 

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                         to remind you                   of the mess 

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  you left when you                 went away.         It's not fair 

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That's all about it