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Burden

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Capo on 3rd fret
Standard Tuning
[Verse]
 CWhen you get off wEmork
  FCome by my Chouse, and lay your Ambu__Crden FdownF  C  C  
 CMay the world the keep Emspinning, until itF  
Spirals Cout, lay your Ambu__Crden FdownF  C  C  
[Chorus]
  AmMy mom's Cgone to CaliFforCnia
  AmThey got a Ctreatment center theFreC  
  AmMy mom Chad a fucked up FchildhoodC  
  AmThat's the buCrden that Fwe both Cbear, lay your Ambu__Crden FdownF  
[Instrumental]
C   C   C   C
[Verse]
I quit Emdrinking
 FBut I still Csmoke, lay your Ambu__Crden FdownF  C  C  
  CCarried down a hEmighway with
 FNowhere else to Cgo, lay your Ambu__Crden FdownF  C  C  
[Chorus]
  AmMy mom's Cgone to CaliFforCnia
  AmThey got a Ctreatment center theFreC  
  AmMy mom Chad a fucked up FchildhoodC  
  AmThat's the buCrden that Fwe both Cbear, lay your Ambu__Crden Fdown
[Outro]
F   C   C

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Burden

by Coma Cinema

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo on 3rd fret

Standard Tuning

[Verse]

C Em

When you get off work

F C Am C F F C C

Come by my house, and lay your bu__rden down

C Em F

May the world the keep spinning, until it

C Am C F F C C

Spirals out, lay your bu__rden down

[Chorus]

Am C F C

My mom's gone to California

Am C F C

They got a treatment center there

Am C F C

My mom had a fucked up childhood

Am C F C Am C F F

That's the burden that we both bear, lay your bu__rden down

[Instrumental]

C C C C

[Verse]

I quit drinking

F C Am C F F C C

But I still smoke, lay your bu__rden down

C Em

Carried down a highway with

F C Am C F F C C

Nowhere else to go, lay your bu__rden down

[Chorus]

Am C F C

My mom's gone to California

Am C F C

They got a treatment center there

Am C F C

My mom had a fucked up childhood

Am C F C Am C F

That's the burden that we both bear, lay your bu__rden down

[Outro]

F C C

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