I Was Hoping Guitar Tab

Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie Tabs:

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Alanis Morissette
Song: I was hoping
Album: Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie

Verse Em
 As we were talking outside it was cold we were
 C
 shivering yet warmed by the subject matter my wife
 Em
 was in the next room we´we been having troubles you know please don´t
 C
 tell her or anyone but I need to talk to somebody
 Em
 you said "wouldn´t it be a shame if I knew how great I was five
 C
 minutes before I died I´d be filled with such regret before
 Em
 I took my last breath" and I said "you´re willing to tell me this now
and you´re
 C
 not going to die anytime soon" and I said
 Em
 I haven´t been eating chicken or meat or anything and you said yes but
 C
 you´ve been wearing leather
 Em
 and laughed and said we´re at the top of the food chain and yes you´re
still a find woman and
 C
 I cringed

Chorus Em C
 I was  hoping I was
 Am
 hoping we could heak each other
 Em C
 I was hoping I was
 Am
 hoping we could be raw together

Verse Em C

Chorus Em C Am


Tabbed by Jesper Zackynator
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture fukt Average	#1 by fukt at Sep 26, 2007 at 7:50 AM EST
	I think this song is about the singer (Alanis) realizing that her friend (an older married man) is not on the same wave length she is and as a result their friendship will not be as meaningful as she "was hoping". They are out to dinner with his wife at an expensive restaurant (head waiter in his sixties) but most of the song consists of a conversation between the two of them and her internal reactions. The singer is growing in her spirituality (Buddhism?) but the man isn't very spiritual. She tells him of her vegetarianism; he scoffs and implies she's a hypocrite for wearing leather. He patronizes a restaurant with a sycophantic staff but that kind of treatment no longer has value to her. The friend believes humans are fundamentally evil; she does not believe in right and wrong or good and bad. He does not feel any compassion for a man who beat his child; she certainly does, and she also has compassion for the friend who lacks compassion. She was hoping for a like minded companion, but he is not that.

No Picture wrath Average	#2 by wrath child at Sep 26, 2007 at 10:38 PM EST
	I think its about an old friend and her, and they both had feelings for each other once but never acted on it. and now that he is married they meet again and just talk about life and have the same old feelings again but can't do anything about it.

No Picture Lenny Judd (Pap Wanna Be	#3 by Lenny Judd (Papa Smurf) at Sep 27, 2007 at 11:41 AM EST
	damn this song is so awesome. one of my top played songs! "i too once thought life was cruel it's a cycle really you think i'm withdrawing and guilt tripping you i think you're insensitive and i don't feel heard," this song really touches me. the music itself is like my troubled thoughts put to music, and parts of the lyrics really are similar to things i would say and things i feel. including specifically the ones quoted above. one of my favorite songs of hers.

No Picture JustiN Professional	#4 by JustiN at Sep 27, 2007 at 5:39 PM EST
	i have some unknown passion for this song, i simply love it, i think it is amazing and yat i as unsure what it is about :S although it sounds very deep and incredably sad :'(

No Picture Cailan Average	#5 by Cailan Shotkoski at Sep 27, 2007 at 9:58 PM EST
	I think that pa-alvarez is right in that there are three different conversations and three different men. However, I think she probably found these men attractive but upon meeting and talking to these men and getting to know their personalities, she realised that they aren't her type. She doesn't agree with the views these men have, and she was offended by their comments: "and you said yes but you've been wearing leather and laughed and said we're at the top of the food chain and yes you're still a fine woman and i cringed" She's looking for the right man, perhaps after a break-up which has left her weak, and not finding it in any of these people.

