Alanis Morissette - Hand in my pocket

I know this song is pretty basic, musically, but I figured it would be timely and work well in my solo acoustic sets around the San Jose-area coffeehouses. Since I went to the trouble of transcribing all the lyrics, I can't see a reason not to share it here! I believe Alanis sings this in the key of D; to accomodate my male singing voice, I have transposed it down to Bb (or B, depending on capo placement). I use 'open-A' fingering, with the capo on the first or second fret. I've shown the music below as just being in 'A', however. (Put your capo on the 5th fret to play along with the record, or transpose this back to the open-D position without a capo). As the music is basically a 'drone' type of sound, I use variations of the basic open-A chord position to lend some variance to my solo accompaniment, namely, the -sus2 and -sus4 forms of the basic A-chord, as follows: A Asus2 Asus4 e--0----0------0-------| B--2----0------3-------| G--2----2------2-------| D--2----2------2-------| A--0----0------0-------| E--x----x------x-------| The chord variations below are only suggestions; mix 'em up as you see fit! Here's the song: Hand In My Pocket -- Alanis Morissette I feel drunk but I'm sober, I'm young and I'm underpaid 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 And what it all comes down to Is that ev'rything's gonna be quite alright Cause I got one hand in my pocket And the other one is flickin' a cigarette (instr.) And what it all comes down to Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet Cause I got one hand in my pocket And the other one is givin' a peace sign I'm free but I'm focused, I'm green 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 And what it all boils down to Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet Well I got one hand in my pocket And the other one is playin' a piano And what it all comes down to, my friend, yeah Is that everything is just fine, fine, fine Cause I got one hand in my pocket And the other one is hailing a taxi cab Enjoy! J Smith Sunnyvale, CA (jsmith@moby.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com) Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 06:21:49 GMT Subject: TAB: "Hand in my Pocket(Live)" by Alanis Morissette From: ilam@usa.pipeline.com (Brian Cruz) This is a great song that took forever to figure out, so I got the JLP songbook. After a while and after learning the chords I finally figured out the live version of the song (with my own little things added). What are we waiting for!'! -------------------------------------------|Hand in My Pocket*------------------------------------| I feel drunk but I'm sober I'm young and I'm underpaid I'm tired but I'm working, yeah I care but I'm restless I'm here but I'm really gone I'm wrong and I'm sorry baby What it all comes down to** Is that everything's gonna be quite alright** I've got one hand in my pocket** And the other one is flicking a cigarette** I'm free but I'm focused I'm green but I'm wise I'm hard but I'm friendly baby I'm sad but I'm laughing I'm brave but I'm chicken shit I'm sick but I'm pretty baby What it all boils down to** Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet** I've got one hand in my pocket** And the other one is playing the pianoooooooooooooo** CODA X And what it all comes down to my dear friends** Is that everything's just fine fine fine** I've got one hand in my pocket** And the other one is hailing a taxi cab...** A few things... (1). Each space is a sixteenth note (e.i. four spaces equal a quarter note) (2). This song uses the regular E,A,D,G,B,E tuning (E,B,G,D,A,E if you prefer) (3). This song sounds nice both w/ an electric (clean) and an acoustic. I'm not sure about a 12-string (cause I don't have one!!!) G5 |----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---| |--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------| |0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G5 ||----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---| ||.-------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------| ||0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0| ||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ||.---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G5 |----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---| |--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------| |0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0-----| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------\1| G5/F Am7,Em7 Csus2 Dsus*** G5 |--------------00|----0--00-3/0---|----3----3------|-3--3----3--3---| |--------------10|----3--33-3/3---|--------3-------|3---3---3-------| |--------------00|0---0--00-0/0--0|0------0--0----0|-------0--0-----| |----0-------0-20|2---2--22-2/4---|----------------|----------------| |--------------01|3------33-3/5---|-------------02-|--0-------------| |1------11-1----0|-----------/5---|----------------|--------------\1| G5/F Am7,Em7 Csus2 Dsus*** G5 To Coda X |--------------00|----0--00-3/0---|----3----3------|-3--3----3--3---|| |--------------10|----3--33-3/3---|--------3-------|3---3---3------.|| |--------------00|0---0--00-0/0--0|0------0--0----0|-------0--0----0|| |----0-------0-20|2---2--22-2/4---|----------------|----------------|| |--------------01|3------33-3/5---|-------------02-|--0------------.|| |1------11-1----0|-----------/5---|----------------|----------------|| CODA +---------------------------------+ X |The only distorted measures... | G5/F Am7,Em7 Csus2 Dsus*** G5 D5 A5 G5 |--------------00|----0--00-3/0---|----------------|----------------| |--------------10|----3--33-3/3---|----------------|----------------| |--------------00|0---0--00-0/0---|------7---------|----------------| |----0-------0-20|2---2--22-2/4---|--5---7-------7\|5---5-5---555---| |--------------01|3------33-3/5---|--5---5-------5\|5---5-5---555---| |1------11-1----0|-----------/5---|--3-----------5\|3---3-3---333-\1| G5/F Am7,Em7 Csus2 Dsus*** G5 |--------------00|----0--00-3/0---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---| |--------------10|----3--33-3/3---|--------3-------|--------3-------| |--------------00|0---0--00-0/0--0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0| |----0-------0-20|2---2--22-2/4---|----------------|----------------| |--------------01|3------33-3/5---|----------------|----------------| |1------11-1----0|-----------/5---|----------------|----------------| G5 (Fade out...) |----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---| |--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------| |0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| *-the beginning of each line starts on the last eight note of each measure(the "yeah"'s and "baby"'s all have their own measures) **-exceptions to "*" ***-slide up from C/G Chord List!!!! Here's what I did to the song: (1). Added the Am7, Em7, and Dsus and edited the two measures after them ____________________________________________________________________ / \ | If you have anything to add or correct please e-mail me!! | | ilam@usa.pipeline.com | | For more Alanis info: http://pwp.usa.pipeline.com | \____________________________________________________________________/