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From Visscher@ALG.FRG.eur.nl Fri Apr  4 17:01:28 1997

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You Oughta Know - Alanis Morrissette
>From the album `jagged little pill'


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?)
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
OK, here we go.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
VERSE 1

(no chords)
I ...
I ...

         +       +       +       +     | +       +       +       +
-------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-------|-14---------17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|
-------|-----14------------------------|-----------------------------14-|
-------|---------14--------------------|--------------------------------|
-------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Another  ..

+       +       +       +     | +       +       +       +
------------------------17~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
16----------17----------------|----------------------------------|
----16------------------------|----------------------------------|
--------16--------------------|----------------------------------|
------------------------------|----------------------------------|
------------------------------|----------------------------------|
down ..

+       +       +       +       | +         +        +       +
-------------17----14~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~16----------|
14------------------------------|----------------------------14------|
----14--------------------------|---------------------------------14-|
--------14----------------------|------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e-  lo- quently?  ..

+       +       +       +     | +       +       +       +
------------19~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
16----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
----16------------------------|---------------------------------------|
--------16--------------------|---------------------------------------|
------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
make ..
PRE-CHORUS
+                 +                 +                 +             |
--------------------------17-----------------16-------14------------|
14-----------------------------------------------------------17-----|
---------14---------------------------------------------------------|
------------------14------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#'
love     ..

+         +        +         +        | +       +       +       +      |
14------------------------------------|-------------19------17------16-|
-----17-------16--------14------------|-16-----------------------------|
--------------------------------------|-----16-------------------------|
--------------------------------------|---------16---------------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
                                   x x  B'
make ..

 +    +    +    +    | +        +        +        +            |
-------------19------|--------------17--------16---------------|
---19---17-----------|-14------------------------------17------|
---------------------|-----14----------------------------------|
---------------------|---------14------------------------------|
---------------------|-----------------------------------------|
---------------------|-----------------------------------------|
                 x x   F#'
 No...

 +            +             +             +        |
-14------------------------------------------------|
-----17-------------16------------14---------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
                                               x x
 know ..

 +       +       +       +      | +            +           +       +     |
-------------17------16---------|--------------------19------------------|
-16--------------------------17-|-16-------------------------------------|
-----16-------------------------|-------16-------------------------------|
---------16---------------------|--------------16------------------------|
--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B'
 you ..


CHORUS
             F#        E               A                      B
(And ...
         F#        E            A                     B
It's ...
B             n.c.
You...


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

 +       +       +       +     | +       +       +       +       |
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-14----------16~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----|
-----14------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------14--------------------|-----------------------------16--|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#'
You               ...

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

 +       +       +       +     | +       +       +       +       |
-------------17------16--------|-14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----|
-14-------------------------17-|---------------------------------|
-----14------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------14--------------------|-----------------------------16--|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#'
I'm               ...

 +       +       +       +     | +       +       +       +       |
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-16----------17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
-----16------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------16--------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B'
              you      ..

 +       +       +       +     | +       +       +       +       |
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-14----------16------14~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
-----14------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------14--------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#'
get  ..

 +       +       +       +     | +       +       +       +       |
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-17----------16~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
-----16------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------16--------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B'
bug  ...
 +       +       +       +     | +       +       +       +       |
-17----------16----------14----|---------------------------------|
-----14-------------17---------|---------------------------------|
---------14--------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#'
slap ...

 +       +       +       +      | +       +       +       +       |
-----------------------------19-|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
-16-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
-----16--------------16---------|---------------------------------|
---------16---------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B'
thinking ...


PRE-CHORUS (guitar 1 plays the F#' and B' chords loudly)
+                 +                 +                 +             |
--------------------------17-----------------16-------14------------|
14-----------------------------------------------------------17-----|
---------14---------------------------------------------------------|
------------------14------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#'
love    ...

+         +        +         +        | +       +       +       +      |
14------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-----17-------16--------14------------|-16--------17p16----------------|
--------------------------------------|-----16----------16-------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
                                   x x  B'
make ....

 +      +     +     +        | +        +        +        +            |
----19--------17----17-------|--------------17--------16---------------|
-----------------19----------|-14------------------------------17------|
-----------------------------|-----14----------------------------------|
-----------------------------|---------14------------------------------|
-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
                          x x F#'
 No.                      ..

 +            +             +             +        |
-14------------------------------------------------|
-----17-------16----14------17----16---------------|
------------------------------------------14-------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
                                               x x
 know ..

 +       +       +       +     |  +            +           +       +     |
-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
-16----------16----------------|--16-----------------16------------------|
-----16----------16------------|--------16-------------------------------|
---------16----------16--------|---------------16------------------------|
-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B'
 you ..


CHORUS
             F#        E               A                      B
(And ...
         F#        E            A                     B
It's ...
B             n.c.
You, ...


`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 ..

+         +        +         +        | +       +       +       +      |
--------------------------------------|-------------19------17---------|
-----16-------14---17---16------------|-16--------------------------19-|
-----------------------------14-------|-----16-------------------------|
--------------------------------------|---------16---------------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
                                   x x  B'
not ..

 +        +       +       +       | +        +         +         +         |
-17--16---------------------------|--------------17---------16-------------|
----------17---16~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-14-------------------------------17----|
----------------------------------|-----14---------------------------------|
----------------------------------|---------14-----------------------------|
----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
                               x x  F#'
it.                            And  ..

 +       +        +        +        |
-14------14-------------------------|
-----17-------16------14------------|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
                                 x x
someone  ..

 +       +       +       +      | +            +           +       +     |
--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
-16----------17--16-------------|-16~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
-----16--------------16---------|----------------------------------------|
---------16------------------16-|----------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B'
feel ..

CHORUS
             F#        E               A                      B
(And ...
         F#        E            A                     B
It's ...
B
You, ...

(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 ..
 +   +   +   + | +   +   +    +    | +    +    +    + | +   +   +   +
---------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
-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    ..

n.c
oughta ...


^Z

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