Alanis Morissette - Not The Doctor Chords

Intro: E B x4


Verse 1:
E
  I don't want to be the
B             E
filler if the void is
       B    E
solely yours I don't
                B
want to be your glass
               E
of single malt whiskey
              B
Hidden in the bottom
      E
drawer I don't want to
       B
be the bandage if the
E            B
wound is not mine
E             B        E B
 Lend me some fresh air


Verse 2:
E                    B
  I don't want to be adored
           E           B
for what I merely represent
      E
to you I don't want to be
     B
your baby sitter You're a
E        B      E
very big boy now I don't
                B
want to be your mother
         E
I didn't carry you in
   B
my womb for nine months
E             B        E B
  Show me the back door


Chorus 1:
C                  D
Visiting hours are 9 to 5
         E
and if I show up at 10
             C        D
past 6 well I Already know
                E
that you'd find some way
to sneak me in and oh
C                D
  Mind the empty bottle
         E
with the holes along
the bottom, you see
    F#m
it's   Too much to
             D
ask for and I am
              E B x4
not the doctor


Verse 3:
E
  I don't want to be
    B
the sweeper of the
E
eggshells that you
   B        E
up walk upon I don't
                B
want to be your other
         E
half I believe that
      B       E
1 and 1 make 2 I don't
                B
want to be your food
or the light from the
E
fridge on your face
   B           E
at midnight Hey what
           B      E B
are you hungry for


Verse 4:
E
  I don't want to be
    B
the glue that holds
     E        B
your pieces together
E
  I don't want to be
     B
your idol see this
E
pedestal is high
         B
and I'm afraid of
       E
heights I don't want
       B
to be lived through
  E           B
A vicarious occasion
      E            B  E B
please open the window


(Repeat Chorus)


Verse 5:
E
  I don't want to live on
B               E
someday when my motto
        B   E
is next week I don't
              B
want to be responsible
         E
for your fractured heart
        B
and its wounded beat
E
  I don't want to be a
B
substitute for the
 E
smoke you've been
  B     E
inhaling What do
          B
you thank me
E
  What do you
      B
thank me for


(Repeat Chorus)


Outro:

End on E(hold)