You Oughta Know Chords & Tabs
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From Visscher@ALG.FRG.eur.nl Fri Apr 4 17:01:28 1997
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 97 13:10:36 ^?^?^?
From: Visscher@ALG.FRG.eur.nl
Subject: posted tab: You oughta know (Alanis Morissette)
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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?)
OK, here we go.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
VERSE 1
(no chords)
I want you to know that I'm happy for you.
I wish nothing but the best for you both.
+ + + + | + + + +
-------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-------|-14---------17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|
-------|-----14------------------------|-----------------------------14-|
-------|---------14--------------------|--------------------------------|
-------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
+ + + + | + + + +
------------------------17~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
16----------17----------------|----------------------------------|
----16------------------------|----------------------------------|
--------16--------------------|----------------------------------|
------------------------------|----------------------------------|
------------------------------|----------------------------------|
+ + + + | + + + +
-------------17----14~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~16----------|
14------------------------------|----------------------------14------|
----14--------------------------|---------------------------------14-|
--------14----------------------|------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
+ + + + | + + + +
------------19~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
16----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
----16------------------------|---------------------------------------|
--------16--------------------|---------------------------------------|
------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
PRE-CHORUS
+ + + + |
--------------------------17-----------------16-------14------------|
14-----------------------------------------------------------17-----|
---------14---------------------------------------------------------|
------------------14------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#'
+ + + + | + + + + |
14------------------------------------|-------------19------17------16-|
-----17-------16--------14------------|-16-----------------------------|
--------------------------------------|-----16-------------------------|
--------------------------------------|---------16---------------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x x B'
+ + + + | + + + + |
-------------19------|--------------17--------16---------------|
---19---17-----------|-14------------------------------17------|
---------------------|-----14----------------------------------|
---------------------|---------14------------------------------|
---------------------|-----------------------------------------|
---------------------|-----------------------------------------|
x x F#'
No.
+ + + + |
-14------------------------------------------------|
-----17-------------16------------14---------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
x x
+ + + + | + + + + |
-------------17------16---------|--------------------19------------------|
-16--------------------------17-|-16-------------------------------------|
-----16-------------------------|-------16-------------------------------|
---------16---------------------|--------------16------------------------|
--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B'
CHORUS
F# E A B
(And I'm here) to remind you of the mess you left when you went away.
F# E A B
It's not fair to deny me of the cross I bear that you gave to me.
B n.c.
You, you, you oughta know.
VERSE 2 (guitar 1 plays the F#' and B' chords softly)
+ + + + | + + + + |
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-14----------16~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----|
-----14------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------14--------------------|-----------------------------16--|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#'
+ + + + | + + + + |
-------------17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------16------|
-16----------------------------|---------------------19----------|
-----16------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------16--------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B'
+ + + + | + + + + |
-------------17------16--------|-14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----|
-14-------------------------17-|---------------------------------|
-----14------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------14--------------------|-----------------------------16--|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#'
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/morissette_alanis/you_oughta_know_tab.html ]
+ + + + | + + + + |
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-16----------17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
-----16------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------16--------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B'
+ + + + | + + + + |
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-14----------16------14~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
-----14------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------14--------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#'
+ + + + | + + + + |
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-17----------16~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
-----16------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------16--------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B'
+ + + + | + + + + |
-17----------16----------14----|---------------------------------|
-----14-------------17---------|---------------------------------|
---------14--------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#'
+ + + + | + + + + |
-----------------------------19-|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
-16-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
-----16--------------16---------|---------------------------------|
---------16---------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B'
PRE-CHORUS (guitar 1 plays the F#' and B' chords loudly)
+ + + + |
--------------------------17-----------------16-------14------------|
14-----------------------------------------------------------17-----|
---------14---------------------------------------------------------|
------------------14------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#'
+ + + + | + + + + |
14------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-----17-------16--------14------------|-16--------17p16----------------|
--------------------------------------|-----16----------16-------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x x B'
+ + + + | + + + + |
----19--------17----17-------|--------------17--------16---------------|
-----------------19----------|-14------------------------------17------|
-----------------------------|-----14----------------------------------|
-----------------------------|---------14------------------------------|
-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
x x F#'
No.
+ + + + |
-14------------------------------------------------|
-----17-------16----14------17----16---------------|
------------------------------------------14-------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|
x x
+ + + + | + + + + |
-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
-16----------16----------------|--16-----------------16------------------|
-----16----------16------------|--------16-------------------------------|
---------16----------16--------|---------------16------------------------|
-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B'
CHORUS
`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#'
+ + + + | + + + + |
--------------------------------------|-------------19------17---------|
-----16-------14---17---16------------|-16--------------------------19-|
-----------------------------14-------|-----16-------------------------|
--------------------------------------|---------16---------------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
x x B'
+ + + + | + + + + |
-17--16---------------------------|--------------17---------16-------------|
----------17---16~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-14-------------------------------17----|
----------------------------------|-----14---------------------------------|
----------------------------------|---------14-----------------------------|
----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
x x F#'
it. And every---time I scratch my nails down
+ + + + |
-14------14-------------------------|
-----17-------16------14------------|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
x x
someone else's back I hope you
+ + + + | + + + + |
--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
-16----------17--16-------------|-16~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
-----16--------------16---------|----------------------------------------|
---------16------------------16-|----------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B'
CHORUS
(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
+ + + + | + + + + | + + + + | + + + +
---------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
-19--19--19--19|------------19--19-|-19---19---19---19|--19------------------|
---------------|-18--18--18---18---|------------------|--18---18--18---18--18|
---------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
---------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
---------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
F# E A B
n.c
oughta know.
^Z
