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From: "Smith, Jeff (MSD)" 
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 95 15:46:00 pst


I know this song is pretty basic, musically, but I figured it would be
timely and work well in my solo acoustic sets around the San Jose-area
coffeehouses.  Since I went to the trouble of transcribing all the lyrics,
I can't see a reason not to share it here!

I believe Alanis sings this in the key of D; to accomodate my male singing
voice, I have transposed it down to Bb (or B, depending on capo placement).
I use 'open-A' fingering, with the capo on the first or second fret.  I've
shown the music below as just being in 'A', however.  (Put your capo on
the 5th fret to play along with the record, or transpose this back to the
open-D position without a capo).

As the music is basically a 'drone' type of sound, I use variations of the
basic open-A chord position to lend some variance to my solo accompaniment,

   A  Asus2  Asus4

e--0----0------0-------|
B--2----0------3-------|
G--2----2------2-------|
D--2----2------2-------|
A--0----0------0-------|
E--x----x------x-------|

The chord variations below are only suggestions;
mix 'em up as you see fit!




     A            Asus2      Asus4        Asus2
I'm broke but I'm happy, I'm sore but I'm kind
     A             Asus2    A
I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah
     A            Asus2      Asus4        Asus2
I'm high but I'm grounded, I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed
     A           Asus2     A
I'm lost but I'm hopeful, baby


    Asus2              G6      D
And what it all comes down to
                              Asus2        A
Is that everything's gonna be fine, fine, fine
            G6
Cause I got one hand in my pocket
         D                          A
And the other one is givin' a high five


I feel drunk but I'm sober, I'm young and I'm underpaid
I'm dyin' but I'm workin', yeah
I care but I'm restless, I'm here but I'm really gone
I'm wrong and I'm sorry, baby

And what it all comes down to
Is that ev'rything's gonna be quite alright
Cause I got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is flickin' a cigarette

(instr.)

And what it all comes down to
Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet
Cause I got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is givin' a peace sign


I'm free but I'm focused, I'm green but I'm wise
I'm hard but I'm friendly, baby
I'm sad but I'm laughin', I'm brave but I'm chickenshit
I'm sick but I'm pretty, baby

And what it all boils down to
Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet
Well I got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is playin' a piano

And what it all comes down to, my friend, yeah
Is that everything is just fine, fine, fine
Cause I got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is hailing a taxi cab


Enjoy!


J Smith
Sunnyvale, CA
(*)


Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 06:21:49 GMT
From: * (Brian Cruz)

     This is a great song that took forever to figure out, so I got the JLP

songbook.  After a while and after learning the chords I finally figured
out the
live version of the song (with my own little things added). What are we
waiting
for!?!

-------------------------------------------|Hand in My
Pocket*------------------------------------|

G5
I'm broke but I'm happy

G5
I'm poor but I'm kind

G5
I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah

G5
I'm high but I'm grounded

G5
I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed

G5
I'm lost but I'm hopeful baby

G5/F                        Am7  Em7
What it all comes down to**

Csus2                   (Dsus) G5
Is that everything's gonna be fine fine fine**

G5/F                            Am7  Em7
I've got one hand in my pocket**

Csus2                (Dsus)   G5
And the other one is giving a high five**

I feel drunk but I'm sober
I'm young and I'm underpaid
I'm tired but I'm working, yeah
I care but I'm restless
I'm here but I'm really gone
I'm wrong and I'm sorry baby
What it all comes down to**
Is that everything's gonna be quite alright**
I've got one hand in my pocket**
And the other one is flicking a cigarette**

G5/F                        Am7  Em7
What it all comes down to**

Csus2                               (Dsus)    G5
Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet**

G5/F                             Am7  Em7
I've got one hand in my pocket**

Csus2                                   (Dsus) G5
And other the one is giving is giving a peace sign**

I'm free but I'm focused
I'm green but I'm wise
I'm hard but I'm friendly baby
I'm sad but I'm laughing
I'm brave but I'm chicken shit
I'm sick but I'm pretty baby
What it all boils down to**
Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet**
I've got one hand in my pocket**
And the other one is playing the pianoooooooooooooo**

