----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Risk It - Medicine for the People ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Samuel Rede Tuning: Standard A E F#m D Every cell is transforming and returning to original concepts to construct A E F#m D And then I started to shapeshift… and the animals within me grew tails and talons A E F#m D I hitched a ride on the back of a whale, to the darkest of the ocean and ate off the bottom A E F#m D And then I traveled dimensions… in the places I rode upon elephants and zebras… A E F#m D Elephants and zebras… A E Well I dreamed of my future big time, yeah F#m D What it would be like to always have clean water A E F#m D And if you left the trees standing…and they filtered the air and we breathed it in deeply A E F#m D Well I traveled across Native America and saw the sickness taking form in all the small children A E F#m D Well if I could give you my people, yeah, well a piece of my peace will be with you always… A E F#m D If I could give you my people, yeah, well a piece of my peace will be with you always… A E F#m D Be with you always… D E D E I never thought I needed medicine but I was spiritually dying, I needed some healing D E So I opened my mouth and took a dose of the music D E Then I sat and prayed for guidance now teach me to use it D E I prayed for guidance yeah teach me to use it D E I prayed for guidance now give me the music A E F#m D And it definitely matters how you look at it and it definitely matters how you look at it A E F#m D So if you think you can risk it, well, what an opportunity to be free of it A E F#m D Well if you think you can risk it, well, what an opportunity to be free of it A E F#m D A E F#m D I heard, I heard yeah the wild horses were blazing trails through uncertain territory A E F#m D I run as fast as the cheetahs… and I catch a ride on the back of the great and mighty Condor A E F#m D And then I took my place in the choir, was singing the songs of freedom and progress A E F#m D And we’re delivering the babies yeah, and we’re birthing up the next generation A E F#m D Said we’re delivering the babies yeah, and we’re birthing up the next generation D E D E I never thought I needed medicine but I was spiritually dying, I needed some healing D E So I opened my mouth and took a dose of the music D E Then I sat and prayed for guidance now teach me to use it D E I prayed for guidance yeah teach me to use it D E I prayed for guidance now give me the music A E F#m D And it definitely matters how you look at it and it definitely matters how you look at it A E F#m D So if you think you can risk it, well, what an opportunity to be free of it A E F#m D Well if you think you can risk it, well, what an opportunity to be free of it A E F#m D A E F#m D Every cell is transforming and returning to original concepts to construct A E F#m D And then I started to shapeshift… and the animals within me grew tails and talons A E F#m D I hitched a ride on the back of a whale, to the darkest of the ocean and ate off the bottom A E F#m D And then I traveled dimensions… in the places I rode upon elephants and zebras… A E F#m D Elephants and zebras…. A E Well I dreamed of my future big time, yeah F#m D What it would be like to always have clean water A E F#m D And if you left the trees standing…and they filtered the air and we breathed it in deeply A E F#m D Well I traveled across Native America and saw the sickness taking form in all the small children A E F#m D Well if I could give you my people, yeah, well a piece of my peace will be with you always… A E F#m D If I could give you my people, yeah, well a piece of my peace will be with you always… A E F#m D Be with you always… A E F#m D Be with you always… D E D E I never thought I needed medicine but I was spiritually dying, I needed some healing D E So I opened my mouth and took a dose of the music D E Then I sat and prayed for guidance now teach me to use it D E I prayed for guidance yeah teach me to use it D E I prayed for guidance now give me the music A E F#m D And it definitely matters how you look at it and it definitely matters how you look at it A E F#m D So if you think you can risk it, well, what an opportunity to be free of it A E F#m D Well if you think you can risk it, well, what an opportunity to be free of it
