Aimee Mann – Medicine Wheel (Ukulele)

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Originally 'tabbed' by macka from the Aimee Mann message board. Formatted by myself. Intro – Em / D / C / Bm / A
     G                       D
The day you left and you called me bitch

     Em                         C
I called you selfish - Better pull that switch

G   F            C             F-C
    Put my son on amphetamines

    G                      D
He came home cryin’ and there’s your proof 

   Em                       C 
Crying ‘bout nothing but missing tooth

G   F               C      F-C
    I did the right thing

      D         
You shade the truth almost every day

  Em             D               C
Phone calls at night, “It’s gonna be OK”

           G
Are you signing, baby, 

F            C    F-C 
Under the bridge? 

           G
Are you signing, baby, 

F          C    F-C 
On Lake Street? 

Em
Black marker on cardboard

        C             C/B      Am
Little drawing of a medicine wheel 

          G              D          C 
Well, everything that’s given you steal

    G              D          C
Everything that’s given, you steal

G                       D
Maybe you’ll wake up in jail alone

Em                         C
And hold the handle of the one pay phone

G   F                 C     F-C
    And do the right thing 

     G                     D     
Like I once tried though I bent the truth 

    Em                      C
A five dollar debt for a little lost tooth 

G     F                      C         F-C    
      There’s a payback in front of me 

        D
‘Cause once you were like a walking heart, 

 Em           D                  C
Breaking in motion through the parking lot 
[CHORUS] [SOLO – use the same progression as the verse]
D
Words of encouragement are just as real 

Em        D          C  
Same effect as a smooth blue pill 
[CHORUS]
      G             D         C
Everything that’s given you steal

      G             D         C
Everything that’s given you steal 

    G       D  Em  C  G
From me.