C7 (1) Woke up in the morning,
pounding in my head
C7 Opened up a test kit,
with a scary sense of dread.
F7 Do I have the virus?
or do I have a cold?
C7 It doesn't really matter,
cause it can be controlled.
G7 Oh, I'm not apprehensive
F7 Pfizer's got my back
C7 Got me some Paxlovid
G7 and opened up the pack.
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(Piano riff)
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C7 I didn't know what hit me
I couldn't stand the taste
C7 I'd rather dine on concrete
spiked with nuclear waste
F7 My taste buds had betrayed me
in the most disgusting way
C7 I tried to rip my tongue out
but my teeth got in the way
G7 Tried to scrub with Brillo
F7 and gargling with booze
C7 But there ain't no cure
for the Paxlovid blues. (2)
Obligatory harmonica solo, preferably by some guy with puke in his beard...
Image: Sweetwater
Notes:
(1) For you non-musicians, a C7 chord, a staple of blues music, consists of C-E-G-B-flat.
(2) Fine, I'm halfway through my course of the drug, and it's fairly nasty, but it's also a great drug that could keep me from getting really sick So suck it up for 5 days and stop whining like me.
Josh Bloom
Director of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science
Dr. Josh Bloom, the Director of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science, comes from the world of drug discovery, where he did research for more than 20 years. He holds a Ph.D. in chemistry.
