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1974

Alanis Morissette

RockMedium for beginners3 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×○○
G○○○
F

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              C             G  C 
I was born in 1974 
      F                 C  
on a calm meticulous street 
                  G  
someplace in the sun 
                  F  
oh the air was sweet 
     C               G  
and enough lights sprang sparks  
                            C 
through the window of the room 
        F                   C  
not as raw to a ridiculous tune  
                 G                 F   C 
slightly out of key in the mother hour 
 
F              C             
So leave me alone  
     F             G 
I'm busy breaking bones  
 
C             G  C 
I was born in 1974  
        F                C 
in a breached feet-first way  
                    G 
my twin opened the door  
                          F 
my very first dose of chivalry  
C                G                  C 
I was dawned princess potential potent  
            F                   C                
with gold star and matching impression  
                  G 
big between two doors  
                              F          C 
small and loved and proud and unthreatened  
 
F              C  
So leave me alone  
     F             G 
I'm busy breaking bones  
 
C            
I bet you were strong  
G                          C 
when you should have been weak  
        F                  C 
like a dam that wanted to break  
                    G 
I wish I were the stones  
                        F 
your river learned to roam  
               C 
in whispering gaze  
 
C                   G                     C 
You were told in a kind North Carolinian way  
          F                     C 
to slow down, back up, or be hated  
                  G 
thank god you did not  
                   F 
and thank god you did  
                 C 
an angel either way  
 
F             C 
So leave us alone  
        F          G  
We're busy being grown  
 
C        G  F    C        
November 5, 8:17 PM  
G              F 
Scorpio and a gem  
 
C     G   F     C 
June 1st, 9:39 AM  
G                  F  C 
Gemini and a lullaby

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Chord set

C · G · F

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.