Chords with lyrics
Scale: D MajorD Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 75
Suggested Strumming: DU,DU,DU,DU
MACKLEMORE FEAT. ARIANA DEBOO
Standard Tuning
No Capo.
INSTRUMENTAL:
D MajorD E minorEm B minorBm A augmentedA x3
INTRO:
E minorEm G+G
VERSE:
D MajorD E minorEm
They said it wasn't a gateway drug
B minorBm
My homie was takin' subs and he ain't wake up
A augmentedA D MajorD E minorEm
The whole while, these billionaires, they kicked up
B minorBm A augmentedA
Paying out congress so we take their drugs
D MajorD E minorEm
Murderers who will never face the judge
B minorBm A augmentedA
And we dancin' to a song about our face goin' numb
E minorEm D/F#D/F#
But I seen homies turn grey, noses draining blood
G+G
I could've been gone, out 30's, faded in that tub
D MajorD
That's Prince, Michael and Whitney,
E minorEm
that's Amy, Ledger and Pimp C majorC
B minorBm
That's Yams, that's DJ A.M
B minorBm
God damn they're making a killing
A augmentedA D MajorD E minorEm
Now it's getting attention cause Sara, Katey and Billy
B minorBm
But this shit's been going one
B minorBm A augmentedA
from Seattle out to South Philly
D MajorD
It just moved out about the city
E minorEm
And spread out to the 'burbs
B minorBm
Now it's everybody's problem,
A augmentedA
got a nation on the verge
E minorEm
Take Activis off the market,
D/F#D/F#
jack the price up on the syrup
G+G
But Purdue farmer's 'bout to move that work
CHORUS:
D MajorD E minorEm
My drug dealer was a doctor, doctor
B minorBm
Had the plug from Big Pharma, Pharma
A augmentedA D MajorD E minorEm
He said he'd heal me, heal me
B minorBm
But he only gave me problems, problems
A augmentedA D MajorD E minorEm
My drug dealer was a doctor, doctor
B minorBm A augmentedA
Had the plug from Big Pharma, Pharma
E minorEm D/F#D/F#
I think he tryin' kill me, kill me
G+G
He tried to kill me for a dollar, for a dollar
VERSE:
D MajorD E minorEm
And these devil's they keep on talkin' to me
B minorBm
They screamin' "open the bottle," I wanna be at peace
A augmentedA D MajorD
My hand is gripping that throttle,
E minorEm
I'm running out of speed
B minorBm
Tryin' close my eyes but I keep sweatin'
B minorBm A augmentedA
through these sheets, through these sheets
D MajorD E minorEm
Four horseman, they won't let me forget
B minorBm
I wanna forge a prescription,
B minorBm A augmentedA E minorEm
cause doctor I need some more of it
E minorEm D/F#D/F#
When Morphine and heroine is more viewer budget
G+G
I said I'd never use a needle, but sure, fuck it
D MajorD E minorEm
I'm caught up, I'm on one, I'm nauseous
B minorBm
No options, exhausted
A augmentedA
This is not what I started
E minorEm D/F#D/F#
Walkin' carcass, I lost everything I wanted
G+G
My blinds drawn, too far gone to leave this apartment
CHORUS:
D MajorD E minorEm
My drug dealer was a doctor, doctor
B minorBm
Had the plug from Big Pharma, Pharma
A augmentedA D MajorD E minorEm
He said he'd heal me, heal me
B minorBm
But he only gave me problems, problems
A augmentedA D MajorD E minorEm
My drug dealer was a doctor, doctor
B minorBm A augmentedA
Had the plug from Big Pharma, Pharma
E minorEm D/F#D/F#
I think he tryin' kill me, kill me
G+G
He tried to kill me for a dollar, for a dollar
VERSE:
D MajorD E minorEm B minorBm
More, more, more
B minorBm
Re-up, re-up
E minorEm D/F#D/F#
Death certificate signed the prenup
D/F#D/F#
Ain't no coming back from this percocet
D/F#D/F#
After this ambien, adderral, xanax binge
D MajorD E minorEm
Best friends with the thing that's killing me
B minorBm A augmentedA
Enemies with my best friend, there's no healing me
E minorEm D/F#D/F#
Refilling these, refilling these
D/F#D/F#
They say it's death, death
D/F#D/F# G+G
Institutions and DOC's
D MajorD E minorEm
So God grant me the serenity
B minorBm
to accept the things I can't change
A augmentedA
Courage to change the things I can
E minorEm D/F#D/F#
And the wisdom to know the difference
G+G
And the wisdom to know the difference
INSTRUMENTAL: