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The Medicine Will by Brad Paisley

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Intro:

Am | / / / G | C / / / | Am / / / | C / / / |

Verse 1:
C                           Am
They sell their lies by the bottle
C                   Am
Without an ounce of shame
F                      C
A promise on a slip of paper
E7                     Am
Guaranteed to dull the pain

Verse 2:
F                        C
We dug that mine a mile below us
F                    C    E7
And built up this little town
F                   C          E7
Oh and we're still digging holes 
Am
But these are six feet down

Chorus:
C                       F
There's coal under the mountains
C                     G      E
And gold in them there pills   
F                      C  E7
If living here don't kill you
              Am
The medicine will

Verse 3:
C                   Am
Well these are good God-fearing people
C                      Am
Just doing the best they can
F                        C
And if the devil's in the details
E7              Am
Then hell's in milligrams

Verse 4:
F               G     C
For every family visitation
F                       C      E7
Sons and daughters gone too soon 
F                     C
The drugstore and the undertaker
E7                         Am
The only businesses that boom

Chorus:
C                       F
There's coal under the mountains
C                     G      E
And gold in them there pills   
F                      C  E7
If living here don't kill you
              Am
The medicine will

Solo:
Am C Am C Am F G

Bridge:
C                              Am
Now it's all broken dreams and plywood
C                         Am
Up and down these haunted streets
F                         C
Even the bar where we all used to go
E7                        Am
I guess even whiskey can't compete

Pre-chorus:
F                      C
But I believe way down below us
F                C         E7
Deeper than that mine shaft runs
F                             C
There's a place for those who did this to us
E        E7              Am       G
And it's hotter than the sun        

Chorus:
C                       F
There's coal under the mountains
C                     G      E
And gold in them there pills   
F                      C  E7
If living here don't kill you
              Am
The medicine will

Outro:
C Am C

The Medicine Will Chords Info

Published: October 10, 2023

Last Updated: February 11, 2026

Chords: Am, G, C, F, A, E7, E