Key: A
Introduction:
E Bm D A
Maybe your daddy never held you like you should,
E Bm D A
Maybe your mama just held on the best she could.
F#m
Ev'ry soul has a secret,
D
Give it away or keep it,
B7 D E
But yesterday's gone so tell me why.
A F#m
You carry the weight, the weight of the world,
C#m E
It's breakin' you down on your back like a boulder.
A F#m C#m
Before it's too late, get rid of it, girl,
E
Get it off of your shoulder.
Bm D
I know you've been used,
Bm D A
But you gotta lose the weight of the world.
E Bm D A
Maybe I haven't always been there just for you,
E Bm D A
Maybe I try but then I got my own life too.
F#m
Ev'ry heart has a hunger,
D
I'm not getting any younger,
B7 D E
I got all the crosses i can bear.
A F#m
Don't gimme the weight, the weight of the world,
C#m E
It's breakin' me down on my back like a boulder.
A F#m C#m
Before it's too late, get rid of it, girl,
E
Get it off of my shoulder.
Bm D
You know i've been used,
Bm D A
And I gotta lose the weight of the world.
C#m D A
It all comes down to who you crucify.
C#m D B7
You either kiss the future or the past goodbye,
D E
We could fly so high.
A F#m
But we carry the weight, the weight of the world,
C#m E
It's breakin' us down on our backs like a boulder.
A F#m C#m
Before it's too late, get rid of it, girl,
E
Get it off of our shoulders.
Bm D
We've all been used,
Bm D A
And we gotta lose the weight of the world.
F#m C#m E
It's takin' us down and the night's growin' colder,
A F#m C#m
Just blame it on fate, that was yesterday, girl.
E
And we're just growin' older.
Bm D
We've all been used,
Bm D A
Now it's time to lose the weight of the world,
E4 A
The weight of the world,
E4 A
The weight of the world.