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Alanis Morissette

Version
studio
published by
iri
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
Video
Chords
	 
[Intro]
[G - Cm - G - Cm]
[Verse]
G Cm G
This is a life of extremes
Cm G
Both sides are slippery and enticing
Cm
These are my places off the
G Cm
rails
These are my places off the rails
[Verse]
G Cm
And this, my loose recollection of a
G
falling
And this, my loose recollection of a falling
Cm G
I barely remember who I failed
Cm
I was just trying to keep it
G Eb Cm
together
I was just trying to keep it together
[Pre-Chorus]
Em C
This is my first wave of my white
flag
This is my first wave of my white flag
G
This is the sound of me hitting
Gsus2/F#
bottom
This is the sound of me hitting bottom
Em
This my surrender, if that's what you
C
call it
This my surrender, if that's what you call it
G Gsus2/F# C
In the anatomy of my crash
[Chorus]
G Cm G
And I keep on smiling
Cm G
Keep on moving
Cm G Cm
Can't stand still
[Verse]
G Cm G
Me, the notorious bottom dweller
Cm G
Me, the ceiling-less brave explorer
Cm
Lured to the ends of
G Eb Cm
overwhelm
Lured to the ends of overwhelm
[Pre-Chorus]
Em C
This is my first wave of the white
flag
This is my first wave of the white flag
G
This is the sound of me hitting
Gsus2/F#
bottom
This is the sound of me hitting bottom
Em
This my surrender, if that's what I
C
call it
This my surrender, if that's what I call it
G Gsus2/F# C
In the anatomy of my crash
[Chorus]
G Cm G
And I keep on smiling
Cm G
Keep on moving
Cm G Cm
Can't stand still
[Verse]
G Cm G
Such pretty forks in the road
Cm G
On this continuum I've been bouncing
Cm G
Life flashing promise before my
Eb Cm
eyes
Life flashing promise before my eyes
[Pre-Chorus]
Em C
This is my first wave of the white
flag
This is my first wave of the white flag
G
This is the sound of me hitting
Gsus2/F#
bottom
This is the sound of me hitting bottom
Em C
This my surrender, if I can bare it
G Gsus2/F# C
In the anatomy of my crash
[Chorus]
G Cm G
And I keep on smiling
Cm G
Keep on moving
Cm G Cm G Cm
Can't stand still
[Outro]
[G - Cm - G - Cm] x4