{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1818597,"song":"Kevin","artist":"Macklemore & Ryan Lewis","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11401453-kevin-chords-by-macklemore-ryan-lewis/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1818597?type=chord","rating":4.1276,"votes":13,"content":"[ch]C[/ch]    x3201x\r\n[ch]F[/ch]    1332xx\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]   0220xx\r\n[ch]D5[/ch]   x0023x\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]   x0221x\r\n\r\n\r\nCapo 3rd fret\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI seen pain, I felt the losses[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAttended funerals and seen coffins[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTwenty-one years old, an angel was lost here[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nWings clipped by the grip of 80 milligram sniffs of[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nOxycontin everyday through the nostrils[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nNever went away, never does it stop there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDeath a line or two away and a couple tall cans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]\r\n  Cause you never know when God is gonna call, man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nPrecious, what we all share[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nI said peace at 5:30, the next time that I saw him [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWas in the hands of the pallbearer[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nWhat if I would've never gone and dropped him off there?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBlaming myself, in hysterics, screaming \"It's not fair!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F[/ch]         \r\nTwenty-one years old with a book of rhymes he was gonna recite to the globe[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOnly thing to numb the pain besides that shit in his nose[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nHe was gonna quit tomorrow, we're all gonna quit tomorrow[/tab]\r\nN.C.\r\nJust get us through the weekend, and then Monday follows\r\nN.C.\r\nThen it's Wednesday, then it's \"fuck it, I'm already feeling hollow\"\r\nN.C.\r\nMight as well go crack a seal and might as well go chug a bottle\r\nN.C.\r\nMight as well go pop a pill and go and band-aid that problem\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd escape this world, vacate this world[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCause I hate myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nNo praying's gonna cure this pain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nDoctor please, give me a dose of the American Dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nPut down the pen and look in my eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]D5[/ch]\r\n  We're in the waiting room and something ain't right[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D5[/ch]\r\n               All this is on you, we're overprescribed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  For me and Kev[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe went up in jail, institutions are dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd with our lives, we play Russian Roulette[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nAnd try to find a life where we could be content[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCause for us, we're just trying to minimize[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe fear of being alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd now my little brother is in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nFrom a pill that a doctor prescribed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat a drug dealing billion dollar industry supplied[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the cops never go and profile at night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYeah, the, the, the orange plastic with the white top they sell to you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]\r\nHas us looking for the answers and that instead of you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nQuick fix, whatever'll do, we just gonna neglect the truth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nBecause a doctor with a license played God and said it's cool[/tab]\r\nN.C.\r\nPlayed God and said it's cool\r\nN.C.\r\nBut me? I don't blame Kev or his mom freebasing while pregnant with him\r\nN.C.\r\nI blame the pharmacy companies\r\nN.C.\r\nAnd country that spends trillions fighting the war they supplying themselves\r\nN.C.\r\nPoliticians and business and jail\r\nN.C.\r\nPublic defenders and judges who fail\r\nN.C.\r\nLook at Kevin, look at Kevin\r\nN.C.\r\nNow he's wrapped in plastic\r\nN.C.\r\nFirst dealer was his mom's medicine cabinet\r\nN.C.\r\nGot anxiety, better go and give him a Xanax\r\nN.C.\r\nFocus, give him Adderall, sleep, give him Ambien\r\nN.C.\r\n'Til he's walking 'round the city looking like a mannequin\r\nN.C.\r\nUps and downs, shooting up prescriptions you're handing him\r\nN.C.\r\nSo America, is it really worth it? I'm asking you\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDoctor please,  give me a dose of the American Dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPut down the pen and look in my eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  We're in the waiting room and something ain't right[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\n               All this is on you, we're overprescribed[/tab]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Doctor, your medicine and your methods[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Can't cure my disease without killing me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  You're killing me, you're killing me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  You're killing me, you're killing me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Doctor, your medicine and your methods[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Can't cure my disease without killing me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  You're killing me, you're killing me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  You're killing me, you're killing me[/tab]","plain_text":"C    x3201x\nF    1332xx\nEm   0220xx\nD5   x0023x\nAm   x0221x\n\n\nCapo 3rd fret\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nN.C.\nJust get us through the weekend, and then Monday follows\nN.C.\nThen it's Wednesday, then it's \"fuck it, I'm already feeling hollow\"\nN.C.\nMight as well go crack a seal and might as well go chug a bottle\nN.C.\nMight as well go pop a pill and go and band-aid that problem\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nN.C.\nPlayed God and said it's cool\nN.C.\nBut me? I don't blame Kev or his mom freebasing while pregnant with him\nN.C.\nI blame the pharmacy companies\nN.C.\nAnd country that spends trillions fighting the war they supplying themselves\nN.C.\nPoliticians and business and jail\nN.C.\nPublic defenders and judges who fail\nN.C.\nLook at Kevin, look at Kevin\nN.C.\nNow he's wrapped in plastic\nN.C.\nFirst dealer was his mom's medicine cabinet\nN.C.\nGot anxiety, better go and give him a Xanax\nN.C.\nFocus, give him Adderall, sleep, give him Ambien\nN.C.\n'Til he's walking 'round the city looking like a mannequin\nN.C.\nUps and downs, shooting up prescriptions you're handing him\nN.C.\nSo America, is it really worth it? I'm asking you\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\nC  Am  C  F\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["C","F","Em","D5","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}