From - web.tiscalinet.it/morissette
tabbed by Lorenzo Sibiriu and Daniele Internicola

Artist: Alanis Morissette
Album: Under Rug Swept
Song: A Man

intro:

intro is without guitar, only this bass riff

E ------0--0--7--0--0--5--0--0--3--0--0--5|

verse:

that riff is repeated trough all the verse

I am a man as a man I've been told

Bacon is brought to the house in this mold

Born of your bellies I yearn for the cord

Years I have groveled repentance ignored

And I have been blamed

And I have repented

I'm working my way toward our union mended

now starts the guitar with E maj chord and a slide to D during all the verses

Emaj/D/Emaj

I am man who has grown from a son

Been crucified by enraged women

I am son who was raised by such men

I'm often reminded of the fools I'm among

And I have been shamed

And I have repented

I'm working my way toward our union mended

And I have been shamed

And I have repented

I'm working my way toward our union mended

chorus:

C B A E

we don't fare well with endless reprimands

C B A G F# E (very rapid)
we don't do well with a life served as a sentence

 

C B A E
this won't work well if you're hell bent on your offence

C B A G F# E (very rapid)

I am a man who understands your resistance

I am a man who still does what he can

to dispel our archaic reputation

I am a man who has heard all he can

cuz I don't fare well with endless punishment

Cuz I have been blamed and I have repented

I'm working my way toward our union mended

And we have been blamed and we have repented

I'm working my way toward our union mended

 

E maj D C B A E G F#

e ----------X-------X-----8-----7-----5-----0------3------2--------|

B ----------X-------X-----8-----7-----5-----0------3------2--------|

G ----------9-------7-----9-----8-----6-----1------4------3--------|

D ----------9-------7----10----9-----7------2------5------4-------|

A ----------7-------5----10----9-----7------2------5------4-------|

E ----------7-------5-----8-----7-----5------0------3-----3--------|