King Medicine chords by Jets To Brazil

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
E -   022100
D -   xx0232
B -   x24442
C#m - x46654
A -   x02220
Am -  x02210


Intro:
E--D-B-C#m-E--D-B-C#m-A--Am-- x2
E-- x2

Verse 1:
E                  D
  know that you'll soon
   B    E
go crazy just like a
D    B         A
whittling stick hit by
                   Am
the coming daylight  cut
up in a quick succession
E              D
  a pointed confession
B     E            D
really stripped of all
     B    A
your armor down to your
           Am
very nature  beneath
                   E   E
the haze and vapor gaze


Verse 2:
E               D
  you're such a willing
 B      E
stick to beckon that
D       B
wanting knife you've
    A
been looking for it
Am
  the right blade all
     E           D
your life saying who's
      B     E
gonna cut me down to a
D         B
size that suits me?
A
  is there a worthy
        Am
sculptor  among all
               E
you fine young knives?


Refrain 1:
D
  it's enough to make
              A
you take your head
    B      A    E
and put it on a shelf
D
  to cut the heart out
          A
from your chest
            B
now they'll come
    A       E
for that as well


Chorus 1:
F#m
tell me how you do
           Am
that crazy trick
where you walk
         E
around asleep
F#m
save it for your
doctor friend the
Am
one who keeps you
               E  E
under lock and key


Verse 3:
E                 D
  you'll soon go screaming
B     E
like a bargain basement
D   B        A
lunatic who's not so
                Am
specialized that  they
couldn't just replace
   E          D
you why don't you start
B     E
crying for all that
D          B
you've got left here
A
  why don't you stop
     Am
dying  before you
              E
go and get it right


Refrain 2:
D
  now you're selling off
    A        B
the house so you can
A       E   D
buy the farm you cut
the heart out from
     A
your chest to let the
B        A            E
light in through your arm


Chorus 2:
F#m
tell me how you do
           Am
that crazy trick
where you walk
         E
around asleep
F#m
save it for your
doctor friend the
Am
one who keeps you
               E
under lock and key


Refrain 3:
D
  it's enough to make you
          A        B
take your head and put
   A    E  D
it in a bag to cut the
                 A
teeth out at the pink
            B
now there's nothing
A      E  E C#m B A
in the bag


Interlude: C#m--A--F#m--A-- x2


Outro:
C#m             A
   foul weather friend you
       F#m
are so dying an amateur
A          C#m         A
chemist now   king medicine
           F#m
when is it perfect? where
      A
is it leading you? there
      C#m         A
is no cure only reprieve
              F#m
some fleeting joy posing
   A
as balance nothing is
C#m
sure so every four
A              F#m
hours king medicine
             A(hold)
this subject loves you