Medicinals

Em   022000     D   xx0232     Bm   x24432
Am   x02210     Em  022000     Em   022000
G    320033     C   x32010     F#m  244222
C    x32010                    G    355433
                               F#   244322
                               D    xx0232
                               C    x32010
Capo 1st fret

Verse 1

      Em                  Am
I was walking through the National Mall
G                C                          Am
Thinking about medicinals, how they used to grow there
Em                  Am
When the ground was a marshland
G              C                              Am
Undisturbed by human hands, and I heard their voices

Chorus 1

    D                   Em
The sumac said, "We are always here"
    D                    Em
The witch hazel, "We are always here"
    D                  Em
The sassafras, "We are always here"
    D                C
The bluestem grasses always here

Verse 2

Em  Am  G  C  Am
Em  Am  G  C  Am
  Em                 Am
I looked about, what did I see?
  G           C                               Am
Medicinals growin’ around me, rising from the gravel
Em            Am
Sumac and the witch hazel
G                  C                                   Am
Come to soothe our pain, our souls, come to soothe our troubles

Chorus 2

    D                   Em
The sumac said, "We are always here"
    D                    Em
The witch hazel, "We are always here"
    D                  Em
The sassafras, "We are always here"
    D                C
The bluestem grasses always here

Outro

           Bm         Em   F#m            G
But do you see that woman, sitting in the wheelchair?
         Bm                  Em     F#m               G
With her Redskins cap on backwards, what's that she's singing?
         Bm                Em       F#m         G
As from inside a paper wrapper, she sips from a bottle
  F#         Em   D       C      D
A new painkiller, for the native people