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When The Weight Comes Down - The Tragically Hip
>From UP TO HERE, 1989
The B chord is played like this:
e--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G--------------------------------|
D--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
A--2-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
E--------------------------------|
BAfternoon, see a guy with rubies on his Ahead
and he's Bshifting like, shifting like he was Adead
and he's Bhearing something she never Asaid
on his Gway back home, Aunder his Bbed
CHORUS:
When the BweiGght comes Adown
When the BweiGght comes Adown
In the night there's a girl who doesn't mind her ragged sleeves
knowing someone soon is gonna grieve
and a man he tells her a story, she just don't believe
called "adam never could do right by eve."
and the BweiGght comes Adown
and the BweiGght comes Adown
and the BweiGght comes Adown
down on F#you, down on Ame
and a girl walks by the Emburning bush
she asks "what's Ggone wrong here man?"
and he smiles, says, "Open Awide, wide, wide"
In my dreams, a candy coated train comes to my door
with a little girl, I can't have anymore
you know a letter washes up to the shore
that I cannot read and I probably should ignore
when the weight comes down
when the weight comes down
when the weight comes down
CHORDS:
A  -  x02220 or 577655
  B-  x24442
 Em-  022xxx
F# -  244322
G  -  355433

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When The Weight Comes Down

by The Tragically Hip

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

When The Weight Comes Down - The Tragically Hip

>From UP TO HERE, 1989

The B chord is played like this:

e--------------------------------|

B--------------------------------|

G--------------------------------|

D--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|

A--2-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|

E--------------------------------|

B A

Afternoon, see a guy with rubies on his head

B A

and he's shifting like, shifting like he was dead

B A

and he's hearing something she never said

G A B

on his way back home, under his bed

CHORUS:

B G A

When the weight comes down

B G A

When the weight comes down

In the night there's a girl who doesn't mind her ragged sleeves

knowing someone soon is gonna grieve

and a man he tells her a story, she just don't believe

called "adam never could do right by eve."

B G A

and the weight comes down

B G A

and the weight comes down

B G A

and the weight comes down

F# A

down on you, down on me

and a girl walks by the burning bush

she asks "what's gone wrong here man?"

and he smiles, says, "Open wide, wide, wide"

In my dreams, a candy coated train comes to my door

with a little girl, I can't have anymore

you know a letter washes up to the shore

that I cannot read and I probably should ignore

when the weight comes down

CHORDS:

A - x02220 or 577655

- x24442

- 022xxx

F# - 244322

G - 355433

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