Medication chords by Modest Mouse

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

C#m A7 C#m



🎸 Verse:

C#m                         A7
This is the part of me that needs medication,
C#m                         A7
This is the part of me that believes in heaven.
C#m                         A7
This is the part of me that thinks outer space is all dead,
C#m                         A7
This is the part of me that wishes it was with it.
C#m                           A7
This is the part of me that's trying to be funny,
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This is the part of me that loves my parents.
C#m                         A7
This is the part of me that thinks that ants are cavemen,
C#m                         A7
This is the part of me that thinks all humans are ants.
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This is the part of me that learns from sitcoms,
C#m                         A7
This is the part of me that means nothing.

🎸 Interlude:

D G


🎸 Chorus:

      D           G
And I do-o-o-on't know
     D
Well I could go away and

you could wish that I had stayed or just
G
stayed gone
      D          G
And I d-o-o-on't know
      D     G
and I don't know at all
    D                      G
So, out of the context and into what you meant
        D
and you know your reasons
          G
you don't know who you are but you know who you wanna be
D     G
I-I-I doooon't know
       D
So you go to the library to get yourself a book
        G
And you look and you look
                                D
But you didn't find anything to read
              G
And I do-on't know at all


🎸 Interlude:

C#m A7


🎸 Verse:

C#m                     A7
Left all my kinder parts rusting and peeling
C#m                            A7
That guy was complaining as he looked at the ceiling
C#m                           A7
My nose isn't that big it looks nothing like me
C#m                      A7
We're all doctors trading sadness for numbness
C#m                              A7
Grass looks much greener but it's green-painted cement
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The mayor's machines are there cleaning the pavement
C#m                               A7                  C#m A7
You can't make dirt clean so we'll just lemon-scent it