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TITLE: This Grudge
ARTIST: Alanis Morissette
ALBUM: So-Called Chaos
SUBMITTED BY: Nans87
TURNING: Standard (EADGBE)
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|Cmaj7: 332000 | Dm : XX0231 |
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|C : 332010 | G : 320033 |
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|Aus2 : X02200 | Dus4: XX0233 |
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|Am : X02210 | |
Intro:
Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7-C
Cmaj7 C
Fourteen years
Cmaj7 C
Thirty minutes
Aus2 Am
Fifteen seconds I've
Asus2 Am
Held this grudge
Eleven songs
Four full journals
Thoughts of punishment
I've expended
Not in contact
Not a letter
Such communication
Telepathic
You've been vilified
Used as fodder
You deserve a piece
Of every record
Dm C Cmaj7-C
But who's it hurting now?
Dm C Cmaj7-C
Who's the one that's stuck?
Dm C
Who's it torturing now
Cmaj C G G
With an antique knot in her stomach?
CHORUS:
C Cmaj7
I want to be big and let go
Cmaj7 C
Of this grudge that's grown old
C Cmaj7
All this time I've not known
Cmaj7 C
How to rest this bygone
C Cmaj7
I wanna be soft and resolved
Cmaj7 C
Clean of slate and released
G Dsus4
I wanna forgive for the both of us
Like an abandoned house
Dusty covered
Furniture
Still intact
If I visit it now
Do I simply re-live it
Somehow
gratuitous
Dm C Cmaj7-C
But who's still aching now?
Dm C Cmaj7-C
Who's tired of her own voice?
Dm C
Who is it weighing down
Cmaj C G G
With no gift from time of said healing
CHORUS:
C Cmaj7
I want to be big and let go
Cmaj7 C
Of this grudge that's grown old
C Cmaj7
All this time I've not known
Cmaj7 C
How to rest this bygone
C Cmaj7
I wanna be soft and resolved
Cmaj7 C
Clean of slate and released
G Dsus4
I wanna forgive for the both of us
Cmaj C
Maybe as I cut the cord
Dsus4 C
Veils will lift from my eyes
Cmaj7 C
Maybe as I lay this to rest
Aus2 C G
Dead weight off my shoulders will rise
Here I sit
Much determined
Ever ill-equipped
To draw this curtain
How this has entertained
Validated
And has served me well
Ever the victim
Dm C Cmaj7-C
But who's done whining now?
Dm C Cmaj7-C
Who's ready to put down
Dm C
This load I've carried longer
Cmaj-C G G
than I had cared to remember
CHORUS:
C Cmaj7
I want to be big and let go
Cmaj7 C
Of this grudge that's grown old
C Cmaj7
For this life of me I've not known
Cmaj7 C
How to rest this bygone
C Cmaj7
I wanna be soft and resolved
Cmaj7 C
Clean of slate and released
G Dsus4
I wanna forgive for the both of us (x2)
G-Dus4
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Keaton Wanna Be |
#1 by Keaton Lane at Sep 28, 2007 at 5:25 AM EST |
| This song means a lot to me coz I can really realet to it - there will always be the one that I don't love anymore but has hurt me more than I think anyone ever will again, maybe because of simply how vulnerable I was at the time, and who will stick with me in my thoughts every day, every week, for the rest of my life - he is the one I will always have this grudge for, and the one I will never forgive, and the one that despite how much I hate him, has taught me all I know in terms of knowing what I want strongly enough now to never let that happen to me again. Does anyone know, is this the same guy she refers to in Hands Clean and Right Through You? What man is it? Anyone know more about him? | |
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Adam Average |
#2 by Adam Nickel at Sep 28, 2007 at 10:39 AM EST |
| I pity alanis so much for having had to make such an expierience in her life. If there is something I DO know than it is that writing this song was just another senseless and good meant try to forget the love of her life. she will never manage this totally, it is impossible. i think i know so many more alanis songs, that talk about just the same man. he is the one and she will never ever let him go. | |
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Minkin Rhythm Player |
#3 by Minkin MQ at Oct 1, 2007 at 10:28 AM EST |
| This grudge has been the source of her rage or bitterness in the past, and she is finally letting it rest. This is powerful, as she looks within herself to forgive the actions another person. 1 | |
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rockman Average |
#4 by rockman the sequel at Oct 2, 2007 at 5:36 AM EST |
| This song is good. Its obivous what she is talking about... She is just ready to forgive a past love for what they did to her, after so many years of just not letting go, even if he isn't willin to. | |
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Ryan Average |
#5 by Ryan Jones at Oct 2, 2007 at 7:05 AM EST |
| I know nobody is going to believe this - but the ill-fated relationship she is talking about here happened when she was 14 years old - with an older man - and it was DAVE COULIER!! I swear! He is the reason for "You Outta Know" and "Flash Forward" and a ton of other songs. She was really young and he was 15 years older than her! They met during her days on "You Can't Do That on Television" and it turned into an affair. Gives new meaning to the phrase "Cut - IT -OUT" | |
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choop Rhythm Player |
#6 by choop at Oct 3, 2007 at 3:17 AM EST |
| such bull meghanl. unless "You can't do that on television" was filmed in Ottawa, ON. She went to glebe highschool and lived a few blocks from me. I know some of her old teachers, and she used to babysit a bunch of my good friends when i was younger. | |
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btotherizzad Average |
#7 by btotherizzad moriznad at Oct 3, 2007 at 9:02 AM EST |
| Actually "I meant the song "Hands Clean" in the above post - for some reason I thought it was called Flash Forward. | |
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Walk3rkid Average |
#8 by Walk3rkid . at Oct 5, 2007 at 7:34 AM EST |
| I don't think this has anything at all to do with hands clean and/or you ougtha know. Hands clean was not nearly as traumatic, and I don't think the "14 years" has something to do with her age. It's the amount of time the grudge has been alive. Also I don't get the impression that Alanis regrets that relationship, or that she was hurt so violently as this song implies. Hands Clean sounded so happy - like a good memory. This Grudge clearly isn't a very good memory. And You Ougtha Know? No, really, not... this song expresses regret, not anger. It's different feelings and although it's possible they all could apply to one relationship that would just seem wrong to me, and wrong if you listen to the feelings the songs evoke. | |
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