{"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":2087891,"song":"Weight Of The World","artist":"Judy Collins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2087891-weight-of-the-world-chords-by-judy-collins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2087891?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Judy Collins - Weight Of The World\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI still see my brother Michael[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPressed and polished, shaking hands down at the store[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nEverybody'd come to see the all-star[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHop the greyhound bus to go to war[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe punched me in the arm to say goodbye[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was the first time that I saw our father cry[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI kept all my brother's letters[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTied in ribbon in a box beneath my bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nEvery night I read by flashlight[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith the covers in a tent above my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis words said, \"Not to worry, doing fine\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was his way of trying to ease my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhile I was trying not to read between the lines___[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe weight of the world, too heavy to lift[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo much to lose, so much to miss[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it doesn't seem fair that an innocent boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShould have to carry the weight of the world[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen it was football games and homecoming[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPicking out our dresses for the prom[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith my brother in some desert[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDodging bullets when he wasn't dodging bombs[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhile we went from the land of brave and free[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo just being afraid to disagree[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhile I was being brought down to my knees[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe weight of the world, too heavy to lift[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo much to lose, so much to miss[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it doesn't seem fair that an innocent boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShould have to carry the weight of the world[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt was the middle of December[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the Army sent my brother home at last[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the flagpole on the football field[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFlew the colours halfway down the mast[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe wind blew cold and snow was coming down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStill everybody turned out from our town[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAs we laid my brother in that frozen ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe weight of the world, too heavy to lift[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo much was lost, so much was missed[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it doesn't seem fair that an innocent boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShould have to carry the weight of the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShould have to carry the weight of the world[/tab]","plain_text":"Judy Collins - Weight Of The World\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Em","C","G","D","G/B","Am","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}