
Eight Easy Steps
Alanis Morissette
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Tom : C#m
Ab7 : 464344
Gbm6/Ab:
xx1222
Db/F:
xx3121
Ab : 466544
Gb : 244322
Eb: (2x)
Abm7 : 464444
Db: (2x)
[Intro]
Ab7 Gbm6/Ab Ab7 Gbm6/Ab
[Verse 1]
Ab7 Gbm6/Ab
How to stay paralyzed by fear of abandonment
Ab7 Gbm6/Ab
How to defer to men in solveable predicaments
Ab7 Gbm6/Ab
How to control someone to be a carbon copy of you
Ab7 Gbm6/Ab
How to have that not work and have them run away from you
Ab7 Gbm6/Ab
How to keep people at arms length and never get too close
Ab7 Gbm6/Ab
How to mistrust the ones who supposedly love the most
Ab7 Gbm6/Ab
How to pretend you're fine and don't need help from anyone
Ab7 Gbm6/Ab
How to feel worthless unless you're serving or helping someone
[Chorus]
Ab Gb
I'll teach you all this in 8 easy steps
Db/F E
A course of a lifetime you'll never forget
Ab Gb
I'll show you how to in 8 easy steps
Db/F E Ab
I'll show you how leaderships looks when taught by the best
[Verse 2]
Ab7 Gbm6/Ab
How to hate women when you're supposed to be a feminist
Ab7 Gbm6/Ab
How to play all pious when you're really a hypocrite
Ab7 Gbm6/Ab
How to hate god when you're a prayer and a spiritualist
Ab7 Gbm6/Ab
How to sabotage your fantasies by fears of success
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Db Abm
I've been doing research for years
Eb Db Abm7
I've been practicing my ass off
Eb Db Abm7
I've been training my whole life for this moment I swear to you
Eb Db Abm7
Culminating just to be this well-versed leader before you
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Ab7 Gbm6/Ab
How to lie to yourself and thereby to everyone else
Ab7 Gbm6/Ab
How to keep smiling when you're thinking of killing yourself
Ab7 Gbm6/Ab
How to numb a la holic to avoid going within
Ab7 Gbm6/Ab
How to stay stuck in blue by blaming them for everything
[Chorus]
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Detected progression: Gbm6/Ab → Db/F → Ab7 → Gbm6/Ab → Ab7 → Gbm6/Ab → Ab7 → Gbm6/Ab
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