Risk It Chords
Risk It by Medicine For The People is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, F#m and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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