I Was Hoping chords by
Alanis Morissette

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Intro 1

Verse 1

As we were talking outside

It was cold

We were shivering,

yet warmed by the subject matter

Verse 2
Am Am 
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My wife is in the next room
We've been having troubles you know
F F 
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Please don't tell her or anyone
Dm Dm 
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Am Am 
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But I need to talk to  somebody
Dm Dm 
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Verse 3
Am Am 
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You said,
wouldn't it be a shame if I knew how great I was
F F 
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Five minutes before I died? I'd be
Dm Dm 
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filled with such regret
Am Am 
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Before I took my last breath
Asus2 Asus2 
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Am Am 
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And I said,  you're willing
to tell me this now
F F 
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And you're not going to die
Dm Dm 
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Anytime soon
Am Am 
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And I said, I   haven't
been eating chicken
Or meat or anything

Verse 4
F F 
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And you said yes But
Dm Dm 
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you've been wearing leather
Am Am 
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And laughed and said
We're at the top of the food chain
F F 
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And yes, you're still a fine woman
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Am Am 
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And I   cringed

Verse 5

I was hoping

I was hoping we could heal each other

I was hoping

I was hoping we could be

Interlude 1

raw together

Verse 6
Am Am 
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We left the restaurant Where the
head waiter in his 60s, said
F F 
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Goodbye, sir, thank you for your
Dm Dm 
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business sir
Am Am 
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You're successful and established,
sir
We like the frequency with
which you dine here, sir
F F 
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Am Am 
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And your money
Dm Dm 
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Am Am 
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And when I walked by,
they said thank you too, dear
F F 
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I was all pigtails and cords
Dm Dm 
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And there was a day when I
would've said something like
Am Am 
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Hey dude, I could buy and
F F 
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sell this place, so kiss it
Dm Dm 
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I too once thought I was
Am Am 
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owed something

Verse 7
Am Am 
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I was hoping
G G 
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I was hoping we could
Dm Dm 
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Am Am 
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challenge each other
I was hoping
G G 
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I was hoping we could crack
Dm Dm 
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Am Am 
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each other up
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I too thought that when     proved

Verse 8
wrong,
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F F 
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I lost somehow
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Am Am 
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I too once thought life was cruel
Dm Dm 
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Am Am 
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And it's a cycle, really
You think I'm withdrawing
F F 
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and guilt tripping you
I think you're insensitive and
Dm Dm 
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I don't feel heard

Verse 9
Am Am 
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(And I said do you believe we
F F 
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are)
Fundamentally judgmental?
Dm Dm 
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Fundamentally evil?
Am Am 
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And you said yes
I said, I don't believe in revenge
F F 
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In right or wrong, good or bad
You said well,
Dm Dm 
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what about the man that I saw
Am Am 
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Handcuffed in the emergency room
Bleeding after beating his kid
F F 
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And she threw a shoe at his head
Dm Dm 
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And I think what he did was wrong
Am Am 
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And I would've have had
a hard time feeling
Compassion for him
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I had to watch my tone for fear
Dm Dm 
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Am Am 
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of having you feel judged

Verse 10

I was hoping

I was hoping we could dance together

I was hoping

I was hoping we could be creamy together

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