Capo 3 G G For the light sleeper, the street sweeper, C Promise breaker, promise keeper, D The astronaut, the acrobat, C The underdog who is coming back. G Maybe you??re hooked On Phonics or Mary Jane; C Coca Cola or cocaine. D We??re just a different kind of the same, yeah. C Sticks and stones can break you. G C But words are medicine, words are medicine. D When I??m black and blue, I??m broken and bruised, C I hear your voice again. G Words are medicine. G The beautician, the mortician, C The blinded sided, the night vision, D The baptized, the chicken fried, C The rolled tide, the unforgiven. G For the girl who is lost in romance novels, C The guy who sees through whiskey goggles D We??re just a different kind of the same, yeah. C Sticks and stones can break you. G C But words are medicine, words are medicine. D When I??m black and blue, you're broken and bruised, C Just hear my voice again. G Words are medicine. Em I do. I will. I believe in you still. C I have a dream. Imagine. A shining city on a hill. D I??m sorry. Forgive me. C I love you. I love you. G Bm Words are medicine. Words are medicine. D When you??re black and blue, you??re broken and bruised, C Just hear my voice again: G C Words are medicine. Words are medicine. D When we??re black and blue, we??re broken and bruised, C I hear your song , my friend. G C Words are medicine. Words are medicine. G C Words are medicine. Words are mediciiiiiiine. G, C x4