The Couch chords by Alanis Morissette
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Verse 1
(A minor) You hadn't seen your
father in such a long time
He died in the arms of his lover,
how dare he?
Your (F major) mother never left the house
She (D minor) never married any (D major) one (F sharp minor) else
You took it upon yourself (Esus4)
to console her (E major) (A major)
(A minor) You reminded
Verse 2
her so much
of your father (A major) (A minor)
So you were banished and you
Wonder why you're so hypersensitive
And why you (E major) can't trust anyone but us
But (A minor) then how (F major) can I begin to forgive her
So many (D minor) years under
bridges (D major) with dirty water
She was foolish (F sharp minor) and selfish
And (E major) cowardly if you ask (Esus4) me
(E major)
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Verse 3
(A minor)
I don't know where to begin
In all of my fifty odd years
I have been silently suffering
And adapting,
perpetuating (A major) and endur (A minor) ing
Verse 4
Who are (F major) you,
younger generation to tell me (D minor)
That I (D major) have unresolved problems
Not many ex (F sharp minor) amples of fruits
Of this type of excru (E major) ciating labor (Esus4)
(E major)
Verse 5
(A minor) How can you just throw words around
Like grieve and heal and mourn
I feel fine, we may not have been born
As (E major) awake (A minor) as you were
It was much (F major) harder in those days
We had (D minor) paper routes,
uphill (D major) both ways
We went from (F sharp minor) school, to a job to a wife
To (E major) instant parent (Esus4) hood
(E major)
Verse 6
(A minor)
I walked into his office
I felt so self-conscious on on the couch
He was sitting down across from me
He was writing down his hypo (A major) thesis,
I don't (A minor) know
I've got (F major) a loving supportive wife
Who doesn't (D minor) know how
involved (D major) she should get
You say his (F sharp minor) interjecting
Was him just (E major) call (Esus4) ing me (E major) on my shit?
Verse 7
(E major)
Just (A minor) the other day, my sweet daughter
I was driving past 203
I walked up the stairs in my
mind's eye
I remember how they would creak loudly
She was (F major) only responsive with a drink
He was (D minor) only responsive by photo
(D major) I was (F sharp minor) only trying to be
The best (Esus4) big brother I could (E major)
Verse 8
(A minor) I've walked sometimes confused
Sometimes ready to crack
open wide
Sometimes indignant, sometimes raw
Can you imagine,
I pay him seventy-five dollars dollars (F major) an hour?
Sometimes it feels like (A minor) (D minor) highway robbery
And sometimes (D major) it's (F sharp minor) peanuts
I wish it could last a couple (E major) more (Esus4) hours (E major)
Verse 9
(A minor) 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 (F major) wise you are warm
You are (G minor) cour (D minor) ageous, you are big (D major) (D minor)
An (D major) d I love (F sharp minor) you more now
Than I ever (E major) have in my whole life
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The Couch
Alanis Morissette
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