Hand In My Pocket - Alanis Morissette
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
Artist: ALANIS MORISSETTE
Song: HAND IN MY POCKET
Album: JAGGED LITTLE PILL
Transcription: Xavier Flament (flament@onera.fr)
Lyrics from Jeff Smith
Chord formation:
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x32033 332010 133211 320033
This version is really easy to play! It sounds fine on an acoustic guitar
but it may be boring if you don't play it with a 'smart' rhythm and some
hammer-ons from time to time.
[Verse]
I'm br
oke but I'm ha
ppy, I'm poor
but I'm kind
I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah
I'm high but I'm grounded, I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed
I'm lost but I'm hopeful, baby
[Chorus]
And wh
at it all come
s down to
Is tha
t everything's
gonna be fine
, fine, fine
Cause
I got one hand
in my pocket
And th
e other one is
givin' a high
five
[Verse]
I feel
drunk but I'm
sober, I'm yo
ung and I'm un
derpaid
I'm dyin' but I'm workin', yeah
I care but I'm restless, I'm here but I'm really gone
I'm wrong and I'm sorry, baby
[Chorus]
And wh
at it all come
s down to
Is tha
t ev'rything's
gonna be quit
e alright
Cause
I got one hand
in my pocket
And th
e other one is
flickin' a ci
garette
Instrumental part: play G (There it gets really boring. Ask one of
your friends to play the harmonica (Springsteen, Dylan or better, Alanis
herself) or jump to the next chorus!)
And wh
at it all come
s down to
Is tha
t I haven't go
t it all figur
ed out just ye
t
Cause
I got one hand
in my pocket
And th
e other one is
givin' a peac
e sign
[Verse]
I'm fr
ee but I'm foc
used, I'm gree
n but I'm wise
I'm hard but I'm friendly, baby
I'm sad but I'm laughin', I'm brave but I'm chickenshit
I'm sick but I'm pretty, baby
[Chorus]
And wh
at it all boil
s down to
Is tha
t no one's rea
lly got it fig
ured out just
yet
Well I
got one hand
in my pocket
And th
e other one is
playin' a pia
no
And wh
at it all come
s down to, my
friend, yeah
Is tha
t everything i
s just fine, f
ine, fine
Cause
I got one hand
in my pocket
And th
e other one is
hailing a tax
i cab