The Couch chords by Alanis Morissette

Verse 1:
Am                             Asus2
you hadn't seen your father in such a long time.
Am                                Asus2
he died in the arms of his lover. how dare he ?
     F
your mother never left the house.
Dm
she never married anyone else
    F#m              E
you took it upon yourself to console her

Verse 2:
Am                               Asus2
you reminded her so much of your father so you were banished and you
Am                                      Asus2
wonder why you're so hypersensitive and why you can't trust anyone but us
         F
but then how can i begin to forgive her
Dm
so many years under bridges with dirty water
        F#m                     E
she was foolish and selfish and cowardly if you ask me

Verse 3:
Am                                       Asus2
i don't know where to begin in all of my 50 odd years
                     Am                        Asus2
i have been silently suffering and adapting perpetuating and enduring
    F
who are you younger generation to tell me
Dm
that i have unresolved problems
         F#m                                  E
not many examples of fruits of this type of excruciating labor.

Verse 4:
Am                                       Asus2
how can you just throw words around like grieve and heal and mourn
       Am                                Asus2
i feel fine we may not have been born as awake as you were.
       F
it was much harder in those days
       Dm
we had paper routes uphill both ways
             F#m                          E
we went from school to a job to a wife to instant parenthood

Verse 5:
Am                               Asus2
i walked into his office. i felt so self-conscious on the couch.
       Am                                  Asus2
he was sitting down across from me. he was writing down his hypothesis. i don't know.
           F
i've got a loving supportive wife,
            Dm
who doesn't know how involved she should get.
            F#m                       E
you say his interjecting was him just calling me on my shit ?

Verse 6:
Am                                          Asus2
just the other day my sweet daughter. i was driving past 203.
         Am                                         Asus2
i walked up the stairs in my mind's eye. i remember how they would creak loudly
        F
she was only responsive with a drink.
      Dm
he was only responsive by photo.
      F#m                        E
i was only trying to be the best big brother i could

Verse 7:
Am                                                Asus2
i've walked sometimes confused. sometimes ready to crack open wide.
            Am                              Asus2
sometimes indignant sometimes raw. can you imagine
             F
i pay him 75 dollars an hour
                        Dm
sometimes it feels like highway robbery
                   F#m                             E
and sometimes it's peanuts i wish it could last a couple more hours

Verse 8:
Am                                   Asus2
so here we both are battling similar demons not coincidentally.
                Am
you seen getting beyond knowing it solely intellectually
           Asus2
you're not relinquishing your majesty
        F
you are wise you are warm
           Dm
you are courageous you are big
      F#m                       E
and i love you more now than i ever have in my whole life

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