CODA
 X
And what it all comes down to my dear friends**
Is that everything's just fine fine fine**
I've got one hand in my pocket**
And the other one is hailing a taxi cab...**

A few things...
        (1). Each space is a sixteenth note (e.i. four spaces equal a
             quarter note)
        (2). This song uses the regular E,A,D,G,B,E tuning (E,B,G,D,A,E
             if you prefer)
        (3). This song sounds nice both w/ an electric (clean) and an
             acoustic. I'm not sure about a 12-string (cause I don't
             have one!!!)

 G5
|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|
|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|
|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


 G5
||----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|
||.-------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|
||0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||.---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

 G5
|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|
|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|
|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------\1|

G5/F     Am7,Em7 Csus2      Dsus*** G5
|--------------00|----0--00-3/0---|----3----3------|-3--3----3--3---|
|--------------10|----3--33-3/3---|--------3-------|3---3---3-------|
|--------------00|0---0--00-0/0--0|0------0--0----0|-------0--0-----|
|----0-------0-20|2---2--22-2/4---|----------------|----------------|
|--------------01|3------33-3/5---|-------------02-|--0-------------|
|1------11-1----0|-----------/5---|----------------|--------------\1|

G5/F     Am7,Em7 Csus2      Dsus*** G5                      To Coda X
|--------------00|----0--00-3/0---|----3----3------|-3--3----3--3---||
|--------------10|----3--33-3/3---|--------3-------|3---3---3------.||
|--------------00|0---0--00-0/0--0|0------0--0----0|-------0--0----0||
|----0-------0-20|2---2--22-2/4---|----------------|----------------||
|--------------01|3------33-3/5---|-------------02-|--0------------.||
|1------11-1----0|-----------/5---|----------------|----------------||

CODA                              +---------------------------------+
 X                                |The only distorted measures...   |
G5/F     Am7,Em7 Csus2      Dsus*** G5   D5      A5 G5
|--------------00|----0--00-3/0---|----------------|----------------|
|--------------10|----3--33-3/3---|----------------|----------------|
|--------------00|0---0--00-0/0---|------7---------|----------------|
|----0-------0-20|2---2--22-2/4---|--5---7-------7\|5---5-5---555---|
|--------------01|3------33-3/5---|--5---5-------5\|5---5-5---555---|
|1------11-1----0|-----------/5---|--3-----------5\|3---3-3---333-\1|

G5/F     Am7,Em7 Csus2      Dsus*** G5
|--------------00|----0--00-3/0---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|
|--------------10|----3--33-3/3---|--------3-------|--------3-------|
|--------------00|0---0--00-0/0--0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|
|----0-------0-20|2---2--22-2/4---|----------------|----------------|
|--------------01|3------33-3/5---|----------------|----------------|
|1------11-1----0|-----------/5---|----------------|----------------|

G5                                                     (Fade out...)
|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|----3----3--3---|
|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|
|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|0------0--0----0|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

*-the beginning of each line starts on the last eight note of each
  measure(the "yeah"'s and "baby"'s all have their own measures)
**-exceptions to "*"
***-slide up from C/G

Chord List!!!!

    G5          G5        G5/F         Am7         Em7       Csus2
  ___xxx      xxxo__      _xoxxx      x_____      o_oooo      ___o_o
3-o|||||      ||||||      o|||||      ||||o|      ||||||      ||||||
  ||||||      ||||||      ||||||      ||o|||      |o||||      ||o|||
  |oo|||      ||||oo      ||||||      ||||||      ||||||      |o||o|
  ||||||      ||||||      ||||||      ||||||      ||||||      ||||||

    D5          A5
  x___xx      ___xxx
5-|o||||    5-o|||||
  ||||||      ||||||
  ||oo||      |oo|||
  ||||||      ||||||

        (1). Added the Am7, Em7, and Dsus and edited the two measures after
them

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