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Wake Up Chords by Alanis Morissette

Wake Up chords by Alanis Morissette

Guitar 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 shape and use it
for a lot of other songs:

    C           D          G           E           E+
e|--0--|	e|--0--|	e|--3--|	e|--0--| 	e|--0--|
B|--1--|	B|--3--|	B|--3--|	B|--0--| 	B|--0--|
G|--0--|	G|--0--|	G|--0--|	G|--1--| 	G|--2--|
D|--2--|	D|--4--|	D|--0--|	D|--2--| 	D|--2--|
A|--3--|	A|--5--|	A|--2--|	A|--2--| 	A|--2--|
E|--x--|	E|--x--|	E|--3--|	E|--0--| 	E|--0--|


Outro Chorus Chords:

    C5          D5          E5
e|--0--|	e|--0--|	e|--0--|
B|--0--|	B|--0--|	B|--0--|
G|--0--|	G|--0--|	G|--4--|
D|--2--|	D|--4--|	D|--2--|
A|--3--|	A|--5--|	A|--2--|
E|--3--|	E|--5--|	E|--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 - G - E - E+   (x2)
C - G - C - C
C - D - E - E+


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):

C5 - D5 - E5 - E5   (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)-|
B|-(12)-|	B|-(7)-|	B|-(5)-|
G|-(12)-|	G|-(7)-|	G|-(5)-|
D|--x---|	D|--x--|	D|--x--|
A|--x---|	A|--x--|	A|--x--|
E|--x---|	E|--x--|	E|--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:

C5 - D5 - E5 - E5   (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

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