No Picture Dusty Wanna Be	#6 by Dusty Delonge at Sep 28, 2007 at 3:13 AM EST
	I see why people think this song is about more than one relationship, but I disagree. It seems to me to be a man and a woman who used to date but are just old friends now. Obvious why this would make his wife jealous. And I think within spending a little amount of time with this person she recounts all the things that were wrong about them and all the things they disagreed about, which is common of running into ex'es. And while she remembers all they could have been and how much they even now still care about each other, she remembers how wrong they were for each other. And the lines about good and evil are classic for me. This album, deemed the "wordy album" by my friends is my favorite album of hers. I think it engages the anger and intensity of "jagged..." and the intelligence and reflection of her latter albums at the same time.

No Picture Evan Wanna Be	#7 by Evan Deges at Sep 28, 2007 at 6:26 PM EST
	I think the song is somewhat metiphricail, its the bi in the resuraunt is how she feels she cant stick up for herself anymore because shes not worth it, so shes "all pigtales a chords" and just plays along with others oppions of her. "and i said i haven't been eating chicken or meat or anything and you said yes but you've been wearing leather and laughed and said we're at the top of the food chain and yes you're still a fine woman and i cringed" i think this is about how shes saying shes been trying to be a good person, and yet shes not really doing it right, but that doesnt make her a bad person. i think its about a lot of things, a lot of oppions, a lot of things she talks about...

No Picture Rignald Average	#8 by Rignald Tromp at Sep 30, 2007 at 5:54 PM EST
	im vegetarian and i thought i was doing something worthwhile, then my friend took it upon himself to call me a hypocrite because i said i missed jelly (contains gelatine). i went home and listened to this song over and over again and got a whole new appreciation for it. she must have been in such an emotionally frustrating state. assuming it's about a relationship with a friend/boyfriend, they're supposed to appreciate our good and bad, they're supposed to support our decisions and most importantly, they're supposed to accept us as we are

No Picture Frodd Average	#9 by Frodd aka josh laing at Oct 1, 2007 at 5:53 PM EST
	I remember reading somewhere that this song is the recollection of three different conversations with three different men. For me the song is about missed chances on past relationships, she remembers the way she met them and the excitement of getting to know each other thru conversation and then remorse not having the chance of doing all the things she wanted, like dancing together, being creamy, etc.

No Picture Patrick Average	#10 by Patrick Ryan at Oct 1, 2007 at 8:36 PM EST
	u were hoping? hehe, except for hoping all of ur wife's games sell & admiring her doing it for the sake of doing... anything else would be false hopes for u. lol

No Picture Renee Wanna Be	#11 by Renee Saenz at Oct 1, 2007 at 10:58 PM EST
	"pigtails and cords" reminds me so much of being 18-23 years old. My girlfriends and I thought we "were owed something". I think Alanis is trying to reflect on how women grow out of the adolesence and becoming a mature woman. Realizing when to be mature. When you are young and in a situation of either fame or sucess you can distort your priorities. I think this was a song about Alanis' own realization of becoming her own and understanding life is not all about one's self. Trying to find one's self as well. :) Her lyrics are always so thought provoking and deep :) 1

No Picture Shaun Average	#12 by Shaun Johnson at Oct 1, 2007 at 11:20 PM EST
	my favorite by alanis -aftrer uninvited- i also believe that this song is about a woman who had feelings for a man who is married now and they get together to have dinner. he shares problems with her. "but i need to talk to somebody you said "wouldn't it be a shame if i knew how great i was five minutes before i died i'd be filled with such regret before i took my last breath" and i said "you're willing to tell me this now and you're not going to die anytime soon" he is rich i guess and he has popularity, however she is not strong as she used to be. she doesn't want to do anything wrong that would upset him or make him think bad things about her. like she is too judging. she was hoping too much stuff, but just hoping..

No Picture Brandon Wanna Be	#13 by Brandon Stephenson at Oct 2, 2007 at 9:42 AM EST
	well dougy i would have thought you commented on this little number! seen as we sing this song just for the fun of it. Alanis has top of the line lyrics and i dont think theres many who can compair. This song is a classic example of excelent lyric compilation. Not to mention i bloody love it!!!

