Bitter Medicine - The Crane Wives

Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: D, E A D G B E

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Note: The chords for the bridge aren't necessary. They take the place of the bass in the actual song.

* = strum only once

[Intro]
      
      

[Verse 1]
             
  Somebody tak

            
e my keys, I'm

              
 in no shape f

         
or driving
            
  I made my be

             
d but I'll sle

            
ep anywhere, a

   
nywhere
             
  Are you asha

            
med of me, or 

              
did you buy wh

            
at I'm selling

  
?
             
It won't last 

              
you long, it'l

  
l disappear

[Chorus]
             
I bite my tong

              
ue to keep the

            
 worst of the 

        
words in
              
So they don't 


hurt nobody bu

t me
             
  Swallow the 

            
poison, I wann

              
a spit, bitter

   
 medicine
  
I think it's m

aking me sick
             
  Don't look u

            
p to me, I'm n

              
ot as tall as 

     
you think
             
You see, I tal

              
k a big game b

            
ut it's bullsh

    
it

[Interlude]
      
      

[Verse 2]
             
  Somebody cle

            
an me up, it's

              
 a mess that I

        
'm making
             
  The pain is 

            
weak but it sp

            
reads anyway, 

    
anyway
             
  Is it a gift

            
 you give, or 

              
something prec

            
ious I'm takin

   
g?
             
Stolen sympath

             
y for all my w

orst mistakes

[Chorus]
             
I bite my tong

              
ue to keep the

            
 worst of the 

        
words in
              
So they don't 


hurt nobody bu

t me
             
  Swallow the 

            
poison, I wann

              
a spit, bitter

   
 medicine
  
I think it's m

aking me sick
             
  Don't look u

            
p to me, I'm n

              
ot as tall as 

     
you think
             
You see, I tal

              
k a big game b

            
ut it's bullsh

    
it

[Bridge]
N.C.
Ah, ah, ah, ah, oh, ah, ah, ohh
N.C.
Ah, ah, ah, ah, oh, ah, ah, ohh
             
Ah, ah, ah, ah

  
, oh, ah, ah, 

ohh
           
Ah, ah, ah, ah

       
, ahh-oh

[Chorus]
             
I bite my tong

              
ue to keep the

            
 worst of the 

        
words in
              
So they don't 


hurt nobody bu

t me
             
  Swallow the 

            
poison, I wann

              
a spit, bitter

   
 medicine
  
I think it's m

aking me sick
             
  Don't look u

            
p to me, I'm n

              
ot as tall as 

     
you think
             
You see, I tal

              
k a big game b

           
ut it's bull~~

            
shi-i-i-i-i-i-

      
i-i-i-i-i-i-i-

i-i-it

[Outro]
      
      
      
      
      
      
  

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