Medicinals chords by PJ Harvey

Verse and Chorus     Outro
----------------     -----------
Em   022000          Bm   x24432
Am   x02210          Em   022000
G    320033          F#m  244222
C    x32010          G    355433
                     F#   244322
                     D    xx0232
                     C    x32010

Capo 1st fret


Verse 1:

      Em                  Am
I was walking through the National Mall
G                C         Am
Thinking about medicinals, how they used to grow there
Em                  Am
When the ground was a marshland
G              C            Am
Undisturbed by human hands, and I heard their voices

Chorus 1:

    Am                  Em
The sumac said, "We are always here"
    Am                   Em
The witch hazel, "We are always here"
    Am                 Em
The sassafras, "We are always here"
    Am               Em
The bluestem grasses always here


Verse 2:

Em  Am  G  C  Am
Em  Am  G  C  Am

  Em                 Am
I looked about, what did I see?
  G           C               Am
Medicinals growin’ around me, rising from the gravel
Em            Am
Sumac and the witch hazel
G                  C                Am
Come to soothe our pain, our souls, come to soothe our troubles


Chorus 2:

    Am                  Em
The sumac said, "We are always here"
    Am                   Em
The witch hazel, "We are always here"
    Am                 Em
The sassafras, "We are always here"
    Am               Em
The bluestem grasses always here


Outro:

           Bm         Em   F#m            G
But do you see that woman, sitting in the wheelchair?
         Bm                  Em     F#m               G
With her Redskins cap on backwards, what's that she's singing?
         Bm                Em       F#m         G
As from inside a paper wrapper, she sips from a bottle
  F#         Em   D       C         D
A new painkiller, for the native people