Chords with lyrics
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
D MajorD shape and use it
for a lot of other songs:
C majorC
D MajorD
G+G
E MajorE
E MajorE+
e|--0--| e|--0--| e|--3--| e|--0--| e|--0--|
BB|--1--|
BB|--3--|
BB|--3--|
BB|--0--|
BB|--0--|
G+G|--0--|
G+G|--0--|
G+G|--0--|
G+G|--1--|
G+G|--2--|
D MajorD|--2--|
D MajorD|--4--|
D MajorD|--0--|
D MajorD|--2--|
D MajorD|--2--|
A augmentedA|--3--|
A augmentedA|--5--|
A augmentedA|--2--|
A augmentedA|--2--|
A augmentedA|--2--|
E MajorE|--x--|
E MajorE|--x--|
E MajorE|--3--|
E MajorE|--0--|
E MajorE|--0--|
Outro Chorus Chords:
C5C5
D5D5
E5E5
e|--0--| e|--0--| e|--0--|
BB|--0--|
BB|--0--|
BB|--0--|
G+G|--0--|
G+G|--0--|
G+G|--4--|
D MajorD|--2--|
D MajorD|--4--|
D MajorD|--2--|
A augmentedA|--3--|
A augmentedA|--5--|
A augmentedA|--2--|
E MajorE|--3--|
E MajorE|--5--|
E 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...)
C majorC -
G+G -
E MajorE -
E MajorE+ (x2)
C majorC -
G+G -
C majorC -
C majorC
C majorC -
D MajorD -
E MajorE -
E 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):
C5C5 -
D5D5 -
E5E5 -
E5E5 (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)-|
BB|-(12)-|
BB|-(7)-|
BB|-(5)-|
G+G|-(12)-|
G+G|-(7)-|
G+G|-(5)-|
D MajorD|--x---|
D MajorD|--x--|
D MajorD|--x--|
A augmentedA|--x---|
A augmentedA|--x--|
A augmentedA|--x--|
E MajorE|--x---|
E MajorE|--x--|
E 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:
C5C5 -
D5D5 -
E5E5 -
E5E5 (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