Verse Chorus Outro
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Em 022000 D xx0232 Bm x24432
Am x02210 Em 022000 Em 022000
G 320033 C x32010 F#m 244222
C x32010 G 355433
F# 244322
D xx0232
C x32010
Capo 1st fret
[Verse 1]
Em Am
I was walking through the National Mall
G C Am
Thinking about medicinals, how they used to grow there
Em Am
When the ground was a marshland
G C Am
Undisturbed by human hands, and I heard their voices
[Chorus 1]
D Em
The sumac said, "We are always here"
D Em
The witch hazel, "We are always here"
D Em
The sassafras, "We are always here"
D C
The bluestem grasses always here
[Verse 2]
Em Am G C Am
Em Am G C Am
Em Am
I looked about, what did I see?
G C Am
Medicinals growin’ around me, rising from the gravel
Em Am
Sumac and the witch hazel
G C Am
Come to soothe our pain, our souls, come to soothe our troubles
[Chorus 2]
D Em
The sumac said, "We are always here"
D Em
The witch hazel, "We are always here"
D Em
The sassafras, "We are always here"
D C
The bluestem grasses always here
[Outro]
Bm Em F#m G
But do you see that woman, sitting in the wheelchair?
Bm Em F#m G
With her Redskins cap on backwards, what's that she's singing?
Bm Em F#m G
As from inside a paper wrapper, she sips from a bottle
F# Em D C D
A new painkiller, for the native people
