{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2203125,"song":"The Couch","artist":"Alanis Morissette","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2203125-the-couch-chords-by-alanis-morissette/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2203125?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nyou hadn't seen your father in such a long time.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nhe died in the arms of his lover. how dare he ?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nyour mother never left the house.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nshe never married anyone else[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nyou took it upon yourself to console her[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nyou reminded her so much of your father so you were banished and you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                      [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nwonder why you're so hypersensitive and why you can't trust anyone but us[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nbut then how can i begin to forgive her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nso many years under bridges with dirty water[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nshe was foolish and selfish and cowardly if you ask me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                       [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\ni don't know where to begin in all of my 50 odd years[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\ni have been silently suffering and adapting perpetuating and enduring[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwho are you younger generation to tell me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nthat i have unresolved problems[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nnot many examples of fruits of this type of excruciating labor.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                       [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nhow can you just throw words around like grieve and heal and mourn[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\ni feel fine we may not have been born as awake as you were.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nit was much harder in those days[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nwe had paper routes uphill both ways[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F#m[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwe went from school to a job to a wife to instant parenthood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\ni walked into his office. i felt so self-conscious on the couch.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nhe was sitting down across from me. he was writing down his hypothesis. i don't know.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\ni've got a loving supportive wife,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nwho doesn't know how involved she should get.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#m[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nyou say his interjecting was him just calling me on my shit ?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                          [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\njust the other day my sweet daughter. i was driving past 203.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                                         [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\ni walked up the stairs in my mind's eye. i remember how they would creak loudly[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nshe was only responsive with a drink.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nhe was only responsive by photo.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\ni was only trying to be the best big brother i could[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\ni've walked sometimes confused. sometimes ready to crack open wide.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nsometimes indignant sometimes raw. can you imagine[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\ni pay him 75 dollars an hour[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nsometimes it feels like highway robbery[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F#m[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand sometimes it's peanuts i wish it could last a couple more hours[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nso here we both are battling similar demons not coincidentally.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nyou seen getting beyond knowing it solely intellectually[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nyou're not relinquishing your majesty[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nyou are wise you are warm[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nyou are courageous you are big[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand i love you more now than i ever have in my whole life[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Asus2[/ch]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nAm   Asus2","chords":["Am","Asus2","F","Dm","F#m","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Asus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,0,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,0,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}