No Picture maurizio Average	#14 by maurizio becerril gonzalez at Oct 2, 2007 at 8:43 PM EST
	Actually, the lyrics of this song are a little bit off, and it's also a lot easier to read, and to understandwhen it's written with proper grammar and quotation. I digress though, I'm a snob about that kind of thing. I think that this song is a conversation held between a woman and a man who were never actually lovers, but had a romantic relationship that they never went through with. I'm not sure what leads me to that conclusion, but I'm just struck that way. The man is struggling with his relationship with his wife, and as a last resort he turns to his old friend (and flame) who he presumably hasn't spoken to for a while. Their pleasant conversation in a restaurant becomes awkward when the man begins to his on the woman. "Yes you're still a fine woman." I cringed. They leave the restaurant and the woman reflects on the maturity she's gained since they last spoke. She's grown as a person, and even though she's successful and perhaps famous, she's learned to be humble. She also thinks back on what might have been a somewhat controlling relationship on the man's part, and that he's showing the same characteristics that he used to. He accuses her of "withdrawing and guilt-tripping" but she is just fustrated because he's not respecting her opinion. So she challenges him on his point, but ends up falling through on her bravado, "I had to watch my tone for fear of having him feel judged." I love this song. I wonder if it's autobiographical.

No Picture Turd Fergeson Lead Player	#15 by Turd Fergeson Fergeson at Oct 3, 2007 at 6:00 PM EST
	this song....it seems like the conversation between two people who care about each other....but now they meet and she's stronger....like all the little things that she thought before...now she's far more mature and calm and at peace with the world...but perhaps she had hoped for something wonderful... this song gets me all thoughtful

No Picture kenzie Wanna Be	#16 by kenzie at Oct 4, 2007 at 2:53 AM EST
	I was a bit distracted by the fact that in the lyrics above, not every saying is quoted... but it's a complete conversation between a man and a woman, who have met and have had dinner at a restaurant together... they know each other from the past or have been lovers one day. She shows she's less stronger than she has been, that she's not herself on this day: "and there was a day when i would've said something like "hey dude i could buy and sell this place so kiss it" ". For I'm not English by nature I can't really figure out what things like "I was all pigtails and cords". I heard this song some days ago by going through my Rock am Ring recordings... and first I thought she was talking to some strange man who she met outside the hospital while his wife was ill; then I thought she even knew the guy; then I misheard it and thought she met God somewhere and he told her about her life ;) ... and now I read the actual lyrics and I still don't get it. One thing that's clear: it's so full of emotions, and the ways she sings it; she almost speaks throughout the whole song but the tones are so melodic with a good vibration in it, that she hardly needs any instruments to accompany that voice.

No Picture Sam Average	#17 by Sam at Oct 4, 2007 at 2:55 AM EST
	I think I agree with treebright the most about the meaning of the song. Anyway, it's an amazing song which does not follow any "song rules" and just tells a story.

No Picture Danyboi Average	#18 by Danyboi at Oct 4, 2007 at 11:40 AM EST
	I think its about one man, and one evening possibly, he is married now, but they once had something, she wants to pick up where they left off, and I get the impression for some reason thats she doesnt have any intrest in, or the energy for all the normal "getting to know you stuff" of forming a relationship, and she wants to go straight into loving him, correct me lol

No Picture Person Average	#19 by Person at Oct 4, 2007 at 7:01 PM EST
	I really love this song, the melody is so beautiful... What is this song about? I don't have a clue, to tell you the truth... Well, I quite agree with what you said above. I always had the feeling that the first part of the song was about a conversation between her and a man she met for the first time. Then, it's not about the same man anymore, and it becomes harder to understand what it's all about. But anyway, I love this song even if I cannot really understand it, its mystery makes it even more attractive to me.

No Picture DIPSY Lead Player	#20 by DIPSY (NOT THE TELETUBBIE) at Oct 5, 2007 at 12:21 AM EST
	i know what you mean mrsmolko, for some reason i love this song. i'm not sure what it means either, but i think it might be about a long term relationship thats gone sour.