Alanis Morissette - The Couch

[Verse 1]
Am AmMaj7
you hadn’t seen your father in such a long time
Am AmMaj7 Am
he died in the arms of his lover how dare he
Fmaj7
your mother never left the house
Dm F#m Esus4 E
she never married anyone else you took it upon yourself to console her

[Verse 2]
Am AmMaj7
you reminded her so much of your father
Am
so you were banished and you wonder why you’re so hypersensitive
AmMaj7 Am
and why you can’t trust anyone but us
Fmaj7
but then how can I begin to forgive her
Dm
so many years under bridges with dirty water
F#m Esus4 E
she was foolish and selfish and cowardly if you ask me

[Verse 3]
Am AmMaj7
I don’t know where to begin in all of my 50 odd years
Am AmMaj7 Am
I have been silently suffering and adapting perpetuating and enduring
Fmaj7 Dm
who are you younger generation to tell me that I have unresolved problems
F#m Esus4 E
Not many examples of fruits of this type of excruciating labor

[Verse 4]
Am AmMaj7
How can you just throw words around like grieve and heal and mourn
Am AmMaj7 Am
I feel fine we may not have been born as awake as you were
Fmaj7 Dm
It was much harder in those days we had paper routes uphill both ways
F#m Esus4 E
we went from school to a job to a wife to instant parenthood

[Verse 5]
Am AmMaj7
I walked into his office I felt so self-conscious on the couch
Am
he was sitting down across from me.
AmMaj7 Am
He was writing down his hypothesis I don’t know
Fmaj7 Dm
I’ve got a loving supportive wife who doesn’t know how involved she should get
F#m Esus4 E
you say his interjecting was him just calling me on my shit?

[Verse 6]
Am AmMaj7
just the other day my sweet daughter I was driving past 203
Am
I walked up the stairs in my mind’s eye
AmMaj7 Am
I remember how they would creak loudly
Fmaj7 Dm
she was only responsive with a drink he was only responsive by photo
F#m Esus4 E
I was only trying to be the best big brother I could

[Verse 7]
Am AmMaj7
I’ve walked sometimes confused sometimes ready to crack open wide
Am
sometimes indignant sometimes raw
AmMaj7 Am Fmaj7
can you imagine I pay him 75 dollars an hour sometimes
Dm
it feels like highway robbery
F#m
and sometimes it’s peanuts
Esus4 E
I wish it could last a couple more hours

[Verse 8]
Am AmMaj7
so here we both are battling similar demons (not coincidentally)
Am
you seen getting beyond knowing it solely intellectually
AmMaj7 Am
you’re not relinquishing your majesty
Fmaj7 Dm
you are wise you are warm you are courageous you are big
F#m Esus4 E
and I love you more now than I ever have in my whole life

[Outro]
Am AmMaj7

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