Medication
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Intro: C#m A (4x)
Verse 1:
E B/D# E
We'll keep calm and carry on
F#m
With good intentions!!
E B/D#
They'll prescribe
E
the rights and wrongs
F#m
Until we're perfect!!!
C#m A C#m
So maybe one day we'll be safe
A C#m
In control and full of grace
A E
Never making a mistake
F#m
So flawless!!!
Verse 2:
E B/D# E
Cut us deeper to the core
F#m C#m
We won't feel a thing!!!
B/D# E
Imperfections weighing more!!!
F#m
Repressing difference!!!
C#m A C#m
I wish this wasn't all so hard
A C#m
To be yourself and not on guard
A E
To stop the racing in your heart
F#m
We'll fight it!!
[Refrão]C#m
Put me under
Ab/C B/D# E
Now I'm powerless
Ab/C C#m
I'll take it all
Ab/C C#m
I'll Take it all
Ab/C C#m
I'll take it
F#m A Abm
I can't breathe without you
C#m
You won't trust me
Ab/C B/D# E
I won't trust you too
Ab/C C#m
Bring me back and
Ab/C C#m
Bring me back and
Ab/C C#m
Bring it
F#m A Abm
Medicate me
Verse 3:
E B/D# E
Hide me deeper in my shed
F#m E
Until I'm all a---lone!!!
B/D#
I'm hearing voices!!!
E
in this sound!!!
F#m
Hallucinating!!!
C#m A C#m
I could have sworn I heard it too
A C#m
A sudden beautiful adieu
A E
It's telling me what I should do
F#m
I follow!!!
[Refrão]C#m
Put me under
Ab/C B/D# E
Now I'm powerless
Ab/C C#m
I'll take it all
Ab/C C#m
I'll Take it all
Ab/C C#m
I'll take it
F#m A Abm
I can't breathe without you
C#m
You won't trust me
Ab/C B/D# E
I won't trust you too
Ab/C C#m
Bring me back and
Ab/C C#m
Bring me back and
Ab/C C#m
Bring it
F#m A Abm
Me-di-cate me now!!!
Breakdown: C#m E B/Eb C#m E
Bridge:
B/D# F#m Abm
As I'm turning into!!!
A
disreflection!!!
C#m E B/D#
You!!
C#m E B/D#
can't slow me!!!
F#m Abm A
My body and my mind!!!
F#m Abm A A
My emotions and my pride!!!
Interlude: C#m A (2x)
Outro:
C#m
The simplest things
A
became the hardest part now
C#m
The easiest parts have
A
taken all my dreams
E F#m
I'm afraid
C#m A
I'll never be okay
I'm afraid
C#m
I'm scared I
A
can't be happy
E F#m
I'm afraid
C#m
This silence you feel is
A
not a way to be sincere
(I'm afraid)
C#m
And it's a way to cope
A way to heal (I'm scared
I can't be happy)
A
But not for me when
E F#m
I can't feel (I'm afraid)
C#m
The subtleties that
make me want to
(I'll never be okay)
A
Be alive and not a
statue (I'm afraid)
C#m
Breathe the air
Be me to talk to (I'm scared
I can't be happy)
A E
I'm afraid I'll never
F#m C#m
be the same
How to play Medication
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is C#m. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.