The Couch

The Couch easy guitar chords by Alanis Morissette

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  • Verse 1
    You 
    hadn't 
    seen 
    your 

    father 
    in 
    such 
    long 
    time 

    He 
    died 
    in the 
    arms 
    of 
    his lover, 

    how 
    dare 
    he? 

    Your 
    mother 
    never 
    left 
    the 
    house 

    She 
    never 
    married 
    any
    one 
    else 

    You 
    took 
    it 
    upon 
    your
    self 

    to 
    console 
    her

    You 
    reminded 
    Verse 2
    her 
    so 
    much 

    of 
    your 
    father

    So 
    you 
    were 
    banished 
    and 
    you 

    Wonder 
    why you're 
    so 
    hypersensitive 

    And 
    why 
    you 
    can't 
    trust 
    anyone 
    but 
    us 

    But 
    then 
    how 
    can 
    begin 
    to 
    forgive 
    her 

    So 
    many 
    years 
    under 

    bridges 
    with 
    dirty 
    water 

    She 
    was 
    foolish 
    and 
    selfish 

    And 
    cowardly 
    if 
    you 
    ask 
    me 

    Verse 3

    don't 
    know 
    where 
    to 
    begin 

    In 
    all 
    of 
    my 
    fifty 
    odd 
    years 

    I have 
    been 
    silently 
    suffering 

    And 
    adapting, 

    perpetuating 
    and 
    endur
    ing 

    Verse 4
    Who 
    are 
    you, 

    younger 
    generation 
    to 
    tell 
    me 

    That 
    have 
    unresolved 
    problems 

    Not 
    many 
    ex
    amples 
    of 
    fruits 

    Of 
    this 
    type 
    of 
    excru
    ciating 
    labor 

    Verse 5

    How 
    can 
    you just 
    throw 
    words 
    around 

    Like 
    grieve 
    and 
    heal 
    and 
    mourn 

    feel 
    fine, 
    we 
    may 
    not 
    have 
    been 
    born 

    As 
    awake 
    as 
    you 
    were 

    It was 
    much 
    harder 
    in 
    those 
    days 

    We 
    had 
    paper 
    routes, 

    uphill 
    both 
    ways 

    We 
    went 
    from 
    school, 
    to 
    a job 
    to 
    wife 

    To 
    instant 
    parent
    hood 

    Verse 6

    walked 
    into 
    his 
    office 

    felt 
    so 
    self-conscious 
    on 
    on 
    the couch 

    He 
    was 
    sitting 
    down 
    across 
    from 
    me 

    He 
    was 
    writing 
    down 
    his 
    hypo
    thesis, 

    don't 
    know 

    I've 
    got 
    loving 
    supportive 
    wife 

    Who 
    doesn't 
    know 
    how 

    involved 
    she 
    should 
    get 

    You 
    say 
    his 
    interjecting 

    Was 
    him 
    just 
    call
    ing me 
    on 
    my 
    shit? 

    Verse 7

    Just 
    the 
    other 
    day, 
    my 
    sweet 
    daughter 

    was 
    driving 
    past 
    203 

    I walked 
    up 
    the stairs 
    in 
    my 

    mind's 
    eye 

    I remember 
    how 
    they 
    would 
    creak 
    loudly 

    She 
    was 
    only 
    responsive 
    with 
    drink 

    He 
    was 
    only 
    responsive 
    by 
    photo 

    was 
    only 
    trying 
    to 
    be 

    The 
    best 
    big 
    brother 
    could 

    Verse 8
    I've 
    walked 
    sometimes 
    confused 

    Sometimes 
    ready 
    to 
    crack 

    open 
    wide 

    Sometimes 
    indignant, 
    sometimes 
    raw 

    Can 
    you 
    imagine, 

    pay 
    him 
    seventy-five 
    dollars 
    dollars 
    an 
    hour? 

    Sometimes 
    it feels 
    like 
    highway 
    robbery 

    And 
    sometimes 
    it's 
    peanuts 

    wish 
    it 
    could 
    last 
    couple 
    more 
    hours 

    Verse 9
    So 
    here 
    we 
    both 
    are 

    battling 
    similar 
    demons 

    Not 
    coincidentally 

    You 
    seen 
    getting 
    beyond 
    knowing 

    it 
    solely 
    intellectually 

    You're not 
    relinquishing 
    your 
    majesty 

    You 
    are 
    wise 
    you 
    are 
    warm 

    You are 
    cour
    ageous, 
    you 
    are 
    big 

    An
    I love 
    you 
    more 
    now 

    Than 
    ever 
    have 
    in 
    my 
    whole 
    life 

    Outro 1



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