Guardian Chords
Guardian by Alanis Morissette is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C, Am7 and C9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G D C Am7
G C
You, you who has smiled when you?re in pain
G C
You who has soldiered through the profane
G C G C
They were distracted and shut down
G C
So why, why would you talk to me at all
G C
such words were dishonorable and in vain
G C
their promise as solid as a fog
C9
and where was your watchman then
G D C Am7
I?ll be your keeper for life as your guardian
G D C Am7
I?ll be your warrior of care your first warden
G D C Am7
I?ll be your angel on call, I?ll be on demand
G D C Am7
The greatest honor of all, as your guardian
G C
You, you in the chaos feigning sane
G C
You who has pushed beyond what?s humane
G C G
Them as the ghostly tumbleweed
C9
And where was your watchman then
G D C Am7
I?ll be your keeper for life as your guardian
G D C Am7
I?ll be your warrior of care your first warden
G D C Am7
I?ll be your angel on call, I?ll be on demand
G D C Am7
The greatest honor of all, as your guardian
G C
Now no more smiling mid crestfall
G C
No more managing unmanageables
G C G
No more holding still in the hailstorm
C9
Now enter your watchwoman
G D C Am7
I?ll be your keeper for life as your guardian
G D C Am7
I?ll be your warrior of care your first warden
G D C Am7
I?ll be your angel on call, I?ll be on demand
G D C Am7
The greatest honor of all, as your guardian