VERSE1
C
Tell 'em say no to drugs, substances make you dumb
D A
Then you say, give 'em some, are you the victim
C
Of this experience, child experiment
D A
Teacher's predicament, you're in the system
C G D
And if you don't walk the line, you can walk the plank
A
Your older brother
C G D
Wants to control your mind, you're more useful blank
PRE-CHORUS
Em E5 D5 E5 D D5 C5 D5
Medicate the kids feathers turn to quills
A
Pump 'em full of training fluids, powders and pills
B
There's nothing you can't flush out
And nothing you can't kill
CHORUS
C G D A
Why don't you just back off of us
C G D A
Before we go crazy
C G D A
I'm gonna tell you, no way, this ain't fair play
C G D A
Just don't medicate me
VERSE2
C G
Tell 'em, say no to drugs, substances make you dumb
D A
Unless you get 'em from someone who loves you
C G
https://www.coveralia.com/acordes/medicate-the-kids-gavin-degraw.php
One who knows best for you, paid for those tests for you
D A
Knows how to get you through, when it's above you
C G D
And you can't get on top, cause it's high to climb,
A
You hear them saying
C G D
Don't make me call the cops every other time
PRE-CHORUS (same as before)
CHORUS (same as before)
BRIDGE
C G
And there's a long line flowing from prescription aisles
D A
Filed through legal means so we can alter the child
C G
For his protection tie him to extension cords
D
This is the age of discipline
CHORUS (modulated)
D A E B
Why don't you just back off of us
D A E B
Before we go crazy
D A E B
Why don't you just back off of us
D A E B
Before we go crazy
D A E B
Why don't you just back off of us
D A E B
Before we go crazy
D A E B
Why don't you just back off of us
D A E
Before we go crazy