PJ Harvey - Medicinals: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Medicinals" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
Fm A#m I was walking through the National Mall G# C# A#m Thinking about medicinals, how they used to grow there Fm A#m When the ground was a marshland G# C# A#m Undisturbed by human hands, and I heard their voices Chorus: D# Fm The sumac said, "We are always here" D# Fm The witch hazel, "We are always here" D# Fm The sassafras, "We are always here" D# C# The bluestem grasses always here I looked about, what did I see? Medicinals growing round' me Rising from the gravel Sumac and the Witch Hazel Come to soothe our pain, our sores Come to soothe our troubles Chorus: The Sumac said "We are always here" The Witch Hazel - "We are always here" The Sassafras - "We are always here" The Bluestem grasses - "Always here" Cm Fm Gm G# But do you see that woman, sitting in the wheelchair? Cm Fm Gm G# With her Redskins cap on backwards, what's that she's singing? D# Fm Gm G# As from inside a paper wrapper, she sips from a bottle D# G# Fm C# D# C# D# A new painkiller, for the native people You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA#m  Cm  C#  D#  Fm  Gm  G#  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Medicinals" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Medicinals" by PJ Harvey.