Lori McKenna – Wonder Drug (Guitar)

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As recorded by Lori McKenna (From the 2023 Album 1988) [Intro] E Amaj7 E Amaj7 E [Verse 1]
E                        A
Shakespeare in study hall

                          B
Percocet and some Adderall

                             A
Doctor called it a wonder drug

                                  E
Ripped a page from the Book of Job

                       A
I remember you innocent

                               B
Now all you are is bones and skin

                             A
With your father's temperament

                               E
Still paying off that original sin

                  C#m    B
And it never gets easier
[Chorus]
  A
Remember, we had it all planned out

  C#m               B
A fenced-in yard, a job, and some kids

A
How dare you leave me high and dry now

C#m                     B
Thinking somehow it was something I did

       A                       C#m
It's a monster, I know it, its fangs started showing

     B
Took more than I ever could give

             A                     E   Amaj7   E
Why couldn't love be the wonder drug
[Verse 2]
E                                  A
It's the straw and the camel's back

                         B
I'm so angry and I feel bad

                                   A
Was it God or your parents, or the small town that raised you?

                       E
I held your face in my hands

                     C#m           B
But I still couldn't break through
[Chorus]
  A
Remember, we had it all planned out

  C#m               B
A fenced-in yard, a job, and some kids

A
How dare you leave me high and dry now

C#m                     B
Thinking somehow it was something I did

       A                       C#m
It's a monster, I know it, its fangs started showing

      B
Grabs hold with the hand that it gives

             A                     E
Why couldn't love be the wonder drug?
[Bridge]
                 C#m    B
Why couldn't you run to love?

                 A      B      E
Why couldn't you run to love?
[Verse 3]
E                             A
I wasn't paying attention when

                                      B
The roof was steady, the walls came in

                                   A
Blue-collar life and all its weight

                                E
I was right there and I was too late
[Outro]
      A
I was too late

      E
I was too late

A
Too late