Bitter Medicine - The Crane Wives
Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: D, E A D G B E
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]