Ablaze chords by Alanis Morissette

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Acoustic version of her live performance in Shawnee OK, 2018.


Intro:
G C Em7 D
G C Em7 D


Verse:
    G                       C
The first thing that you'll notice is some
Em7        D
separation from each other
G            C                 Em7
Yes, it's a lie; is that we've been
                 D
believing since time immemorial
G             C           Em7
There was an apple, there was a snake, there
D

was division
G           C                  Em7
There was a split, there was a conflict in
    D            G  C  Em7  D
the fabric of life


Verse:
G          C            Em7               D
One became two and then everyone was out for

themselves
G             C                  Em7
Everyone was pitted against each other;
         D
conflict ruled the realm
G          C              Em7
All our devotions and temperaments are
       D                   G
pulled from different wells
             C            Em7      D
They seem to easily forget we are made of
    G        C  Em7  D
the same cells.


Chorus:
       G C          Em7       D
To my boy: all that energy so wild
        G   C          Em7      D
All you hues and your blues in equal measure
     G                C         Em7 D
Your comings and your goings-away
   G             C        Em7           D
My mission is to keep the light in your eyes
G     C  Em7  D
ablaze


Verse:
    G                   C              Em7
The second thing you'll notice is that often
         D                   G
we think that there's not enough
              C                   Em7
It might feel dark, it might feel lonely and
        D                G
you'll wonder why you're here
            C            Em7
You may be overcome with darkness and a
D                 G
sense of hopelessness
             C             Em7
But it won't matter if you keep your core
 D               G       C Em7 D
connected to the one-ness


Chorus:
      G   C           Em7          D
To my girl: to your innocence and fire
         G        C           Em7
When you reach out, I am here Hell or High
D
Water
     G             C        Em7 D
This nest is never going away
   G             C        Em7           D
My mission is to keep the light in your eyes
 G   C  Em7  D
ablaze


Bridge:
         Bm         G
And this cord is unbreakable.
     Em                           Dsus2
This pilot light is there in your pocket
         Bm              G
And this bond, beyond un-shakeable
Em                 Dsus2          G
Even if we all forget, all at the same time,
C          Em7      D
All at the same time.
         G           C      Em7 D G C Em7 C
If we forget at the same time.

Verse:

    G                     C
The tenth thing you might notice is that
Em7           D
everyone has fantasies
 G               C                Em7
Different perspectives they would likely
      D               G
fight over who is right and
           C             Em7
Who is the best? Who has won? Who's better
D
than the other?
G                  C                Em7
None of that will matter much when you
          D                 G  C  Em7
return to your place in the sun
     D            G  C  Em7  D
Your place in the sun


Verse:
      G   C           Em7          D
To my girl: all your innocence and fire
         G        C           Em7
When you reach out, I am here Hell or High
D
Water
     G             C         Em7  D
This nest is never going away
   G             C        Em7
My mission is to keep the light in your
D
eyes...


Verse:
      G  C          Em7       D
To my boy, all that energy so wild
          G   C         Em7        D
Love your hues and your blues in equal

measure
      G               C         Em7  D
Your comings and your goings-away
    G            C        Em7           D
My mission is to keep the light in your eyes
    G  C  Em7  D
ablaze
    G                       C
The first thing that you'll notice is that
  Em7         D       G  C  Em7  D
everything is temporary
    G              C              Em7
The next you might notice is that we will
      D         G  C  Em7  D
always be a family
   G             C         Em7           D
My mission is to keep the light in your eyes
G
ablaze