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The Medicine

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[Intro]
D Bm G D A
[Verse 1]
DDriving by those trucker stops
BmThe cheap motels made of concrete rocks
With a Ghole inside your chest
The size of a Dcity blockA  
I reDmember the days
When you said you weren't afraid to dBmie
I don't think you're bGrave for it
I just think you're more aDfraid of being aliAve
[Chorus]
If I had the meGdicine
I'd give you the meAdicine
'Cause I Gmiss you, son
I'd bring you back hAome
If I was the one
But it's fGour and ten
In the belly of the fAour am
And you're staring dGown another weekend to silence the pAain
And I'm wide awake
And there's blood on the prDomenade
[Solo Chords]
 D Bm G D A
[Verse 2]
DHere's to waking up with that stone between your rBmibs
And you're lying down aGgain
You just pretend you don't know what it DisA  
DWhen everyone around you says you're not the one to bBmlame for it
But you're the only one that's feeling the pGain for it
So you're gonna take Dmatters into your Aown hands, yeah
[Chorus]
If I had the meGdicine
I'd give you the meAdicine
'Cause I Gmiss you, son
I'd bring you back hAome
If I was the one
But it's fGour and ten
In the belly of the fAour am
And you're staring dGown another weekend to silence the pAain
And I'm wide awake
And there's blood on the prDomenade
[Outro CHorus]
If I had the meGdicine
I'd give you the meAdicine
'Cause I Gmiss you, son
I'd bring you back hAome
If I was the one
But it's fGour and ten
In the belly of the fAour am
And you're staring dGown another weekend to silence the pAain
And I'm wide awake
And there's bloodD  
[Outro Chords]
D Bm G D A

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The Medicine

by John Mark McMillan

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

D Bm G D A

[Verse 1]

Driving by those trucker stops

The cheap motels made of concrete rocks

With a hole inside your chest

D A

The size of a city block

I remember the days

When you said you weren't afraid to die

I don't think you're brave for it

D A

I just think you're more afraid of being alive

[Chorus]

If I had the medicine

I'd give you the medicine

'Cause I miss you, son

I'd bring you back home

If I was the one

But it's four and ten

In the belly of the four am

G A

And you're staring down another weekend to silence the pain

And I'm wide awake

And there's blood on the promenade

[Solo Chords]

D Bm G D A

[Verse 2]

D Bm

Here's to waking up with that stone between your ribs

And you're lying down again

D A

You just pretend you don't know what it is

D Bm

When everyone around you says you're not the one to blame for it

But you're the only one that's feeling the pain for it

D A

So you're gonna take matters into your own hands, yeah

[Chorus]

If I had the medicine

I'd give you the medicine

'Cause I miss you, son

I'd bring you back home

If I was the one

But it's four and ten

In the belly of the four am

G A

And you're staring down another weekend to silence the pain

And I'm wide awake

And there's blood on the promenade

[Outro CHorus]

If I had the medicine

I'd give you the medicine

'Cause I miss you, son

I'd bring you back home

If I was the one

But it's four and ten

In the belly of the four am

G A

And you're staring down another weekend to silence the pain

And I'm wide awake

And there's blood

[Outro Chords]

D Bm G D A

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