Morissette Alanis

Morissette Alanis - Hand In My Pocket guitar tab

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I know this song is pretty basic, musically, but I figured it would be

timely and work well in my solo acoustic sets around the San Jose-area

coffeehouses. Since I went to the trouble of transcribing all the lyrics,

I can't see a reason not to share it here!

I believe Alanis sings this in the key of D; to accomodate my male singing

voice, I have transposed it down to Bb (or B, depending on capo placement).

I use 'open-A' fingering, with the capo on the first or second fret. I've

shown the music below as just being in 'A', however. (Put your capo on

the 5th fret to play along with the record, or transpose this back to the

open-D position without a capo).

As the music is basically a 'drone' type of sound, I use variations of the

basic open-A chord position to lend some variance to my solo accompaniment,

namely, the -sus2 and -sus4 forms of the basic A-chord, as follows:

A Asus2 Asus4

e--0----0------0-------

B--2----0------3-------

G--2----2------2-------

D--2----2------2-------

A--0----0------0-------

E--x----x------x-------

The chord variations below are only suggestions;

mix 'em up as you see fit!

Here's the song:

Hand In My Pocket -- Alanis Morissette

A Asus2 Asus4 Asus2

I'm broke but I'm happy, I'm sore but I'm kind

A Asus2 A

I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah

A Asus2 Asus4 Asus2

I'm high but I'm grounded, I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed

A Asus2 A

I'm lost but I'm hopeful, baby

Asus2 G6 D

And what it all comes down to

Asus2 A

Is that everything's gonna be fine, fine, fine

G6

Cause I got one hand in my pocket

D A

And the other one is givin' a high five

I feel drunk but I'm sober, I'm young and I'm underpaid

I'm dyin' but I'm workin', yeah

I care but I'm restless, I'm here but I'm really gone

I'm wrong and I'm sorry, baby

And what it all comes down to

Is that ev'rything's gonna be quite alright

Cause I got one hand in my pocket

And the other one is flickin' a cigarette

(instr.)

And what it all comes down to

Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet

Cause I got one hand in my pocket

And the other one is givin' a peace sign

I'm free but I'm focused, I'm green but I'm wise

I'm hard but I'm friendly, baby

I'm sad but I'm laughin', I'm brave but I'm chickenshit

I'm sick but I'm pretty, baby

And what it all boils down to

Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet

Well I got one hand in my pocket

And the other one is playin' a piano

And what it all comes down to, my friend, yeah

Is that everything is just fine, fine, fine

Cause I got one hand in my pocket

And the other one is hailing a taxi cab

Enjoy!

J Smith

Sunnyvale, CA

(jsmith@moby.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com)

This is a great song that took forever to figure out, so I got the JLP

songbook. After a while and after learning the chords I finally figured

out the

live version of the song (with my own little things added). What are we

waiting

for!?!

----------------------------Hand in My

Pocket*-----------------------------------

G5

I'm broke but I'm happy

G5

I'm poor but I'm kind

G5

I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah

G5

I'm high but I'm grounded

G5

I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed

G5

I'm lost but I'm hopeful baby

G5/F Am7 Em7

What it all comes down to**

Csus2 (Dsus) G5

Is that everything's gonna be fine fine fine**

G5/F Am7 Em7

I've got one hand in my pocket**

Csus2 (Dsus) G5

And the other one is giving a high five**

I feel drunk but I'm sober

I'm young and I'm underpaid

I'm tired but I'm working, yeah

I care but I'm restless

I'm here but I'm really gone

I'm wrong and I'm sorry baby

What it all comes down to**

Is that everything's gonna be quite alright**

I've got one hand in my pocket**

And the other one is flicking a cigarette**

G5/F Am7 Em7

What it all comes down to**

Csus2 (Dsus) G5

Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet**

G5/F Am7 Em7

I've got one hand in my pocket**

Csus2 (Dsus) G5

And other the one is giving is giving a peace sign**

I'm free but I'm focused

I'm green but I'm wise

I'm hard but I'm friendly baby

I'm sad but I'm laughing

I'm brave but I'm chicken shit

I'm sick but I'm pretty baby

What it all boils down to**

Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet**

I've got one hand in my pocket**

And the other one is playing the pianoooooooooooooo**

CODA

X

And what it all comes down to my dear friends**

Is that everything's just fine fine fine**

I've got one hand in my pocket**

And the other one is hailing a taxi cab...**

A few things...

