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Perfect  Chords by Alanis Morissette

Perfect chords by Alanis Morissette (Ver. 2)

Guitar chords with lyrics

  • Tuning: Standard tuning
Difficulty: intermediate

Perfect - Alanis Morissette (1995)
Lyrics By: Alanis Morissette / Music By: Glen Ballard and Alanis Morissette.
Chorded By: Zack Oxford.

4/4 TIME @ 85 BPM (3 Min. 1 Sec.) in 'E'.

Chords Used: ('a' = 'add' / 's' = 'suspended') -
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                  GUITAR              KEYBOARD
             E  A  D  G  B  e     Bass|   Chord
            ------------------    ----------------
Es4       -  0  2  2  2  0  0      E    B-E-A
E         -  0  2  2  1  0  0      E    B-E-G#
F#m11/C#  -  x  4  4  2  0  0      C#   B-E-F#-A
E/G#      -  x  x  6  4  5  4      G#   B-E-G#
Aa2       -  x  0  2  4  2  0      A    B-C#-E-A
B/E       -  x  x  2  4  4  2      E    B-D#-F#
As2/E     -  0  0  2  2  0  0      E    B-E-A
A*        -  x  x  7  6  5  5      A    A-C#-E
F#m7      -  2  4  2  2  2  2      F#   A-C#-E-F#
G         -  3  2  0  0  0  3      G    B-D-G      -OR-
          -  3  2  0  0  3  3
A         -  x  0  2  2  2  0      A    A-C#-E
As4       -  x  0  2  2  3  0      A    A-D-E
Bs4       -  x  2  4  4  5  2      B    B-E-F#
VERSE #1: [21 M]
--------

|Es4     E        |Es4 E                 |F#m11/C#    |               |
 Some-   times          is nev-er quite e-nough              If you're

|Es4        E    |Es4 E                  |F#m11/C#   |        |
 flaw-less,            then you'll win my    love

|E/G#                              |F#m11/C# |E/G#                         |
 Don't for-get to win  first  place           Don't for-get to keep  that

|Aa2                   |Aa2       |B/E    As2/E   |                 |
 smile   on your face         Be a good   boy,         try a lit-tle

|B/E     As2/E |                  |B/E     As2/E    |                |
 hard-   er          You've got to meas-  ure up          and make me

                 1  +    2    +3 4
|B/E      As2/E |A* E/G# F#m7 E    |
 proud-   er

VERSE #2: [21 M]
--------

|Es4   E       |Es4 E                    |F#m11/C#  |        |
 How   long          be-fore you screw it up?

|Es4            E                     |Es4 E          |F#m11/C#  |           |
 How many times do I have  to tell you       to hur-ry    up?            With

|E/G#                       |F#m11/C#  |E/G#                       |
 ev-'ry-thing I do  for  you        the least you can do is  keep

|Aa2          |Aa2       |B/E    As2/E    |                             |
 qui-   et           Be a good   girl,       You've got-ta try a lit-tle

|B/E     As2/E |                       |B/E     As2/E    |               |
 hard-   er        That sim-ply was-n't good  e-nough         to make us

|B/E As2/E    |A* E/G# F#m7 E    |
     proud

VERSE #3: [22 M]
--------

|G                                           |G                                |
 I'll live through you,  I'll make you what I ne-  ver was  If you're the best,

|A                                      |As4              A                   |
  then may-be so am I,  com-pared to him  com-pared to her  I'm doing this for

|G                           |G                                       |
 your own  damn  good  You'll make up for what I blew  What's the prob-

|Bs4                  |           NC    |B/E    As2/E   |                    |
-lem,      why are you cry-ing?     Be a good   boy,         push  a lit-tle

|B/E        As2/E  |                 |B/E     As2/E    |               |
 far-  ther now          That was-n't fast  e-nough          to make us

|B/E As2/E    |            |B/E As2/E     |              |B/E      As2/E   |
     hap-py           We'll  love  you           just the way  you are,

|As2/E          |B/E    As2/E   |        |
       if you're per-   fect

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This guitar chords for Perfect by Alanis Morissette is suitable for players wanting a clear and accurate transcription. Tuning: Standard tuning. Good for practicing chord changes and steady rhythm.