You Oughta Know Chords

by Alanis Morissette
720,600 views, added to favorites 29,675 times
Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: F#m
Capo: no capo
Author matute [a] 71.
5 contributors total, last edit on Dec 26, 2020
We have an official You Oughta Know tab made by UG professional guitarists.
Check out the tab

Chords

F#m
B
A
F#
E

Strumming

There is no strumming pattern for this song yet. Create and get +5 IQ
Here is the full song with chords in the correct words.
There is a pretty nice intro using the strings with same chords, but it goes fine just in the usual way.
Chords by Matias
 
[Verse 1]
F#m                       B
I want you to know that I'm happy for you.
F#m                       B
I wish nothing but the best for you both.
         F#m                     F#m
An older version of me Is she perverted like me?
              B                         B
Would she go down on you in a theater?
               F#m                        F#m
Does she speak eloquently? And would she have your baby?
               B                        B
I'm sure she'd make a really excellent mother.
 
[Pre-Chorus]
           F#m
'Cause the love that you gave that we made
              A                            B             B
wasn't able to make it enough for you to be open wide. No,
F#m
and every time you speak her name
         A
does she know how you told me you'd hold me
   B
until you died? Till you died, but you're still alive.
 
[Chorus]
        F#            E
And I'm here to remind you
           A                      B
of the mess you left when you went away.
         F#        E
It's not fair to deny me
         A                   B
of the cross I bear that you gave to me.
B            N.C.
You, you, you oughta know.
 
[Verse 2]
F#m
You seem very well.
B
Things look peaceful.
F#m
I'm not quite as well.
B
I thought you should know.
          F#m                  F#m
Did you forget about me, Mr. Duplicity?
          B                         B
I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner.
         F#m                          F#m
It was a slap in the face how quickly I was replaced,
             B                      B
and are you thinking of me when you fuck her?
 
[Pre-Chorus]
           F#m
'Cause the love that you gave that we made
              A                            B             B
wasn't able to make it enough for you to be open wide. No,
F#m
and every time you speak her name
         A
does she know how you told me you'd hold me
   B                                      B
until you died? Till you died, but you're still alive.
 
[Chorus]
        F#            E
And I'm here to remind you
           A                      B
of the mess you left when you went away.
         F#        E
It's not fair to deny me
         A                   B
of the cross I bear that you gave to me.
B            N.C.
You, you, you oughta know.
 
[Interlude]
F#m B   x4
 
[Bridge]
          F#m
Cause the joke that you laid in the bed that was me,
         A                           B                            B
and I'm not gonna fade as soon as you close your eyes, and you know it.
    F#m
And every time I scratch my nails down
A
someone else's back
           B                        B
I hope you feel it. Can you feel it?
 
[Chorus]
        F#            E
And I'm here to remind you
           A                      B
of the mess you left when you went away.
         F#        E
It's not fair to deny me
         A                   B
of the cross I bear that you gave to me.
B            N.C.
You, you, you oughta know.
X
By helping UG you make the world better... and earn IQ
Create correction
Please rate this tab
 
×
You Oughta Know – Alanis Morissette
How to play
"You Oughta Know"
Font
Transpose
19 comments
momo_rose
sounds really good with capo II. verse: Em Em A A transition: Em G A A chorus: E D G A
+44
PROrock
I think there are no A chords in the prechoruses...but still great tab :) *Thumbs up*
+5
RFreeman
Thanks for the chords, Matias. Just to be pedantic, the lyrics are "An older version of me".
+3