Drug Dealer Chords by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Drug Dealer Chords by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

[INSTRUMENTAL]
D Em Bm A x3 

[INTRO] 
Em G

[VERSE]
D              Em
They said it wasn't a gateway drug
         Bm
My homie was takin' subs and he ain't wake up
A          D              Em
The whole while, these billionaires, they kicked up
       Bm                            A
Paying out congress so we take their drugs
 D          Em
Murderers who will never face the judge
         Bm                         A
And we dancin' to a song about our face goin' numb
          Em                       D/F#
But I seen homies turn grey, noses draining blood
                            G
I could've been gone, out 30's, faded in that tub
         D
That's Prince, Michael and Whitney, 
        Em
that's Amy, Ledger and Pimp C
        Bm
That's Yams, that's DJ A.M
Bm
God damn they're making a killing
A       D                      Em
Now it's getting attention cause Sara, Katey and Billy
          Bm
But this shit's been going one 
Bm                         A
from Seattle out to South Philly
           D
It just moved out about the city
Em
And spread out to the 'burbs
Bm
Now it's everybody's problem, 
        A
got a nation on the verge
      Em
Take Activis off the market, 
           D/F#
jack the price up on the syrup
                                        G
But Purdue farmer's 'bout to move that work


[CHORUS]
                       D     Em
My drug dealer was a doctor, doctor
                        Bm
Had the plug from Big Pharma, Pharma
          A     D         Em
He said he'd heal me, heal me
                      Bm
But he only gave me problems, problems
          A              D      Em
My drug dealer was a doctor, doctor
                        Bm        A
Had the plug from Big Pharma, Pharma
                     Em          D/F# 
I think he tryin' kill me, kill me
                                          G
He tried to kill me for a dollar, for a dollar

[VERSE]
            D                   Em
And these devil's they keep on talkin' to me
                           Bm
They screamin' "open the bottle," I wanna be at peace
             A               D
My hand is gripping that throttle, 
                       Em
I'm running out of speed
                         Bm
Tryin' close my eyes but I keep sweatin' 
Bm                                     A
through these sheets, through these sheets
        D              Em
Four horseman, they won't let me forget
                Bm
I wanna forge a prescription, 
Bm       A                     Em
cause doctor I need some more of it
Em                    D/F#
When Morphine and heroine is more viewer budget
G
I said I'd never use a needle, but sure, fuck it
D              Em
I'm caught up, I'm on one, I'm nauseous
      Bm
No options, exhausted
         A
This is not what I started
Em                   D/F#
Walkin' carcass, I lost everything I wanted
                                  G
My blinds drawn, too far gone to leave this apartment



[CHORUS]
                       D     Em
My drug dealer was a doctor, doctor
                        Bm
Had the plug from Big Pharma, Pharma
          A     D         Em
He said he'd heal me, heal me
                      Bm
But he only gave me problems, problems
          A              D      Em
My drug dealer was a doctor, doctor
                        Bm        A
Had the plug from Big Pharma, Pharma
                     Em          D/F# 
I think he tryin' kill me, kill me
                                          G
He tried to kill me for a dollar, for a dollar

[VERSE]
D Em         Bm
More, more, more
Bm
Re-up, re-up
Em                             D/F#
Death certificate signed the prenup
D/F#
Ain't no coming back from this percocet
D/F#
After this ambien, adderral, xanax binge
D              Em
Best friends with the thing that's killing me
Bm                      A
Enemies with my best friend, there's no healing me
Em               D/F#
Refilling these, refilling these
D/F#
They say it's death, death
D/F#              G
Institutions and DOC's
   D                  Em
So God grant me the serenity 
                       Bm
to accept the things I can't change
             A
Courage to change the things I can
Em                           D/F#
And the wisdom to know the difference
                              G
And the wisdom to know the difference


[INSTRUMENTAL]
D Em Bm A x2