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 blinded sided, 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.
G, C x4