Chords for Alanis M. - I Was Hoping @ Museum Of Tolerance (2000)

_ _ _ How are you? _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] So there are people here from out of town?
Just people here from Argentina?
[D] Where are you from?
_ _ [Gm]
And I know [B] Florida.
Any other places?
_ [Db] Vienna? _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] England?
_ [E]
England.
Great classes.
_ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] Lebanon?
Lebanon. Lebanon, really?
[Dm] _ Queens?
Queens? Lebanon?
Lebanon.
_ This is a song called I Was Hoping. _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
As we were talking outside it was cold _
[Bb] You're shivering yet warm
[Gm] By the subject matter of my [Dm] life
As in the next [D] room you've been [Dm] having troubles, you know
[Bb] Things don't tell her or [Dm] anyone
That [Gm] I need to talk to [A] somebody
[G] _ [Dm] You said it [E] wouldn't be a [D] shame if I knew how great I was
[Fm] Five minutes before [Bb] I died
[B] I'd be filled with [Gm] such regret
[D] Before I took my last breath and I said
But you're willing to tell me this now
And [F] you're not going to [Bb] die _ [G] [A] Anytime soon
[G] And I [Dm] said I
Wouldn't be needing chicken or meat or anything
And you said [Bb] yes, but you've been wearing [Dm] _
[Gm] leather
[Dm] And I laughed and said
You're the top of the food chain
And yes, you're still a [Bb] fine woman
[C] Not [Gm] a [Dm] life [Gm] _
friend
[Dm] I _ was hoping
I was [C] hoping we could [Gm] heal each other
[Dm] _ I was _ hoping
I [C] was hoping we [Gm] could be raw _ [Dm] together
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ We left the [D] restaurant
But a [Dm] head waiter in his sixties said,
[Bb] Goodbye sir, thank you for your [Gm] business sir,
You're [A] successful [G] and established [Dm] sir,
We like the frequency with which you dine here sir,
And [Bb] your _
_ [Gm] _ [A] money.
[Dm] And when I walked by they said,
Thank you too dear,
I was [Bb] all pigtails [C] and cords,
There [Gm] was a day when I would have said something [Dm] like,
Hey dude, I could buy and sell this place,
[Bb] Or kiss it.
[C] I too [D] once thought I was [Gm] o'er something,
_ [Dm] _ I hoped _ _ _ _ [C] _ we [Gm] could challenge each other,
[Dm] _ _
I was hoping we [C] _ _ _
[Gm] could crack each other [Dm] up,
I too once thought that when proved wrong that I lost somehow,
_ [Fm] [Dm] I too once thought that life was [A] cruel.
_ [Dm] _ Is this a [D] cycle really you think?
[Dm] I'm withdrawn and guilt-tripping,
[Am] Oh [E] I think you're insensitive and [G] I don't feel hurt,
And I [Dm] said to you [Em] who believe [Dm] we are,
[D] Fundamentally,
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] Judgmental.
[E]
Fundamentally,
_ [Dm] Evil.
And you said yes,
I said I don't believe in revenge,
In right or [Bb] wrong,
[C] Good [Bb] or bad,
You said well,
[D] What about [Gm] the man that I saw [Dm] handcuffed,
Or in zero?
Beating after beating his kid,
She threw [Bb] a shoe at his head,
I [Gm] think what he did was [G] wrong,
[Dm] And I would have had a hard time feeling,
[D] Compassion for him,
[Dm] I had to watch my [Bb]
[D] tone,
For [Gm] fear of having him feel [Dm] judged,
I was hoping,
I [C] was hoping we could [Gm] dance _ [Dm] together,
_ I was hoping,
I was [C] hoping we could [Gm] be creamy together,
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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