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The Couch chords by
Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette

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Verse 1
Am

You hadn't seen your

father in such a long time

He died in the arms of his lover,

how dare he?
F

Your mother never left the house
Dm
D
F#m

She never married anyone else
Esus4

You took it upon yourself
E
A

to console her
Am
You reminded
Verse 2

her so much
A
Am

of your father

So you were banished and you

Wonder why you're so hypersensitive
E

And why you can't trust anyone but us
Am
F

But then how can I begin to forgive her
Dm

So many years under
D

bridges with dirty water
F#m

She was foolish and selfish
E
Esus4

And cowardly if you ask me
E
Verse 3
Am


I don't know where to begin

In all of my fifty odd years

I have been silently suffering

And adapting,
A
Am

perpetuating and enduring
Verse 4
F

Who are you,
Dm

younger generation to tell me
D

That I have unresolved problems
F#m

Not many examples of fruits
E
Esus4

Of this type of excruciating labor
E
Verse 5

Am

How can you just throw words around

Like grieve and heal and mourn

I feel fine, we may not have been born
E
Am

As awake as you were
F

It was much harder in those days
Dm

We had paper routes,
D

uphill both ways
F#m

We went from school, to a job to a wife
E
Esus4

To instant parenthood
E
Verse 6
Am


I walked into his office

I felt so self-conscious on on the couch

He was sitting down across from me
A

He was writing down his hypothesis,
Am

I don't know
F

I've got a loving supportive wife
Dm

Who doesn't know how
D

involved she should get
F#m

You say his interjecting
E
Esus4
E

Was him just calling me on my shit?
Verse 7
E

Am

Just 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
F

She was only responsive with a drink
Dm

He was only responsive by photo
D
F#m

I was only trying to be
Esus4
E

The best big brother I could
Verse 8
Am

I've walked sometimes confused

Sometimes ready to crack

open wide

Sometimes indignant, sometimes raw

Can you imagine,
F

I pay him seventy-five dollars dollars an hour?
Am
Dm

Sometimes it feels like highway robbery
D
F#m

And sometimes it's peanuts
E
Esus4
E

I wish it could last a couple more hours
Verse 9
Am

So here we both are

battling similar demons

Not coincidentally

You seen getting beyond knowing

it solely intellectually

You're not relinquishing your majesty
F

You are wise you are warm
Gm
Dm
D
Dm

You are courageous, you are big
D
F#m

And I love you more now
E

Than I ever have in my whole life
Outro 1
E
Am

Am


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  • Dm

  • D

  • F#m

    2
  • Esus4

  • E

  • A

  • Gm

    3

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