Alanis Morissette - Tabs - You Oughta Know

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You Oughta Know

Tabbed by Visscher@alg.frg.eur.nl

This is my first try tabbing this GREAT song. Comments, additions, correcti-
ons, better tabs, everything is very welcome. Please mail them to me.
The `+' above the tab represents the beat; `~~~' indicates the length of a
sustained note (so it is not a vibrato-sign!)
Guitar 1 (overdriven) plays the chords that are indicated above the lyrics in
the tab. An `x' means a scratch. Chord formation for guitar 1 (here, an `x'
means that the string isn't played):
F#: 244322 F#': x 9 11 11 11 x E: 022100
B: 224442 B' : x 14 16 16 16 x A: 002220
Guitar 2 plays the tab. It is a clean guitar, with some effects (I'm not sure,
I think maybe a chorus or a flanger?)

OK, here we go.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
VERSE 1

(no chords)
I want you to know that I'm happy for you.
I wish nothing but the best for you both.

+ + + + | + + + +
-------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-------|-14---------17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|
-------|-----14------------------------|-----------------------------14-|
-------|---------14--------------------|--------------------------------|
-------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Another version of me; Is she perverted like me? Would she go

+ + + + | + + + +
------------------------17~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
16----------17----------------|----------------------------------|
----16------------------------|----------------------------------|
--------16--------------------|----------------------------------|
------------------------------|----------------------------------|
------------------------------|----------------------------------|
down on you in a theatre? Does she speak

+ + + + | + + + +
-------------17----14~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~16----------|
14------------------------------|----------------------------14------|
----14--------------------------|---------------------------------14-|
--------14----------------------|------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e- lo- quently? And would she have your baby? I'm sure she'd

+ + + + | + + + +
------------19~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
16----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
----16------------------------|---------------------------------------|
--------16--------------------|---------------------------------------|
------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
make a really excel- lent mother. Cause the

PRE-CHORUS
+ + + + |
--------------------------17-----------------16-------14------------|
14-----------------------------------------------------------17-----|
---------14---------------------------------------------------------|
------------------14------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#'
love that you gave that we made wasn't a------ble to

+ + + + | + + + + |
14------------------------------------|-------------19------17------16-|
-----17-------16--------14------------|-16-----------------------------|
--------------------------------------|-----16-------------------------|
--------------------------------------|---------16---------------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x x B'
make it enough for you to be o--pen wide.

+ + + + | + + + + |
-------------19------|--------------17--------16---------------|
---19---17-----------|-14------------------------------17------|
---------------------|-----14----------------------------------|
---------------------|---------14------------------------------|
---------------------|-----------------------------------------|
---------------------|-----------------------------------------|
x x F#'
No. And every--time you speak her name does she

+ + + + |
-14------------------------------------------------|
-----17-------------16------------14---------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
x x
know how you told me you'd hold me un--til

+ + + + | + + + + |
-------------17------16---------|--------------------19------------------|
-16--------------------------17-|-16-------------------------------------|
-----16-------------------------|-------16-------------------------------|
---------16---------------------|--------------16------------------------|
--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B'
you died? Til you died, but you're still alive. And I'm here

CHORUS
F# E A B
(And I'm here) to remind you of the mess you left when you went away.
F# E A B
It's not fair to deny me of the cross I bear that you gave to me.
B n.c.
You, you, you oughta know.

VERSE 2 (guitar 1 plays the F#' and B' chords softly)

+ + + + | + + + + |
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-14----------16~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----|
-----14------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------14--------------------|-----------------------------16--|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#'
You seem very well.

+ + + + | + + + + |
-------------17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------16------|
-16----------------------------|---------------------19----------|
-----16------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------16--------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B'
Things look peaceful.

