Uninvited by Alanis Morrisette
Standard Tuning
Low to high: E, A, D, G, B, E
Key of D
Time signature is 4/4 throughout.
Intro/verse riff played throughout:
Piano arranged for guitar
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
E-----------17------18------17-----|
B---15-----------------------------|
G----------------------------------|
D----------------------------------|
A----------------------------------|
E----------------------------------|
This is played over and over throughout the song.
After Alanis sings "An unfortunate..... slide",
the guitars come in playing this riff throughout.
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
E----------------------------------|
B----------3-----------3-------3---|
G------2-------2---3-------2-------|
D--0-------------------------------|
A----------------------------------|
E----------------------------------|
The implied chord progression throughout the verses and choruses is this:
Verse: D Gm D D Gm D
Chorus: C G D Dmaj7? D
And here's how it goes together:
D Gm D
Like anyone would be, I am flattered by your fascination with me
D Gm D
Like any hot blooded woman, I have simply wanted an object to crave
C G D Dmaj7? D
But you, you're not allowed. You're uninvited. An unfortunate slide
The outro solo is a verse that speaks for itself without lyrics. To try
and tab it out exactly would defeat it's whole purpose. In other words,
just play what feels right to keep the emotion of the song!
The entire thing is basically based around the D harmonic minor scale which
is what gives those eerie fast licks their haunting quality. The solo starts
on the lower frets with a lot of open-D string pedal notes and gradually works it's
way up the fretboard towards the end. It's hard to hear exactly what is going
on, so if you need some help on getting started, just e-mail me and I might be
able to help you. Oh yeah, crank the distortion and get your flanger going!
Here are the lyrics: (taken from the web)
Like anyone would be
I am flattered by your fascination with me
Like any hot blooded woman
I have simply wanted an object to crave
But you, you're not allowed
You're uninvited
An unfortunate slide
It must be strangely exciting
To watch the stoic squirm
Must be somewhat hard telling
To watch them burn me shepherd
But you you're not allowed
You're uninvited
An unfortunate slide
Like any uncharted territory
I must seem greatly intriguing
You speak of my love like
You have experienced love like mine before
But this is not allowed
You're uninvited
An unfortunate slide
I dont think you unworthy
I need a moment to deliberate
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The implied chord progression after all the instruments kick in is simply
what chords are basically being heard throughout. I'm not sure if the guitars
are playing any of them, but if you were to cover this song with a band, one way
you could do it is have the guitars playing the chord progression throughout the
verses. Just use your imagination! There are lots of ways that would work, just
play it with emotion!
If anyone has anything add, change, or debate about this tab, please email me.
I'm not 100% sure about the chord progression. On another site someone said that
second to last chord was a Ddim, but that doesn't sound right, and the Dmaj7 is the
closest thing I could find that sounds okay. Later!
E-mail me with questions, comments, flames, etc. at
'mmiller@carroll1.cc.edu'
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