Ablaze chords by Alanis Morissette

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Acoustic version of her live performance in Shawnee OK, 2018.


Intro:
G C Em7 D
G C Em7 D


Verse:
  G            C
The first thing that you'll notice is some
Em7    D
separation from each other
G      C         Em7
Yes, it's a lie; is that we've been
         D
believing since time immemorial
G       C      Em7
There was an apple, there was a snake, there
D

was division
G      C         Em7
There was a split, there was a conflict in
  D      G C Em7 D
the fabric of life


Verse:
G     C      Em7        D
One became two and then everyone was out for

themselves
G       C         Em7
Everyone was pitted against each other;
     D
conflict ruled the realm
G     C       Em7
All our devotions and temperaments are
    D          G
pulled from different wells
       C      Em7   D
They seem to easily forget we are made of
  G    C Em7 D
the same cells.


Chorus:
    G C     Em7    D
To my boy: all that energy so wild
    G  C     Em7   D
All you hues and your blues in equal measure
   G        C     Em7 D
Your comings and your goings-away
  G       C    Em7      D
My mission is to keep the light in your eyes
G   C Em7 D
ablaze


Verse:
  G          C       Em7
The second thing you'll notice is that often
     D          G
we think that there's not enough
       C          Em7
It might feel dark, it might feel lonely and
    D        G
you'll wonder why you're here
      C      Em7
You may be overcome with darkness and a
D         G
sense of hopelessness
       C       Em7
But it won't matter if you keep your core
 D        G    C Em7 D
connected to the one-ness


Chorus:
   G  C      Em7     D
To my girl: to your innocence and fire
     G    C      Em7
When you reach out, I am here Hell or High
D
Water
   G       C    Em7 D
This nest is never going away
  G       C    Em7      D
My mission is to keep the light in your eyes
 G  C Em7 D
ablaze


Bridge:
     Bm     G
And this cord is unbreakable.
   Em              Dsus2
This pilot light is there in your pocket
     Bm       G
And this bond, beyond un-shakeable
Em         Dsus2     G
Even if we all forget, all at the same time,
C     Em7   D
All at the same time.
     G      C   Em7 D G C Em7 C
If we forget at the same time.

Verse:

  G           C
The tenth thing you might notice is that
Em7      D
everyone has fantasies
 G        C        Em7
Different perspectives they would likely
   D        G
fight over who is right and
      C       Em7
Who is the best? Who has won? Who's better
D
than the other?
G         C        Em7
None of that will matter much when you
     D         G C Em7
return to your place in the sun
   D      G C Em7 D
Your place in the sun


Verse:
   G  C      Em7     D
To my girl: all your innocence and fire
     G    C      Em7
When you reach out, I am here Hell or High
D
Water
   G       C     Em7 D
This nest is never going away
  G       C    Em7
My mission is to keep the light in your
D
eyes...


Verse:
   G C     Em7    D
To my boy, all that energy so wild
     G  C     Em7    D
Love your hues and your blues in equal

measure
   G        C     Em7 D
Your comings and your goings-away
  G      C    Em7      D
My mission is to keep the light in your eyes
  G C Em7 D
ablaze
  G            C
The first thing that you'll notice is that
 Em7     D    G C Em7 D
everything is temporary
  G       C       Em7
The next you might notice is that we will
   D     G C Em7 D
always be a family
  G       C     Em7      D
My mission is to keep the light in your eyes
G
ablaze