Alanis Morissette - Permission

intro : Dm F C G

Dm F
i’ve been an ace girl
Dm F
offering much , grumbling low
Dm F
and i gave all , all that was asked of me
Dm F
when order was slow and vision was unrelenting

Dm A#
i never stopped long enough
F C
to swim against the tides of old
Dm A#
and i was single – minded too much
F C
to look toward this new true north
so now

F C
permission to be
Dm
permission to slow
A# F
and do the only things that matter to me
C
the freedom to flow
Dm
to where genuine flows
A#
and do the only things that matter to me

Dm F
and sure , i’ve had my fun
Dm
played with my roles
F
with time for a break hard – won
Dm F
but then after a while
Dm
so much done by rote
F
no longer by inspiration

Dm A#
i’ve never stopped long enough

F C
to see whose was this blind ambition
Dm F
and i was not sanctioned to stop
A# C
and realize whose was this old mission
so now

F C
permission to be
Dm
permission to slow
A# F
and do the only things that matter to me
C
the freedom to flow
Dm
to where genuine flows
A#
and do the only things that matter to me

C Dm A#
with this space by the dropping of weights
C
this license to obey
Dm C
with this time really wait
so now

F C
permission to be
Dm
permission to slow
A# F
and do the only things that matter to me
C
the freedom to flow
Dm
to where genuine flows
A# F
and do the only things that matter to me

C A# Dm F
the simple things that matter to me
C A# Dm F
the simple things that matter to me?