Red House Painters – Medicine Bottle (Guitar)
D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
Key
-
Versions
(3)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Notes:
If you'd prefer to strum chords for the post-chorus and outro, you could try something like this:
Dadd4/F# Em7 Dsus4 Dadd4/F# G5 A7sus4 F6sus2 F6sus2 d|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-3-----3----(3)--|-3-----3---------|(3)--------------|(3)--------------| F|-0-----0-----0---|-0-----0-----0---|-0---------------|-0---------------| C|-0-----0-----0---|-0-----0-----0---|-0---------------|-0---------------| (n) = ghost note G|-x-----2---------|-x-----x-----0---|-3---------------|-3---------------| D|-2-----0---------|-2-----3---------|-1---------------|-1---------------|
D standard (DGCFAD) tuning
Chords:
Em 022000
F 133211
Am x02210
Bm x24432
G 355433
C x35553
Am* 577555
[Intro]
Em Em F F (x4)
Am Am Bm F F (x2)
[Verse 1]
Em F Giving in to love and sharing my time, letting someone into my misery Em F I told it all step by step Am Bm F How I landed on the island and how I swam across the sea Am Bm F And it crosses my mind that I may awake to a knife in me
[Verse 2]
Em F No more breath in my hair or ladies underwear tossed up over the alarm clock Em F Blood dripping from the bed to a neatly written poem, a heartfelt last line reading: Am Bm F There is no more mystery, is it gonna happen, my love? Am Bm F There is no more mystery, is it gonna happen, my love?
[Chorus]
Bm C "It's all in my head", she said, "Morning after nightmare" Bm F "You're building a wall", she said, "Higher than the both of us Bm C So try living life instead of hiding in the bedroom Bm F Show me a smile and I'll promise not to leave you"
[Verse 3]
Em It happened under a rainy cloud passing through the dark South F We went into a big house and slept in a small bed G F I didn't know you then, as well as you of me G F We talked of our sad lives and we went on separately Am Bm F And we went on separately, I found your overseas souvenirs Am Bm F Holiday greeting cards, and some long forgotten high school fears
[Chorus]
Bm C "It's all in my head", I said, banging on the piano Bm F I've not been so alone, I thought, since kicking in the womb Bm C I drank so much tea, I wrote my letters in kanji Bm F Around the block I walked and walked, pretending you were with me
[Post-chorus]
Not wanting to die out here d|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| F|-----0-----0----0|-----0-----0----0|-----------------|-----------------| C|---0-----0---0-0-|---0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----| G|-----------------|-------------0---|---3-----3-------|---3-----3-------| D|-2-----0---------|-2-----3---------|-1-----1-------1-|-------1---------| With - out you d|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| F|-----0-----0----0|-----0-----0----0|-----------------|-----------------| C|---0-----0---0-0-|---0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----| G|-----------------|-------------0---|---3-----3-------|---3-----3-------| D|-2-----0---------|-2-----3---------|-1-----1-------1-|-------1---------|
[Bridge]
Em Em F F (x4)
G G Am* F F (x2)
Am Am Bm F F (x2)
[Verse 4]
Em F The hurting never ends, like birthdays and old friends, we forget that this flesh blood and bone is human G F Trading phone lines for airlines, unwilling to face G F That love is found on the inside, not the outside Am Bm F And like a medicine bottle in the cabinet, I'll keep you Am Bm F And like a medicine bottle, in my hand I will hold you
[Chorus]
Bm C And swallow you slowly as to last me a lifetime Bm F Without holding too tight, I do not want to lose Bm C The thrill that it gives me to look out from my window Bm F And scowl at the houses from my world in the bedroom Bm C It's all in his head, she read in a girlfriend's self-help book Bm F It's all his own making, a war with himself Bm C Like two sides of a wall that separates two countries Bm F He shuts out the world he wants only to love you
[Outro]
Not wanting to die out here d|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| F|-----0-----0----0|-----0-----0----0|-----------------|-----------------| C|---0-----0---0-0-|---0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----| G|-----------------|-------------0---|---3-----3-------|---3-----3-------| D|-2-----0---------|-2-----3---------|-1-----1-------1-|-------1---------| With - out you d|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| F|-----0-----0----0|-----0-----0----0|-----------------|-----------------| C|---0-----0---0-0-|---0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----| G|-----------------|-------------0---|---3-----3-------|---3-----3-------| D|-2-----0---------|-2-----3---------|-1-----1-------1-|-------1---------| Not wanting to die out here d|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| F|-----0-----0----0|-----0-----0----0|-----------------|-----------------| C|---0-----0---0-0-|---0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----| G|-----------------|-------------0---|---3-----3-------|---3-----3-------| D|-2-----0---------|-2-----3---------|-1-----1-------1-|-------1---------| With - out you d|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| F|-----0-----0----0|-----0-----0----0|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C|---0-----0---0-0-|---0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-------------0---|---3-----3-------|-2-------5-------|-3---------------| D|-2-----0---------|-2-----3---------|-1-----1---------|-0-------5-------|-1---------------|