Medicinals

	  		 



verse 1 

      Em                  Am 
I was walking through the National Mall 
G                C         Am 
Thinking about medicinals, how they used to grow there 
Em                  Am 
When the ground was a marshland 
G              C            Am 
Undisturbed by human hands, and I heard their voices 


    Am                  Em 
The sumac said, "We are always here" 
    Am                   Em 
The witch hazel, "We are always here" 
    Am                 Em 
The sassafras, "We are always here" 
    Am               Em 
The bluestem grasses always here 



verse 2 

Em  Am  G  C  Am 
Em  Am  G  C  Am 

  Em                 Am 
I looked about, what did I see? 
  G           C               Am 
Medicinals growin? around me, rising from the gravel 
Em            Am 
Sumac and the witch hazel 
G                  C                Am 
Come to soothe our pain, our souls, come to soothe our troubles 


    Am                  Em 
The sumac said, "We are always here" 
    Am                   Em 
The witch hazel, "We are always here" 
    Am                 Em 
The sassafras, "We are always here" 
    Am               Em 
The bluestem grasses always here 



Outro 

           Bm         Em   F#m            G    
But do you see that woman, sitting in the wheelchair? 
         Bm                  Em     F#m               G 
With her Redskins cap on backwards, what's that she's singing? 
         Bm                Em       F#m         G 
As from inside a paper wrapper, she sips from a bottle 
  F#         Em   D       C         D 
A new painkiller, for the native people