Standard tuning. Fun 4 chord song, intermediate only for the voicings, but if you got bar chords down, it should be easy. Play A F#m and D as bar chords, E open. Rhythm is down, up-down-up-down, up-down-up-down, up for each chord during the breaks ("elephants and zebras," "be with you always," etc.) and chorus ("and it de-fi-NIT-ly matters..."). Verse, bridge, and coda are just downstrokes, with palm-muting... ...or play it how like. Have fun! A E F#m D E--5----0----2----5--| B--5----0----2----7--| G--6----1----2----7--| D--7----2----4----7--| A--7----2----4----5--| E--5----0----2----5--| Verse I: A E Every cell is transforming. F#m D And returning to original concepts to construct, A E And then I started to shapeshift, F#m D And the animals within me grew tails and the talons A E I hitched a ride on the back of a whale, F#m D To the darkest of the ocean and ate off the bottom, A E And then I traveled dimensions, F#m D In the places I rode upon elephants and zebras Break I: A E F#m D Elephants and zebras Verse II: 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 And if you left the trees standing, F#m D And they filtered the air and we breathed it in deeply A E Well I traveled across Native America, F#m D I saw the sickness taking form in all the small children A E Well if I could give you my people, yeah, F#m D Well a piece of my peace will be with you always, A E If I could give you my people, yeah, F#m D Well a piece of my peace will be with you always, Break II: A E F#m D Be with you always A E F#m D Be with you always Bridge: D E D I never thought I needed medicine but I was spiritually dying, E I needed some healing, D E So I opened my mouth and took a dose of the music, D E Then I stopped 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 Chorus: A E And it definitely matters how you look at it, F#m D And it definitely matters how you look at it, A E So if you think you can risk it, well, F#m D What an opportunity to be free of it, A E Well if you think you can risk it, well, F#m D What an opportunity to be free of it Break: A E F#m D A E F#m D Verse III: A E I heard, I heard yeah the wild horses, F#m D I were blazing trails through uncertain territory, A E I take a toke and reflect with coyote, F#m D and were dreaming up new ways to bring all the outcasts home, A E I take my place in the choir, F#m D I was singing the songs of freedom and progress A E And we're delivering the babies yeah, F#m D And we're building up the next seven generations A E Said we're delivering the babies yeah, F#m E And we're building up the next seven generations Break: A E F#m D Seven generations A E F#m D Seven generations Bridge: D E D I never thought I needed medicine but I was spiritually dying, E I needed some healing, D E So I opened my mouth and took a dose of the music, D E Then I stopped 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 Chorus: A E And it definitely matters how you look at it, F#m D And it definitely matters how you look at it, A E So if you think you can risk it, well, F#m D What an opportunity to be free of it, A E Well if you think you can risk it, well, F#m D What an opportunity to be free of it Break: A E F#m D A E F#m D Coda: A E Mouthing off, F#m D Such aggressive behavior, A E I'm sounding off, F#m D Holding my temper, A E It comes in waves, F#m D My enemies swim close to me, A E My heart's displaced, F#m D Connected to such bravery, A E My hunger waits, F#m D I cannot swallow, I cannot swallow, A D I am all over the place, F#m D My spirit bellows, My spirt bellows, A E I am on my way, F#m D My body follows, my body follows, A E Written on my face, F#m D Well do not follow, do not follow... me ...if you like, you can play a break and go into a rendition of Matisyahu's "One Day" using the same chords, like Nahko does in the live youtube videos... /* Ultimate-Guitar - Tab Pages */ (function() { var opts = { artist: "Nahko And Medicine For The People", song: "Risk It", genre: "", adunit_id: 39382312, div_id: "cf_async_" + Math.floor((Math.random() * 999999999)), hostname: "srv.tonefuse.com" }; document.write('');var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(window.cf)c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement("script"),s=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];r.async=!0;r.src="//"+opts.hostname+"/showads/showad.js";r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if("loaded"==r.readyState||"complete"==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; })(); UG plus: remove banner comments We did not receive enough feedback on this tab! 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