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Medicine Man Boy In A Box

Alec Benjamin

PopMedium for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
Em
Dm××
C×
D××
Am×
Bm×
BDiagram coming soon
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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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verse 1 
   G 
My life's alright when I'm high 
  Em                       Dm 
I did my best to get by, I told my parents I'd try 
      C 
I was losing track of my mind 
     G                                Em 
So I went to the medicine man, to fix my attention span 
   D 
He put a pill in my hand 
       C 
'Cause life's a breeze when you're slammed 
 
      C        D 
I'm a boy in a box 
            Em             G 
When you're six, watch the clock 
         Am             Bm 
Get your fix out of the bottle 
         C            D 
Drink it up, and then swallow 
      C        D 
I'm a boy in a box 
            Em             G 
When you're six, watch the clock 
         Am             Bm 
Get your fix out of the bottle 
         C            D 
Drink it up, and then swallow 
C      D      C 
Tune in, Tune out 
C      G          C 
Breath in, Breath out 
 
verse 2 
   G                     Em                        D 
So what's a little white lie, to parents who never try? 
                      C 
A little prescription high, will help you guys to get by 
   G                         Em 
So lets all take a ride, and we can stand in line 
         D 
To get a little piece of mind 
C 
From the medicine man's supply 
C 
From the medicine man's supply 
 
      C        D 
I'm a boy in a box 
            Em             G 
When you're six, watch the clock 
         Am             Bm 
Get your fix out of the bottle 
         C            D 
Drink it up, and then swallow 
      C        D 
I'm a boy in a box 
            Em             G 
When you're six, watch the clock 
         Am             Bm 
Get your fix out of the bottle 
         C            D 
Drink it up, and then swallow 
C      D      C 
Tune in, Tune out 
C      G          C 
Breath in, Breath out 
 
verse 3 
B                    Em                        Db 
I, was floating on a high, up somewhere in the sky... 
                  C 
My teacher ask me why I didn't pass the test? 
  Am 
I have a knot down in my chest 
      D 
Reach for the bottle of my meds 
 
      C        D 
I'm a boy in a box 
            Em             G 
When you're six, watch the clock 
         Am             Bm 
Get your fix out of the bottle 
         C 
Drink it up, and then swallow 
 
C              D 
I'm a boy in a box 
            Em            G 
When you're six, watching clocks 
         Am             Bm 
Get your fix out of the bottle 
         C            D 
Drink it up, and then swallow 
 
Outro 
G        C 
Tune in, Tune out 
C 
Breath in, Breath out 
C      G 
Tune in, Tune out 
C                 G 
Breath in, Breath out 
          
 

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Chord set

G · Em · Dm · C · D · Am · Bm · B · Db

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.