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Only Changing Drugs

Stuart Davis
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D-DU-UDU
 I had my stomach pumped two times my senior year
 Which earned the approbation  of all my plastered peers
 (Band In)
Now  I do my weekly  bleeding at  trendy AA  meetings
I  was a social monster, but  now I serve my sponsor (w/Fill 1)
I  choke out cliché confessions,  I suck down coffee black
I  chain smoke cigarettes between  handfuls of Prozac
Man  am I one sober  stallion, I  just got my  first medallion
My  higher power drug me, I’m  letting strangers hug me (w/Fill 1)
Now  I really crave a meeting,  all those soothing empty greetings
The  Big Book is omniscient and  I’m not self-sufficient
Dependency’s  still coursing  through my blood,  I’m only changing drugs
Self  help study, twelve step program,  which hollow slogan was it?
 We found serenity and  Day by Day or Easy does it ?
Plant  that affirmation  seed,  our license  plate should read
 Ten thousand lakes and treatment centres,
Betty  Ford’s our statewide mentor  (w/ Fill 1)
They  say the devils in the details  of this cunning, baffling habit
I  poured out all my Nyquil,  I flushed my Sine-aid tablets
‘Don’t  take others  inventory,’  ‘Thanks for sharing  your sick story
If  I bluff I know they’ll call  it, ‘I’m Stuart, I’m an alcoholic’  (w/Fill 1)
Dysfunction  builds the strangest sages,  quoting pointless daily phrases
The  Big Book is omniscient,  and I’m not  self-sufficient
Dependency’s  still  coursing through my blood, I’m  only changing drugs
 (w/palm muting for the next 2 lines)
It’s  a self-perpetuating business,  you can’t cure a life-long sickness
Hazelden  cleaned out my parents, but  my stay was 14 carat
Inner  peace is what  we seek at fifteen  hundred bucks  a week
Treatment’s  just a new psychosis,  need and weakness through hypnosis
The  Big Book is omniscient,  and I’m not  self-sufficient
Dependency’s  still coursing  through my blood,  I’m only changing drugs
 Outro –  FEmin
 Fill 1 (add between verses w/ad lib soloing)
 D 0-2

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Readable chord sheet for Only Changing Drugs by Stuart Davis

I had my stomach pumped two times my senior year [G]
Which earned the approbation[C] of all my plastered peers

(Band In)

[F]Now I do my week[Em9]ly bleeding at[F] trendy A[Em9]A meetings

[D]I was a social monster, [C]but now I serve my sponsor (w/Fill 1)

[G]I choke out cliché conf[D]essions, I suck down coffee black
[G]I chain smoke cigarettes b[C]etween handfuls of Prozac
[F]Man am I one sober[Em9] stallion, [F]I just got my[Em9] first medallion
[D]My higher power drug me, I’m[C] letting strangers hug me (w/Fill 1)

[D]Now I really crave a meeting[C], all those soothing empty greetings
[D]The Big Book is omniscient a[C]nd I’m not self-sufficient
[F]Dependency’s still [Em9]coursing through my b[D]lood, I’m only changing drugs   [G]

[G]Self help study, twelve step progr[D]am, which hollow slogan was it?
[G] We found serenity  and [C] Day by Day  or  Easy does it ?
[F]Plant that [Em9]affirmation s[F]eed, our lice[Em9]nse plate should read
[D] Ten thousand lakes and treatment centres,
[C]Betty Ford’s our statewide mento[G]r        (w/ Fill 1)

[G]They say the devils in the detail[D]s of this cunning, baffling habit
[G]I poured out all my Nyqui[C]l, I flushed my Sine-aid tablets
[F]‘Don’t take othe[Em9]rs inventory,’[F] ‘Thanks for shar[Em9]ing your sick story
[D]If I bluff I know they’ll cal[C]l it,  ‘I’m Stuart, I’m an [G]alcoholic’              (w/Fill 1)

[D]Dysfunction builds the strangest sag[C]es, quoting pointless daily phrases
[D]The Big Book is omniscient,[C] and I’m no[G]t self-sufficient
[F]Dependency’s still[Em9] coursing through my blood, I[D]’m only changing drugs           [G]

(w/palm muting  for the next 2 lines)

[C]It’s a self-perpetuating busines[B]s, you can’t cure a life-long sickness
[C]Hazelden cleaned out my parents, bu[G]t my stay was 14 carat
[F]Inner peace is w[Em9]hat we seek at [C]fifteen hundred bucks[D] a week
[D]Treatment’s just a new psychosis[C], need and weakness through hypnosis
[D]The Big Book is omniscie[C]nt, and I’m not[G] self-sufficient
[F]Dependency’s still [Em9]coursing through my [D]blood, I’m only changing drugs       [G]

Outro – [G]  [D] [G]  [C]  [F] [Em9]  FEmin
[D] [C] [G]

Fill 1 (add between verses w/ad lib soloing)

[E][B]
D     0-2
[A][E]

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