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Wake Up by Alanis Morissette

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Wake Up: As played on Ironic Single CD (Modern Rock Live: Nov. 12 1995)

The reason why I took the time to tab this whole song is because this is my
most favourite song from Alanis, and especially this acoustic version.

I believe this is as close as you can get from playing it, I have seen many
attempts but not quite happy with it.

In order to simplify my work, I have simplify the chord picking into 4
different patterns which you will use as I suggest:


		Pattern I          Pattern II
e--------0-----0-------|-------0-----0-------|
B----7-----7-------7---|---7-----7-------7---|
G--4---4-----4---4-----|-5---5-----5---5-----|
D----------------------|---------------------|
A----------------------|---------------------|
E----------------------|---------------------|
		Pattern III        Pattern IV
e--------0-----0-------|----0-----0-----0-----0-|
B----7-----7-------7---|------7-----7-----7-----|
G--6---6-----6---6-----|--8-----8-----8-----8---|
D----------------------|------------------------|
A----------------------|------------------------|
E----------------------|------------------------|

Here are also some chords and how I think they are played (the conventional
can do, but sound a bit different), I particularly the Chord diagramD MajorD shape and use it
for a lot of other songs:

    Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramE MajorE           Chord diagramE MajorE+
e|--0--|	e|--0--|	e|--3--|	e|--0--| 	e|--0--|
Chord diagramBB|--1--|	Chord diagramBB|--3--|	Chord diagramBB|--3--|	Chord diagramBB|--0--| 	Chord diagramBB|--0--|
Chord diagramG+G|--0--|	Chord diagramG+G|--0--|	Chord diagramG+G|--0--|	Chord diagramG+G|--1--| 	Chord diagramG+G|--2--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--2--|	Chord diagramD MajorD|--4--|	Chord diagramD MajorD|--0--|	Chord diagramD MajorD|--2--| 	Chord diagramD MajorD|--2--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--3--|	Chord diagramA augmentedA|--5--|	Chord diagramA augmentedA|--2--|	Chord diagramA augmentedA|--2--| 	Chord diagramA augmentedA|--2--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--x--|	Chord diagramE MajorE|--x--|	Chord diagramE MajorE|--3--|	Chord diagramE MajorE|--0--| 	Chord diagramE MajorE|--0--|


Outro Chorus Chords:

    Chord diagramC5C5          Chord diagramD5D5          Chord diagramE5E5
e|--0--|	e|--0--|	e|--0--|
Chord diagramBB|--0--|	Chord diagramBB|--0--|	Chord diagramBB|--0--|
Chord diagramG+G|--0--|	Chord diagramG+G|--0--|	Chord diagramG+G|--4--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--2--|	Chord diagramD MajorD|--4--|	Chord diagramD MajorD|--2--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--3--|	Chord diagramA augmentedA|--5--|	Chord diagramA augmentedA|--2--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--3--|	Chord diagramE MajorE|--5--|	Chord diagramE MajorE|--0--|
Structure:


Intro:

Pattern I - Pattern II  (x2)


Verse:

(You like rain...)

Pattern I - Pattern II - Pattern III - Pattern II

(You like snow...)

Pattern I - Pattern II - Pattern III - Pattern IV



Chorus:

(There is...)

Chord diagramC majorC - Chord diagramG+G - Chord diagramE MajorE - Chord diagramE MajorE+   (x2)
Chord diagramC majorC - Chord diagramG+G - Chord diagramC majorC - Chord diagramC majorC
Chord diagramC majorC - Chord diagramD MajorD - Chord diagramE MajorE - Chord diagramE MajorE+


Verse:

Pattern I - Pattern II - Pattern III - Pattern II   (x2)
Pattern I - Pattern II - Pattern III - Pattern II   (No picking, play like
chords)
Pattern I - Pattern II - Pattern III - Pattern IV


Chorus (Outro Chorus Type Chords):

Chord diagramC5C5 - Chord diagramD5D5 - Chord diagramE5E5 - Chord diagramE5E5   (x2)



Bridge:

For the Bridge, play a progression of harmonics, on 5, 7 and 12 bottom
strings, such as below:

e|-(12)-|	e|-(7)-|	e|-(5)-|
Chord diagramBB|-(12)-|	Chord diagramBB|-(7)-|	Chord diagramBB|-(5)-|
Chord diagramG+G|-(12)-|	Chord diagramG+G|-(7)-|	Chord diagramG+G|-(5)-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--x---|	Chord diagramD MajorD|--x--|	Chord diagramD MajorD|--x--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--x---|	Chord diagramA augmentedA|--x--|	Chord diagramA augmentedA|--x--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--x---|	Chord diagramE MajorE|--x--|	Chord diagramE MajorE|--x--|

12 - 7 - 7- 777 - 12 - 5 -5 - 555   (something like that)...





Verse:

Pattern I - Pattern II - Pattern III - Pattern II

(There is no love...)

Pattern I - Pattern II - Pattern III - Pattern IV


Chorus: (Same as Chorus before)


Outro:

Chord diagramC5C5 - Chord diagramD5D5 - Chord diagramE5E5 - Chord diagramE5E5   (x6)


This is it, I suppose, it is not mistake proofed, but should give you quite
a good idea on how to play it. It sounds brilliant on acoustic guitar, and
electric guitar as well.

Enjoy,

Steph

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