Not the Doctor Alanis Morissette
Intro: There are a couple variations sort of like this throughout.
Bass-like, all fingered, as in:
e---------------------------------------------| B---------------------------------------------| G---------------------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------| A------0-0-2-0---0--------0-0-2-0-------------| E--0-4---------4---4--0-4---------4-0---------|
Or, one octave up, played from E and Esus4 chords:
e---------------------------------------------| B----------0------------------0---------------| G----1-2-2---2-1-2-1----1-2-2---2-1-----------| D--2------------------2-------------2---------| A---------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------|
"NOT THE DOCTOR" - Alanis Morissette
(E thru-out verse, with occasional hammer-on to Esus4)
I don't want to be the filler if the void is solely yours
I don't want to be your glass of single malt whiskey
Hidden in the bottom drawer
I don't want to be the bandage if the wound is not mine
Lend me some fresh air
I don't want to be adored for what I merely represent to you
I don't want to be your baby sitter
You're a very big boy now
I don't want to be your mother
I didn't carry you in my womb for nine months
Show me the back door
Chorus:
[G]Visiting hours are [A]9 to 5 and if I [E]show up at 10 past 6, well I
[G]Already [A]know that you'd find [E]some way to sneak me in and oh
[G]Mind the empty [A]bottle with the [E]holes along the bottom, you see it's
[F#m]Too much to ask for and I [Am7]am not the doc[D]tor[E]
(E thru-out verse, with occasional hammer-on to Esus4)
I don't want to be the sweeper of the eggshells that you up walk upon
I don't want to be your other half I believe that 1 and 1 make 2
I don't want to be your food or the light from the fridge
on your face at midnight
Hey what are you hungry for
I don't want to be the glue that holds your pieces together
I don't want to be your idol
see this pedestal is high and I'm afraid of heights
I don't want to be lived through
A vicarious occasion, please
open the window
(Repeat chorus)
(E thru-out verse, with occasional hammer-on to Esus4)
I don't want to live on someday when my motto is next week
I don't want to be responsible for your fractured heart
and its wounded beat
I don't want to be a substitute for the smoke you've been inhaling
What do you thank me
What do you thank me for
(Repeat chorus - then end on a slow, upstroked E chord)
Suggested chords:
[E] [G] [A] [F#m] [Am7] [D] [Esus4]
e-------3-------2--------2--------------------| B-----------2---2----1---3--------------------| G---1-------2---2--------2----2---------------| D---2-------2---4----2--------2---------------| A---2---2-------x--------x----2---------------| E-------3---x---x----x---x--------------------|
btw, high "e" string is pretty sparsely used in strumming.
Enjoy!
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George Quebbeman
Brighton, MI, USA
"Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world."
-J.P.Morgan
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