This Grudge

Alanis Morissette

Intro: Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7-C

   Cmaj7    C
1. Fourteen years
   Cmaj7  C
   Thirty minutes
           Asus2   Ami
   Fifteen seconds I've
   Asus2     Ami
   Held this grudge
   
   Eleven songs
   Four full journals
   Thoughts of punishment
   I've expended
   
2. Not in contact
   Not a letter
   Such communication
   Telepathic
   You've been vilified
   Used as fodder
   You deserve a piece
   Of every record
   
   Dmi                  C    Cmaj7-C
   But who's it hurting now? 
   Dmi                  C     Cmaj7-C
   Who's the one that's stuck?
   Dmi                C
   Who's it torturing now
           C                   G
   With an antique knot in her stomach?

                C           Cmaj7
R: I want to be big and let go
                               C
   Of this grudge that's grown old
                          Cmaj7
   All this time I've not known
                      C
   How to rest this bygone
                         Cmaj7
   I wanna be soft and resolved
                        C
   Clean of slate and released
              G                    Dsus4
   I wanna forgive for the both of 

3. Like an abandoned house
   Dusty covered
   Furniture
   Still intact
   If I visit it now
   Do I simply re-live it
   Somehow
   gratuitous
   
   But who's still aching now?
   Who's tired of her own voice?
   Who is it weighing down
   With no gift from time of said healing

R: I want to be big...

            Cmaj7     C
*: Maybe as I cut the cord
   Dsus4                   C
   Veils will lift from my eyes
            Cmaj7         C
   Maybe as I lay this to rest
        Asus2         C              G
   Dead weight off my shoulders will rise

4. Here I sit
   Much determined
   Ever ill-equipped
   To draw this curtain
   How this has entertained
   Validated
   And has served me well
   Ever the victim
   
   But who's done whining now?
   Who's ready to put down
   This load I've carried longer
   than I had cared to remember

R: I want to be big... (2x)

G-Dsus4