Tom: B
Introdução:
A A6 A A6
She won't recover from her losses
A A6 A A+
She's not chosen this path, but she watches who it crosses
D/9 D Bm7 E7
Maybe move to the right, maybe move to the left
A2 A2/G# D/F#
So we can all see her pain she wears like a banner on her chest
D/9 D Bm7 E7
And we all say it's sad, and we think it's a shame
A2 D/F#
And she's called to our attention, but we do not call her name
E A A6 A A6
The girl with the weight of the world in her hands
'Cause we're busy with our happiness, and busy with our plans
E A/9
The girl with the weight of the world in her hands
D D/C# Bm7 E7
I wonder which saint that lives inside a bead
A A/G# D
Will grant her consolation when she counts upon her need
D D/C# Bm7 E7
It makes us all angry, though we feign to care
A A/G# D
But who will be the scale to weigh the cross she has to bear?
E A A6 A A6
The girl with the weight of the world in her hands
"Is the glass half full or empty?" I ask her as I fill it
E A/9
The girl with the weight of the world in her hands
I wonder which saint that lives inside a bead
E A A6 A A6 A+ A/9
The girl with the weight of the world in her hands
over again with the verse.