The Medicine Show Chords

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The Medicine Show by Melissa Etheridge is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: (NO GUITAR) 
 N.C. 
Let's all go to the medicine show 

Hi-ho, hi-ho, E-I-E-I-O 

Let's all go to the medicine show 

Hi-ho, hi-ho, E-I-E-I-O 


Verse: 
(PALM MUTING) 
                                E 
Didn't I come here to say I'm sorry? 

Now it's a party 

I met a hottie 

I'm on a magical safari 
       A 
Got reborn, yeah 

A unicorn, yeah 

I got 'em tied up by the tail and on my horn, yeah 
              E 
They say I'm savage 

So, baby, damage 

I've got all that I think you can manage 
   D                  A 
A little remedy never do you no harm 
 E 
Come on down to mama's barn 


 
 E 
Let's all go to the medicine show 

Hi-ho, hi-ho, E-I-E-I-O 
  A 
Let's all go to the medicine show 

Hi-ho, hi-ho, E-I-E-I-O 
  E 
Let's all go to the medicine show 
              N.C. 
Hi-ho, hi-ho, E-I-E-I-O 


Verse: 
         E 
I got legit, yeah 

I took a hit, yeah 

In North Dakota 

'Cause I'ma rocker and a roller 
          A 
I got to walk, yeah 

But can we talk? Yeah 

There's still too many in the pen, you cannot call, yeah 
               E 
Well, we can change this 

Or we can blame this 

We are the people and our thoughts can rearrange this 
   D                  A 
A little remedy never do you no harm 
 E 
Come on down to mama's farm (Come on, come on, come on) 


 
 E 
Let's all go to the medicine show 

Hi-ho, hi-ho, E-I-E-I-O 
 A 
Let's all go to the medicine show 

Hi-ho, hi-ho, E-I-E-I-O 
 E 
Let's all go to the medicine show 

Hi-ho, hi-ho, E-I-E-I-O 
 A 
Let's all go to the medicine show 

Hi-ho, hi-ho, E-I-E-I-O 
 E 
Let's all go to the medicine show 

Hi-ho, hi-ho, E-I-E-I-O 
 A 
Let's all go to the medicine show 
              N.C. 
Hi-ho, hi-ho, E-I-E-I-O  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante