You owe me nothing in return

by Alanis Morissette
from new album 'under rug swept'

transcribed by Christian Reindel (creindel@gmx.de)
any questions or corrections- e-mail me

only the chords for this beautiful song

Normal tuning

       Am      Fm     C     G
E:|----0-------0------0-----0-----|
B:|----1-------1------1-----3-----|
G:|----2-------2------0-----2-----|
D:|----2-------3------2-----0-----|
A:|----0-------3------3-----2-----|
E:|------------1------------3-----|

Intro

 Am

 Verse 1
 Am                                                           Fm
I'll give you countless amounts of outright acceptance if you want it
 Am                                                                   Fm
I will give you encouragement to choose the path that you want if you need it
 Am                                                                  Fm
You can speak of anger and doubts your fears and freak outs and I'll hold it
 Am                                                                                 Fm
you can share you so-called shame-filled accounts of times in your life and I wont judge it

and there are no strings attached


 Chorus 1
 Am
You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give
 Am                            G            Am
you owe me nothing for caring the way that I have
 Am
I give you thanks for receiving it's my privilege
     G                     Am
and you owe me nothing in return


Verse 2

 Am                                                             Fm
you can ask for space for yourself and only yourself and I'll grant it
 Am                                                          Fm
you can ask for freedom as well or time to travel and you'll have it
 Am                                                            Fm
you can ask to live by yourself or love someone else and I'll support it
  Am                                                           Fm
you can ask for anything you want anthing at all and I'll understand it

and there are no strings attached to it


 Chorus 2

 Am
You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give
 Am                            G           Am
you owe me nothing for caring the way that I have
 Am
I give you thanks for receiving it's my privilege
     G                      Am
and you owe me nothing in return


 Interlude

                        C                     G                   Am
I bet you're wondering when the next payback shoe will eventually drop
                        C                     G                        Am
I bet you're wondering when my conditionals police will force you to cough up
                        C                     G                        Am
I bet you're wondering how far you have now danced your way back into debt
                           C                  G                    Am
this is the only kind of love as I understand it that there really is


Verse 3

 Am                                                                             Fm
you can express your deepest of truths even if it means I'll lose you and I'll hear it
 Am                                                      Fm
you can fall into the abyss on your way to bliss I'll empathize with
 Am                                                                   Fm
you can say that you have to skip town to chase your passion and I'll hear it
 Am                                                          Fm
you can even hit rock bottom have a midlife crisis and I'll hold it

and there are no strings attached to it


 Chorus 3 (repeat it)

 Am
You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give
 Am                            G           Am
you owe me nothing for caring the way that I have
 Am
I give you thanks for receiving it's my privilege
     G                      Am
and you owe me nothing in return


Outro

 Am                             G          (play twice and fade out)

End.