Words Are Medicine

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G
        G
For the light sleeper, the street sweeper,
C
Promise breaker, promise keeper,
    D
The astronaut, the acrobat,
    C
The underdog who is coming back.
              G
Maybe you’re hooked on Phonics or Mary Jane;
C
Coca Cola or cocaine.
D
We’re just a different kind of the same, yeah.
C
Sticks and stones can break you.
               G                     C
But words are medicine, words are medicine.
         D
When I’m black and blue, I’m broken and bruised,
   C
I hear your voice again.
           G
Words are medicine.
G
The beautician, the mortician,
  C
The blindsided, the night vision,
  D
The baptized, the chicken fried,
  C
The rolled tide, the unforgiven.
         G
For the girl who is lost in romance novels,
    C
The guy who sees through whiskey goggles
D
We’re just a different kind of the same, yeah.
C
Sticks and stones can break you.
               G                     C
But words are medicine, words are medicine.
         D
When I’m black and blue, you're broken and bruised,
     C
Just hear my voice again.
           G
Words are medicine.
 Em
I do. I will.
I believe in you still.
         C
I have a dream.
Imagine.
A shining city on a hill.
   D
I’m sorry. Forgive me.
  C
I love you.
I love you.
           G                   Bm
Words are medicine. Words are medicine.
             D
When you’re black and blue, you’re broken and bruised,
      C
Just hear my voice again:
           G                     C
Words are medicine. Words are medicine.
           D
When we’re black and blue, we’re broken and bruised,
  C
I hear your song , my friend.
           G                   C
Words are medicine. Words are medicine.
           G                   C
Words are medicine. Words are mediciiiiiiine.