+ + + + | + + + + |
-------------17------16--------|-14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----|
-14-------------------------17-|---------------------------------|
-----14------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------14--------------------|-----------------------------16--|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#'
I'm not quite as well. I thought
 + + + + | + + + + |
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-16----------17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
-----16------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------16--------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B'
you should know. Did you for-

+ + + + | + + + + |
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-14----------16------14~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
-----14------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------14--------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#'
get a--bout me Mr. Du-------plici-ty? I hate to

+ + + + | + + + + |
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-17----------16~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
-----16------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------16--------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B'
bug you in the middle of dinner. It was a

+ + + + | + + + + |
-17----------16----------14----|---------------------------------|
-----14-------------17---------|---------------------------------|
---------14--------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#'
slap in the face how quickly I was replaced, and are you

+ + + + | + + + + |
-----------------------------19-|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
-16-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
-----16--------------16---------|---------------------------------|
---------16---------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B'
thinking of me when you fuck her? Cause the

PRE-CHORUS (guitar 1 plays the F#' and B' chords loudly)

+ + + + |
--------------------------17-----------------16-------14------------|
14-----------------------------------------------------------17-----|
---------14---------------------------------------------------------|
------------------14------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#'
love that you gave that we made wasn't a------ble to

+ + + + | + + + + |
14------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-----17-------16--------14------------|-16--------17p16----------------|
--------------------------------------|-----16----------16-------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x x B'
make it enough for you to be o--pen wide.

+ + + + | + + + + |
----19--------17----17-------|--------------17--------16---------------|
-----------------19----------|-14------------------------------17------|
-----------------------------|-----14----------------------------------|
-----------------------------|---------14------------------------------|
-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
x x F#'
No. And every--time you speak her name does she

+ + + + |
-14------------------------------------------------|
-----17-------16----14------17----16---------------|
------------------------------------------14-------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
x x
know how you told me you'd hold me un--til

+ + + + | + + + + |
-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
-16----------16----------------|--16-----------------16------------------|
-----16----------16------------|--------16-------------------------------|
---------16----------16--------|---------------16------------------------|
-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B'
you died? Til you died, but you're still alive. And I'm here

CHORUS
F# E A B
(And I'm here) to remind you of the mess you left when you went away.
F# E A B
It's not fair to deny me of the cross I bear that you gave to me.
B n.c.
You, you, you oughta know.

`QUIET PART'
Guitar 1: feedback-effects

Guitar 2 (clean, with effects)

Chord formation: A7: 57565x B7: 224242
A7 B7 A7 B7 A7 B7 B7 B7 (each chord eight counts)

PRE-CHORUS

+ + + + |
----------|----------------------------------------------14------------|
----------|-14----------------------------------17--------------17-----|
----------|--------14--------------------------------------------------|
----------|----------------14------------------------------------------|
----------|------------------------------------------------------------|
----------|------------------------------------------------------------|
F#'
Cause the joke that you laid in the bed that was me, and I'm

+ + + + | + + + + |
--------------------------------------|-------------19------17---------|
-----16-------14---17---16------------|-16--------------------------19-|
-----------------------------14-------|-----16-------------------------|
--------------------------------------|---------16---------------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x x B'
not gonna fade as soon as you close your eyes, and you know

+ + + + | + + + + |
-17--16---------------------------|--------------17---------16-------------|
----------17---16~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-14-------------------------------17----|
----------------------------------|-----14---------------------------------|
----------------------------------|---------14-----------------------------|
----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
x x F#'
it. And every---time I scratch my nails down

+ + + + |
-14------14-------------------------|
-----17-------16------14------------|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
x x
someone else's back I hope you

+ + + + | + + + + |
--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
-16----------17--16-------------|-16~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
-----16--------------16---------|----------------------------------------|
---------16------------------16-|----------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B'
feel it. Can you feel it? And I'm here

CHORUS
F# E A B
(And I'm here) to remind you of the mess you left when you went away.
 F# E A B
It's not fair to deny me of the cross I bear that you gave to me.
B
You, you, you oughta know. And I'm here

(during the second chorus, guitar 1 plays the tab (with vibrato) overdriven,
and guitar 2 plays the chords overdriven)

+ + + + | + + + + | + + + + | + + + + |
---------------|----------------|----------------------|-------------------|
-19--19--19--19|-19--19--19--19-|--19---19---19-----19-|-19---19---19---19-|
---------------|----------------|----------------------|-------------------|
---------------|----------------|----------------------|-------------------|
---------------|----------------|----------------------|-------------------|
---------------|----------------|----------------------|-------------------|
F# E A B
to remind you of the mess you left when you went away. It's not
+ + + + | + + + + | + + + + | + + + +
---------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
-19--19--19--19|------------19--19-|-19---19---19---19|--19------------------|
---------------|-18--18--18---18---|------------------|--18---18--18---18--18|
---------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
---------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
---------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
F# E A B
fair to deny me of the cross I bear that you gave to me. You you you

n.c
oughta know.

