Chords with lyrics
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 majorBb (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 augmentedA 
Asus2Asus2 
Asus4Asus4
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 augmentedA Asus2Asus2 Asus4Asus4 Asus2Asus2
I'm ..
A augmentedA Asus2Asus2 A augmentedA
I'm ..
A augmentedA Asus2Asus2 Asus4Asus4 Asus2Asus2
I'm ..
A augmentedA Asus2Asus2 A augmentedA
I'm ..
Asus2Asus2 
G6G6 
D MajorD
And ..
Asus2Asus2 A augmentedA
Is ..
G6G6
Cause ..
D MajorD A augmentedA
And ..
verse
chorus
(instr.)
chorus
verse
chorus
chorus
Enjoy!
J Smith
Sunnyvale, CA
([email protected])
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VERSION 2
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*-----------------------------------
G5G5
I'm ..
G5G5
I'm ..
G5G5
I'm ..
G5G5
I'm ..
G5G5
I'm ..
G5G5
I'm ..
G5/F 
Am7Am7 
E minor 7Em7
What ..
Csus2Csus2 (
DsusDsus) G5G5
Is ..
G5/F Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7
I've ..
Csus2Csus2 (DsusDsus) G5G5
And ..
I ..
I'm ..
I'm ..
I ..
I'm ..
I'm ..
What ...**
Is ...**
I've **
And ...**
G5/F Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7
What ...**
Csus2Csus2 (DsusDsus) G5G5
Is ..**
G5/F Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7
I've ..**
Csus2Csus2 (DsusDsus) G5G5
And ..**
I'm ..
I'm ..
I'm...
I'm ...
I'm ...
I'm ..
What ..**
Is ..**
I've ..**
And ..**
CODA
X
And ..**
Is ..**
I've ..**
And ....**
A augmentedA 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!!!)
G5G5
|----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|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G5G5
||----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|
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||.---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G5G5
|----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 Csus2Csus2 Dsus*** G5G5
|--------------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 Csus2Csus2 Dsus*** G5G5 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 Csus2Csus2 Dsus*** G5G5 
D5D5 
A5A5 G5G5
|--------------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 Csus2Csus2 Dsus*** G5G5
|--------------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---|----------------|----------------|
G5G5 (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/GC/G
Chord List!!!!
G5G5 G5G5 G5/F Am7Am7 E minor 7Em7 Csus2Csus2
___xxx xxxo__ _xoxxx x_____ o_oooo ___o_o
3-o||||| |||||| o||||| ||||o| |||||| ||||||
|||||| |||||| |||||| ||o||| |o|||| ||o|||
|oo||| ||||oo |||||| |||||| |||||| |o||o|
|||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||
D5D5 A5A5
x___xx ___xxx
5-|o|||| 5-o|||||
|||||| ||||||
||oo|| |oo|||
|||||| ||||||
Here's what I did to the song:
(1). Added the Am7, Em7, and DsusDsus and edited the two measures after
them
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