Medication chords by Modest Mouse

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

C#m A7 C#m



🎸 Verse:

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This is the part of me that needs medication,
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This is the part of me that believes in heaven.
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This is the part of me that thinks outer space is all dead,
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This is the part of me that wishes it was with it.
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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.
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This is the part of me that thinks that ants are cavemen,
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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,
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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
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That guy was complaining as he looked at the ceiling
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My nose isn't that big it looks nothing like me
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We're all doctors trading sadness for numbness
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Grass looks much greener but it's green-painted cement
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The mayor's machines are there cleaning the pavement
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You can't make dirt clean so we'll just lemon-scent it