You Oughta Know

nc
I want you to know that I'm happy for you
I wish nothing but the best for you both
F#m
An older version of me, is she perverted like me
B
Would she go down on you in a theatre
F#m
Does she speak eloquently, and would she have your baby
B
I'm sure she'd make a really excellent mother
F#m
'Cause the love that you gave that we made
A B
Wasn't able to make it enough for you to be open wide, no
F#m
And everytime you speak her name
A
Does she know how you told me you'de hold me
B
Until you died, 'til you died
But you're still alive

CHORUS:
F# E
And I'm here to remind you
A B
Of the mess you left when you went away
F# E
It's not fair to deny me
A B
Of the cross I bare that you gave to me
You, you, you oughta know

F#m B
You seem very well, things look peaceful
F#m B
I'm not quite as well, I thought you should know
F#m
Did you forget about me Mr. Duplicity
B
I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner
F#m
It was a slap in the face how quickly I was replaced
B
And are you thinking of me when you fuck her
F#m
'Cause the love...

REPEAT CHORUS

F#m
'Cause the joke that you laid in the bed that was me
A
And I'm not gonna fade
B
As soon as you close your eyes, and you know it
F#m A
And everytime I scratch my nails down someone else's back
B
I hope you feel it...well can you feel it

REPEAT CHORUS

F#m B A F# E
e-----------02------02-------00-------02--------00-----
B-----------02------04-------02-------02--------00-----
G-----------02------04-------02-------03--------01-----
D-----------04------04-------02-------04--------02-----
A-----------04------02-------00-------04--------02-----
E-----------02------02-------00-------02--------00-----

Tabbed by - caio_surian@hotmail.com

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
From: Richard Polanski

I hope no one is singing this song about me ;-)

You Oughta Know

Alanis Morrissette
B A
I want you to know that I'm happy for you.
B A
I wish nothing but the best for you both.
F#
Another version of me;
A
Is she preverted like me?
B A
Would she go down on you in a theatre?
F#
Does she speak eloquently?
A
And would she have your baby?
B A
I'm sure she'd make a really excellent mother.

B
'Cause the love that you gave that we made
B A
wasn't able to make it enough for you to be open wide. No,
B
and everytime you speak her name
B
does she know how you told me you'd hold me
B A
until you died? `Til you died,
A
but you're still alive.

F# E
And I'm here to remind you
A B
of the mess you left when you went away.
F# E
It's not fair to deny me
A B
of the cross I bare that you gave to me.
B
You, you, you oughta know.

You seem very well. Things look peaceful.

I'm not quite as well. I thought you should know.
Did you forget about me Mr. Duplicity?
I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner.
It was a slap in the face how quickly I was replaced,
and are you thinking of me when you fuck her?

Cause the love that you gave that we made

wasn't able to make it enough for you to be open wide. No,
and everytime you speak her name
does she know how you told me you'd hold me
until you died? `Til you died,
but you're still alive.

B-A (2) , F#-A-B-A (2), (signs and moans)

____
Cause the joke that you laid in the bed that was me,
and I'm not gonna fade
as soon as you close your eyes, and you know it.
And everytime I scratch my nails down someone else's back
I hope you feel it. Can you feel it?

From: holywood@acy1.digex.net (Robert Smith)

Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 22:32:07 -0400
Subject: CRD: "You Ought to Know" by Alanis Morrisette

All right, assuming my acoustic is in tune, it seems to me that the chords

for this song are:

Verse Part:

Gm
I, feel happy for you.....(or something like that)

C
(not sure how the words go)

Chorus:

G F A# C
And I'm here to re-mind you of the mess you left when you went away

G F A# C
It's not fair, to de-ny me, of the cross I bear that you gave to me

Chords:

Atleast how I play them

EADBGe

Gm 355333

C -35553

G 355433

F 133211

A# -13331
Note: When you are playing the chorus in order to get it to sound right in
your head the melody can be played like this:

C G F A# C
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
------1---O-------------1-----------------1-------------------------------
--O--------------2---O------42O----O--O--------3--2pO---O----O---2----3-3-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Well I'm here to re-mind you of the mess you left when you went away

*This is NOT the lead tab but rather the melody as it is sung with the
chords. If this isn't correct or whatever than I don't want to here from
you because I've yet to see anyone else do any better :)

Regards,

Bob

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