PJ Harvey - Medicinals: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Medicinals" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Medicinals ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Medicinals" smoothly on your ukulele.

       Fm                  A#m
I was walking through the National Mall
 G#               C#                         A#m
Thinking about medicinals, how they used to grow there
Fm                 A#m
When the ground was a marshland
G#              C#                             A#m
Undisturbed by human hands, and I heard their voices

Chorus:
     D#                 Fm
The sumac said, "We are always here"
     D#                  Fm
The witch hazel, "We are always here"
    D#                 Fm
The sassafras, "We are always here"
     D#              C#
The bluestem grasses always here

I looked about, what did I see?
Medicinals growing round' me
Rising from the gravel
Sumac and the Witch Hazel
Come to soothe our pain, our sores
Come to soothe our troubles

Chorus:
The Sumac said "We are always here"
The Witch Hazel - "We are always here"
The Sassafras - "We are always here"
The Bluestem grasses - "Always here"

           Cm       Fm      Gm             G#
But do you see that woman, sitting in the wheelchair?
          Cm             Fm          Gm                G#
With her Redskins cap on backwards, what's that she's singing?
          D#             Fm          Gm          G#
As from inside a paper wrapper, she sips from a bottle
   D#  G#  Fm  C# D#       C#     D#
A new painkiller, for the native people

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

A#m

Ukulele chord A#m

Cm

Ukulele chord Cm

C#

Ukulele chord C#

D#

Ukulele chord D#

Fm

Ukulele chord Fm

Gm

Ukulele chord Gm

G#

Ukulele chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Medicinals" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Medicinals" by PJ Harvey.

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