Medication

	  		
Intro: C#m A  (4x) 


Verse 1: 


E            B/D#           E 
  We'll keep calm and carry on 

 
          F#m 
With good intentions!! 

 
E             B/D# 
  They'll prescribe  
               E 
the rights and wrongs 

 
            F#m 
Until we're perfect!!! 

 
C#m         A                C#m 
   So maybe one day we'll be safe 
      A                C#m 
In control and full of grace 
      A           E 
Never making a mistake 

 
       F#m 
So flawless!!! 


Verse 2: 

 
E        B/D#          E 
  Cut us deeper to the core 

 
         F#m    C#m 
We won't feel a thing!!! 
     B/D#              E 
Imperfections weighing more!!! 
           F#m 
Repressing difference!!! 


 
C#m            A             C#m 
   I wish this wasn't all so hard 
          A               C#m 
To be yourself and not on guard 
            A              E 
To stop the racing in your heart 

 
            F#m 
We'll fight it!! 



C#m 
Put me under 
Ab/C         B/D# E 
Now I'm powerless 
     Ab/C C#m 
I'll take it all 
     Ab/C C#m 
I'll Take it all 
     Ab/C C#m 
I'll take it 
F#m     A         Abm 
I can't breathe without you 
C#m 
You won't trust me 
Ab/C              B/D# E 
I won't trust you too 
Ab/C  C#m 
Bring me back and 
Ab/C  C#m 
Bring me back and 
Ab/C  C#m 
Bring it 
F#m A    Abm 
Medicate me 



Verse 3: 

 
E         B/D#         E 
  Hide me deeper in my shed 

 
              F#m E 
Until I'm all a---lone!!! 
            B/D# 
I'm hearing voices!!! 
        E 
in this sound!!! 
       F#m 
Hallucinating!!! 


C#m             A                C#m 
   I could have sworn I heard it too 
         A          C#m 
A sudden beautiful adieu 
             A                E 
It's telling me what I should do 

 
     F#m 
I follow!!! 



 
C#m 
Put me under 
Ab/C         B/D# E 
Now I'm powerless 
     Ab/C C#m 
I'll take it all 
     Ab/C C#m 
I'll Take it all 
     Ab/C C#m 
I'll take it 
F#m     A         Abm 
I can't breathe without you 
C#m 
You won't trust me 
Ab/C              B/D# E 
I won't trust you too 
Ab/C  C#m 
Bring me back and 
Ab/C  C#m 
Bring me back and 
Ab/C  C#m 
Bring it 
F#m   A    Abm  
Me-di-cate me  now!!!
 


Breakdown: C#m E B/Eb C#m E  


Bridge: 
 
B/D#   F#m         Abm 
As I'm turning into!!! 
    A 
disreflection!!! 
C#m E B/D# 
You!! 
       C#m   E B/D# 
can't slow me!!! 
   F#m  Abm    A 
My body and my mind!!! 
    F#m     Abm    A       A 
My emotions and my pride!!! 


Interlude: C#m A (2x) 


Outro:
 
    C#m 
The simplest things  
                   A 
became the hardest part now 
    C#m 
The easiest parts have  
             A 
taken all my dreams 
E   F#m 
I'm afraid 
C#m               A 
   I'll never be okay 
I'm afraid 
C#m 
   I'm scared I 
         A 
can't be happy 
E   F#m 
I'm afraid 
C#m 
   This silence you feel is  
      A 
not a way to be sincere  
(I'm afraid) 
           C#m 
And it's a way to cope 
A way to heal (I'm scared  
I can't be happy) 
    A 
But not for me when  
E       F#m 
I can't feel (I'm afraid)  
    C#m 
The subtleties that  
make me want to  
(I'll never be okay) 
A 
Be alive and not a  
statue (I'm afraid) 
C#m 
Breathe the air 
Be me to talk to (I'm scared  
I can't be happy) 
A               E 
I'm afraid I'll never 
F#m    C#m 
be the same