The Peoples Drug

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      G               D           
        Got a stupid job, but it's
      Em
 pin money.
      G                      D    
        I've got a brand new car 
            Em
but I can't drive.
      G              D         
        I've got a sweetheart, I 
            Em
call her Honey,
      G          D          Em
        And I've also got a wife.
         F      C         D
        People say that they're 
depressed
              F      C            
        But they go out and 
  D
they're so well dressed
              G               D   
        Now, what is it that makes
                Em
 them feel that way?
         F        C     D
        Can't get it in no drug 
store,
            F       C        D
        No man's an island, that's 
for sure
               Am              
        And it,  looks like the 
  G
world's just
            C                 D
        Run out of things to say, so
 now..


      G          D                
        Give me some of the 
    Em
people's drug.              \
      G          D                
        Give me some of the 
    Em                 \
people's drug.                \
            F     C         D    
        Whatever makes you feel 
                         ]
that good,                ]
              F       C      D      
                       >  C H O R U 
S
        I'll take it like I know I 
should, so             ]
      G          D                
        Give me some of the 
  C  Cmaj7  Am   D      ]
people, people's drug, wo-oah /
      G          D                
        Give me some of the 
    F   C    F  C  D   /
people's drug, drug         /


         G              D         
        Pick me up and take me to 
  Em
a movie.
      G                        D  
        Give me an ending that I 
          Em
can understand.
      G                  
        Sell me a rocking 
  D                    Em
soundtrack, make it groovy.
      G                    D      
        Give me backstage passes 
        Em
for the band.
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         F      C       D
        People always whine, whine, 
whine,
             F       C       D
        Shut up and pay the fine, 
fine, fine.
      G             D       
        What's the difference 
      Em
anyway,
                F      C        D
        Between being safe and being
 rad
                 F        C        
        When the big joke is we've 
D
all been had?
     Am                   G       
        You don't get to read the 
        C      D
news in USA Today.  You know that!

       { C H O R U S }

        ... People's Guitar!

       { G U I T A R   S O L O }


      G             D             
        God it's a wacky race 
   Em
we're running,
      G          D            
        I must atone for all my 
   Em
sins.
      G               D           
        God grant me some of what 
        Em
you're giving,
      G                      
        I hope you don't need 
   D                  Em
needles, don't need pins.
              F        C      
        I'll pay prescription - 
   D
where's the bill?
             F        C     D
        I thought it was a bitter 
pill!  (Ha-Ha)
      G            D          
        What's it matter what I 
   Em
feel?
         F        C       D
        Take the dog and take the 
wife;
         F              C      D
        Show me how to lead a better
 life.
     Am                G          
        The price you people pay, 
           C           D
well it's gotta be a steal.  All 
right


      G          D                
        Give me some of the 
    Em
people's drug.
      G          D                
        Give me some of the 
    Em
people's drug.
            F     C         D
        Whatever makes you feel that
 good,
              F       C      D
        I'll take it like I know I 
should, so
      G          D                
        Give me some of the 
  C  Cmaj7  Am   D
people, people's drug, wo-oah
      G          D                
        Give me some of the 
  C  Cmaj7  Am   D
people, people's drug, wo-oah
      G          D                
        Give me some of the 
    F   C    F C     F  C   F
people's drug, drug,  drug,  
          C D G
drug. All right!


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Notes:
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1)      The last line of every verse
 has the chord sequence Am G C D.  
You
        may like to try adding a G 
to some of these (Am & C in 
particular)
        using your little finger on 
the 3rd fret of the e-treble string.

2)      Watch that rhythm.  The 
strum rhythm changes a few times 
during the
        verse. Learn it from the 
album.

3)      If you're new to barre 
chords (like F) keep practicing.  
You need to
        be fairly swift in changing 
from F to C in this song.  
Sometimes,
        depending on the song, you 
can get away with replacing F with D
 minor,
        but I don't think so here.  
If you have trouble try adjusting 
your
        thumb and wrist positions.  
It's easier barring on higher frets 
and
        much easier on a 
small-necked guitar than a 
wide-necked one.

4)      The chorus sounds fantastic 
with judicious use of harmony 
singing in
        the chorus.  I've recorded 
this song, then re-recorded 
tape-to-tape,
        adding harmony and it added 
so much depth to the recording.  
Take a
        lead from Wes himself, who 
sings the harmony part in the 
penultimate
        line of the song.
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Chords:
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      G chord                       
 D chord
E|---|---|-o-|  G        e||---|-
B|---|---|---|  B        B||---|-
G|---|---|---|  G        G||---|-
D|---|---|---|  D        D||---|-
A|---|-o-|---|  B        A||---|-
E|---|---|-o-|  G        E||---|-
E|o-|-----|  F#                           
B|--|-o---|  D                            
G|o-|-----|  A                            
D|--|-----|  D                            
A|--|-----|  A                            
E|x-|-----|  either use thumb on 2nd fret 

                                    
             or don't play bass-E 
string


      Em chord                      
 F chord
                                    
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barre-chord
E|---|---|---|  E        e||-+-|-
B|---|---|---|  B        B||-+-|-
G|---|---|---|  G        G||-+-|-
D|---|-o-|---|  E        D||-+-|-
A|---|-o-|---|  B        A||-+-|-
E|---|---|---|  E        E||-+-|-
E|--|-----|  F    Use your ind
B|--|-----|  C    to hold down
G|o-|-----|  A    fret of all 
D|--|-o---|  F    middle for G
A|--|-o---|  C    ring for A, 
E|--|-----|  F    D-string. (S
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      C chord                      
Cmaj7 chord
E|---|---|---|  E        e||---|-
B|-o-|---|---|  C        B||---|-
G|---|---|---|  G        G||---|-
D|---|-o-|---|  E        D||---|-
A|---|---|-o-|  C        A||---|-
E|---|---|---|  E        E||---|-
E|--|-----|  E 
B|--|-----|  B 
G|--|-----|  G 
D|o-|-----|  E 
A|--|-o---|  C 
E|--|-----|  E 


      Am chord
E|---|---|-----|  E 
B|-o-|---|-----|  C 
G|---|-o-|-----|  A 
D|---|-o-|-----|  E 
A|---|---|-----|  A 
E|---|---|-----|  E 


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