{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2814548,"song":"The Weight Of Years","artist":"Idlewild","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11639498-the-weight-of-years-chords-by-idlewild/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2814548?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[In this song you should play bass notes and pluck the top 3 strings alternately]\r\n\r\nEm x4\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGirls, be good to these spirits[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf music and poetry[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd lift the lyre so clear and sweet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey meet with you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd as for me this body[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhich is now so arthritic[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI cannot play[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCan hardly even hold the instrument[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd oh, the soul grows heavy[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith the body[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd oh, the soul grows heavy[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWithout the body[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSome gloomy poems[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCame from these thoughts[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd useless we are all born[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo lose life like we lose our youth[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd oh, the soul grows heavy[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith the body[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd oh, the soul grows heavy[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWithout the body[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[At this point the song does something odd. The last C stretches out for an extra two beats then goes to D for\r\ntwo beats then back into the chorus chords as if nothing happened. I believe it's to illustrate the singer's\r\nsuccumbing to the Weight of Years, but don't advise including it until you're confident.]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [Chorus chords]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd so I stepped in quite clearly[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom my hiding place[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo then suspect that she would grow old and gray[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he despaired in his mortal way and said[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd oh, the soul grows heavy[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith the body[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd oh, the soul grows heavy[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWithout the body[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd oh, the soul grows heavy[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith the body[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd oh, the soul grows heavy[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWithout the body[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]B[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n[In this song you should play bass notes and pluck the top 3 strings alternately]\n\nEm x4\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nAm Em C D\nAm Em C D\nG  D  Em C\nG  D  Em C\n\n[At this point the song does something odd. The last C stretches out for an extra two beats then goes to D for\ntwo beats then back into the chorus chords as if nothing happened. I believe it's to illustrate the singer's\nsuccumbing to the Weight of Years, but don't advise including it until you're confident.]\n\nEm G D Em C D [Chorus chords]\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nB        Em","chords":["Em","D","C","G","Am","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}