Words Are Medicine

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                 
But words are medicine, words are 
    C
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,
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  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                 
But words are medicine, words are 
    C
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                 
Words are medicine. Words are 
  Bm
medicine.
             D
When you’re black and blue, you’re 
broken and bruised,
      C
Just hear my voice again:
           G                 
Words are medicine. Words are 
    C
medicine.
           D
When we’re black and blue, we’re 
broken and bruised,
  C
I hear your song , my friend.
           G                 
Words are medicine. Words are 
  C
medicine.
           G                 
Words are medicine. Words are 
  C
mediciiiiiiine.