Receive    (video)

 

    Am ~        Am - F - C - G

 

   Am             F                           C                G

1.      I wake up and first things first, I'm of service,

Am            F                                C               G

    I make sure your needs are met, I'm so selfless.

Am          F                                           C                   G

    I give hard and serve hard and now I, I need a break,

Am        F                                     - C                  G

    I give in, I give all and now it's       time to degenerate.

 

             Am           F             C            G

Today's all about me, all about cup filling,

            Am           F                  C                     G

today's all about me learning how, how to receive,

                Am          F          C    G

how to receive, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh !

 

  Am             F                      C                       G

2.     I move on through offerings, I found exciting

Am            F                    C                     G

    in this slow on list of words of understanding.

Am          F                                        C                       G

    I give hard, provide hard and now I need some relief,

Am         F                              C                         G

    I look out, I prefer and now I need some respite indeed. 

 

+  CHORUS     +  Am - G

 

  Am           F                    C                  G

3.    My habit to love you first, in me it lingers,

Am        F                     C                             G

    to renew, it's only a joke, leaves me a stranger.

Am          F                                         C                   G

    I give hard and fight hard and now I need to retreat,

Am         F                                C                     G

    I give out, dedicate and now I need to acknowledge me.  + CHORUS

 

                    Am           F          C   G                               Am - - -

+  How to receive, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ! (3x)  + How to receive.

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Alanis Morissette)