Clinic Cynic
As performed by Widespread Panic
Transcribed by: Will Dorton


Riff 1                Riff 2
    /  /  /  /            /  /  /  /
|---3---------------| |---3---------------|
|---2-----1---------| |---3-----1---------|
|---3-----2---------| |---0-----2---------|
|---0-----0---------| |---0-----0---------|
|---------3--2--0---| |---2-----3--2--0---|
|-------------------| |---3---------------|
    D     C               G     C

Riff 1 (x3)

D                              G
   Nothing I heard was worth repeatin'
D                        G
   But I wouldn't put it down
D                            G
   Nothing I saw was worth believin'
D                      G (with Riff 2 x2)
   No saviors hanging 'round

D                               G
   And was it you with all that know-how
D                  G
   Just given what-for
D                          G
   Read the words but your story
D                   G (with Riff 2 x3)
   Just doesn't get told

C                         G            D               A
   Something here doesn't seem like it did yesterday
C              G         D
   I know it's just me
C                    G           D           A
   The prize for the cynic comes due today
C                  G
   And I know it's for me

Riff 1 (x3)

D                               G
   And when you get your bird a-flyin'
D                           G
   And your soul's left the ground
D                                 G
   Something seems to be getting' closer
D                                G (with Riff 2 x2)
   What you've left, what you've found

D                               G
   And was it you with all that know-how
D                  G
   Just given what-for
D                          G
   Read the words but your story
D                   G (with Riff 2 x3)
   Just doesn't get told

C                         G            D               A
   Something here doesn't seem like it did yesterday
C              G         D
   I know it's just me
C                    G           D           A
   The prize for the cynic comes due today
C                  G
   And I know it's for me

Riff 1 (x3)
D  (pause)
Riff 1(x3)

D                              G
   Nothing I heard was worth repeatin'
D                        G
   But I wouldn't put it down
D                            G
   Nothing I saw was worth believin'
D                      G (with Riff 2 x2)
   No saviors hanging 'round

D                               G
   And was it you with all that know-how
D                  G
   Just given what-for
D                          G
   Read the words but your story
D                   G (with Riff 2 x3)
   Just doesn't get told

C                         G            D               A
   Something here doesn't seem like it did yesterday
C              G         D
   I know it's just me
C                    G           D           A
   The prize for the cynic comes due today
C                  G        D
   And I know it's for me

C                         G            D               A
   Something here doesn't seem like it did yesterday
C              G         D
   I know it's just me
C                    G           D           A
   The prize for the cynic comes due today
C                  G
   And I know it's for me

Riff 1 (x3)
end on D