(1). Each space is a sixteenth note (e.i. four spaces equal a

quarter note)

(2). This song uses the regular E,A,D,G,B,E tuning (E,B,G,D,A,E

if you prefer)

(3). This song sounds nice both w/ an electric (clean) and an

acoustic. I'm not sure about a 12-string (cause I don't

have one!!!)

G5

|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|

|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|

|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G5

||----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|

||.-------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|

||0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|

||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

||.---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G5

|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|

|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|

|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0-----|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------\\1|

G5/F Am7,Em7 Csus2 Dsus*** G5

|--------------00|----0--00-3/0---|----3----3------|-3--3----3--3---|

|--------------10|----3--33-3/3---|--------3-------|3---3---3-------|

|--------------00|0---0--00-0/0--0|0------0--0----0|-------0--0-----|

|----0-------0-20|2---2--22-2/4---|----------------|----------------|

|--------------01|3------33-3/5---|-------------02-|--0-------------|

|1------11-1----0|-----------/5---|----------------|--------------\\1|

G5/F Am7,Em7 Csus2 Dsus*** G5 To Coda X

|--------------00|----0--00-3/0---|----3----3------|-3--3----3--3---||

|--------------10|----3--33-3/3---|--------3-------|3---3---3------.||

|--------------00|0---0--00-0/0--0|0------0--0----0|-------0--0----0||

|----0-------0-20|2---2--22-2/4---|----------------|----------------||

|--------------01|3------33-3/5---|-------------02-|--0------------.||

|1------11-1----0|-----------/5---|----------------|----------------||

CODA +---------------------------------+

X |The only distorted measures... |

G5/F Am7,Em7 Csus2 Dsus*** G5 D5 A5 G5

|--------------00|----0--00-3/0---|----------------|----------------|

|--------------10|----3--33-3/3---|----------------|----------------|

|--------------00|0---0--00-0/0---|------7---------|----------------|

|----0-------0-20|2---2--22-2/4---|--5---7-------7\\|5---5-5---555---|

|--------------01|3------33-3/5---|--5---5-------5\\|5---5-5---555---|

|1------11-1----0|-----------/5---|--3-----------5\\|3---3-3---333-\\1|

G5/F Am7,Em7 Csus2 Dsus*** G5

|--------------00|----0--00-3/0---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|

|--------------10|----3--33-3/3---|--------3-------|--------3-------|

|--------------00|0---0--00-0/0--0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|

|----0-------0-20|2---2--22-2/4---|----------------|----------------|

|--------------01|3------33-3/5---|----------------|----------------|

|1------11-1----0|-----------/5---|----------------|----------------|

G5 (Fade out...)

|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|

|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|

|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

*-the beginning of each line starts on the last eight note of each

measure(the "yeah"'s and "baby"'s all have their own measures)

**-exceptions to "*"

***-slide up from C/G

Chord List!!!!

G5 G5 G5/F Am7 Em7 Csus2

___xxx xxxo__ _xoxxx x_____ o_oooo ___o_o

3-o||||| |||||| o||||| ||||o| |||||| ||||||

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|oo||| ||||oo |||||| |||||| |||||| |o||o|

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D5 A5

x___xx ___xxx

5-|o|||| 5-o|||||

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||oo|| |oo|||

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Here's what I did to the song:

(1). Added the Am7, Em7, and Dsus and edited the two measures after

them

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