Hand In My Pocket (hi-lo)

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

HAND IN MY POCKET hi-lo
W: Alanis Morissette
M: Alanis Morissette & Glen Ballard
Key: G


 3    3   -2”  2  -2” 2
 6    6   -5   5  -5  5
I'm broke but I'm hap-py

 3   3   -2”  2   -1
 6   6   -5   5   -4
I'm poor but I'm kind

 3    3   -2”  2   -2”   3   4
 6    6   -5   5   -5    6   7
I'm short but I'm health-y, yeah


 3   3   -2”  2   -2”   2
 6   6   -5   5   -5    5
I'm high but I'm ground-ed

 3   3   -2”  2  -2”2     3
 6   6   -5   5  -5 5     6
I'm sane but I'm ov-er-whelmed

 3   3   -2”  2   -2”  3   5  4
 6   6   -5   5   -5   6   8  7
I'm lost but I'm hope-ful, ba-by


 -2” -2”-1    1    2   -1
 -5  -5 -4    4    5   -4
What it all comes down to

-2” 4   4   -3”   4
-5  7   7   -6    7
Is that ev-‘ry-thing's 

 4  -3”4    5    -4   4-3”3
 7  -6 7    8    -8   7-66
Gon-na be fine, fine, fine

-3”   4  -4   -4  -4 5   -4  4
-6    7  -8   -8  -8 8   -8  7
I've got one hand in my pock-et

-3”  4  -4  -4 -4  -4  5   4  4  5    4
-6   7  -8  -8 -8  -8  8   7  7  8    7
And the oth-er one is giv-ing a high five


2  3     3   -2”  2  -2” 2
5  6     6   -5   5  -5  5
I feel drunk but I'm so-ber

 3    3    3  -2” 2  -1   -1
 6    6    6  -5  5  -4   -4
I'm young and I'm un-der-paid

 3    3   -2”  2   -2”  3    -3”
 6    6   -5   5   -5   6    -6
I'm tired but I'm work-ing, yeah


3  3   -2”  2   -2”  2
6  6   -5   5   -5   5
I care but I'm rest-less

 3   3   -2”  2   -2” 2   -1
 6   6   -5   5   -5  5   -4
I'm here but I'm real-ly gone

 3    3   -2”  3  -2” 3   5  4
 6    6   -5   6  -5  6   8  7
I'm wrong and I'm sor-ry, ba-by


 -5  5  -4    4    5   -5
 -9  8  -8    7    8   -9
What it all comes down to,

-2” 4   4   -3”   4     4  -3”4
-5  7   7   -6    7     7  -6 7
Is that ev-‘ry-thing's gon-na be

  5   -4 4-3”3
  8   -8 7-66
Quite al-right

 -3”  4  -4   -4  -4 5   -4  4
 -6   7  -8   -8  -8 8   -8  7
I've got one hand in my pock-et

-3”  4  -3  -3 -3  -3
-6   7  -7  -7 -7  -7
And the oth-er one is 

  5    4  4  5  5   4
  8    7  7  8  8   7
flick-ing a cig-a-rette


 -5  5  -4    4    5   -4
 -9  8  -8    7    8   -8
What it all comes down to

-2” -2” 4  4   -3”  4  4
-5  -5  7  7   -6   7  7
Is that I have-n't got it 

 4  -3”  4    5   -4 4-3”3
 7  -6   7    8   -8 7-66
all fig-ured out just yet

 -3”  4  -4   -4  -4 5   -4  4
 -6   7  -8   -8  -8 8   -8  7
I've got one hand in my pock-et

-3”  4  -4  -4 -4  -4  5   4   4    5    4
-6   7  -8  -8 -8  -8  8   7   7    8    7
And the oth-er one is giv-ing the peace sign


 3    3  -2”  2  -2”  2
 6    6  -5   5  -5   5
I'm free but I'm fo-cused

 3    3   -2”  2   -1
 6    6   -5   5   -4
I'm green but I'm wise
 
 3    3  -2”  2    -2”  3   4  4
 6    6  -5   5    -5   6   7  7
I'm hard but I'm friend-ly, ba-by


 3   3  -2”  2   -2”   2
 6   6  -5   5   -5    5
I'm sad but I'm laugh-ing

 3    3   -2”  2   -2”  2   -1
 6    6   -5   5   -5   5   -4
I'm brave but I'm chick-en shit

 3   3   -2”  2   -2” 3   5  4
 6   6   -5   5   -5  6   8  7
I'm sick but I'm pret-ty, ba-by


 -5  5  -4    4     5  -4
 -9  8  -8    7     8  -8
What it all boils down to

-2” -2” 4    4    -3” 4   4  4
-5  -5  7    7    -6  7   7  7
Is that no one's real-ly got it 

-3”  4    5   -4  4-3”3
-6   7    8   -8  7-66
Fig-ured out just yet

 -3”  4  -4   -4  -4 5   -4  4
 -6   7  -8   -8  -8 8   -8  7
I've got one hand in my pock-et

-3”  4  -4  -4 -4  -4  5    4   4  5  5 4
-6   7  -8  -8 -8  -8  8    7   7  8  8 7
And the oth-er one is play-ing the pi-a-no


 3   -5  5  -4    4    5   -4
 6   -9  8  -8    7    8   -8
And what it all comes down to 

4     3      -3”
7     6      -6
my friends, yeah

-2” -3” -3” 4    4      -2”  5    -4  4-3”3
-5  -6  -6  7    7      -5   8    -8  7-66
Is that ev-‘ry-thing’s just fine fine fine

 -3”  4  -4   -4  -4 5   -4  4
 -6   7  -8   -8  -8 8   -8  7
I've got one hand in my pock-et

-3”  4  -4  -4 -4  -4  -4   4  4  5  4  4
-6   7  -8  -8 -8  -8  -8   7  7  8  7  7
And the oth-er one is hail-ing a tax-i cab

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