You owe me nothing in return
by Alanis Morissette
from new album `under rug swept`
transcribed by Christian Reindel (creindel@gmx.de)
any questions or corrections- e-mail me
only the chords for this beautiful song
Normal tuning
Am Fm C G
E:|----0-------0------0-----0-----|
B:|----1-------1------1-----3-----|
G:|----2-------2------0-----2-----|
D:|----2-------3------2-----0-----|
A:|----0-------3------3-----2-----|
E:|------------1------------3-----|
Intro
Am
Verse 1
Am Fm
I`ll give you countless amounts of outright acceptance if you want it
Am Fm
I will give you encouragement to choose the path that you want if you need it
Am Fm
You can speak of anger and doubts your fears and freak outs and I`ll hold it
Am Fm
you can share you so-called shame-filled accounts of times in your life and I wont judge it
and there are no strings attached
Chorus 1
Am
You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give
Am G Am
you owe me nothing for caring the way that I have
Am
I give you thanks for receiving it`s my privilege
G Am
and you owe me nothing in return
Verse 2
Am Fm
you can ask for space for yourself and only yourself and I`ll grant it
Am Fm
you can ask for freedom as well or time to travel and you`ll have it
Am Fm
you can ask to live by yourself or love someone else and I`ll support it
Am Fm
you can ask for anything you want anthing at all and I`ll understand it
and there are no strings attached to it
Chorus 2
Am
You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give
Am G Am
you owe me nothing for caring the way that I have
Am
I give you thanks for receiving it`s my privilege
G Am
and you owe me nothing in return
Interlude
C G Am
I bet you`re wondering when the next payback shoe will eventually drop
C G Am
I bet you`re wondering when my conditionals police will force you to cough up
C G Am
I bet you`re wondering how far you have now danced your way back into debt
C G Am
this is the only kind of love as I understand it that there really is
Verse 3
Am Fm
you can express your deepest of truths even if it means I`ll lose you and I`ll hear it
Am Fm
you can fall into the abyss on your way to bliss I`ll empathize with
Am Fm
you can say that you have to skip town to chase your passion and I`ll hear it
Am Fm
you can even hit rock bottom have a midlife crisis and I`ll hold it
and there are no strings attached to it
Chorus 3 (repeat it)
Am
You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give
Am G Am
you owe me nothing for caring the way that I have
Am
I give you thanks for receiving it`s my privilege
G Am
and you owe me nothing in return
Outro
Am G (play twice and fade out)
End.
