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Weight of the World - Ringo Starr
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Written by: Brian Patrick O'Doherty / Luis Federico Velez
From: "Time Takes Time" (1992)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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Capo: 1st fret
Play: G
Key: Ab/G#
For original chords tranpose +1
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[Link] or in D-shape
G G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------| e|----7-----7---8-|--7-------7-----|
B|----0-----0---1-|--0-------0-----| B|----8---108---8-|--8---10--8-----|
G|----0---2-0---0-|--0---2---0-----| G|----7---7-------|------7---------|
D|----0---0-------|------0---------| D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|
E|3---------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Em7 0-2-0-0-0-0
Dsus4 x-x-0-2-3-3
A7 x-0-2-0-2-0
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[Intro]
| D | % | D | % |
(break) (break)
| D | % | G | % |
(break) (link)
[Verse]
D Am C G
Maybe your daddy never held you like he should
D Am C G
Maybe your mama just held on the best she could
[Bridge]
Em7
Every soul has a secret
C
Give it away or keep it
A7 | C | D |
But yesterday's gone so tell me why
[Chorus]
G Em7
You carry the weight, the weight of the world
Bm D Dsus4 D
It's breakin' you down on your back like a boulder
G Em7 Bm
Before it's too late, get rid of it, girl
D Dsus4 D
Get it off of your shoul-der
Am C
I know you've been used
Am C | G | G |
But you gotta lose the weight of the world (link)
[Verse]
D Am C G
Maybe I haven't always been there just for you
D Am C G
Maybe I try but then, I got my own life too
[Bridge]
Em7
Every heart has a hunger
C
I'm not getting any younger
A7 | C | D |
I got all the crosses I can bear
[Chorus]
G Em7
Don't give me the weight, the weight of the world
Bm D Dsus4 D
It's breakin' me down on my back like a boulder
G Em7 Bm
Before it's too late, get rid of it, girl
D Dsus4 D
Get it off of my shoul-der
Am C
You know I've been used
Am C | G | G |
And I gotta lose the weight of the world (link)
[Middle 8]
Bm C | G | % |
It all comes down to who you crucify
Bm C A7
You either kiss the future or the past goodbye
C [ D ]
We could fly so high (break)
[Interlude]
| D | % | D | % |
(break) (break)
| D | % |
(break)
[Chorus]
G Em7
But we carry the weight, the weight of the world
Bm D Dsus4 D
It's breakin' us down on our backs like a boulder
G Em7 Bm
Before it's too late, get rid of it, girl
D Dsus4 D
Get it off of our shoul-ders
Am C
We've all been used
Am C
And we gotta lose
[Chorus]
| G | Em7 |
The weight of the world
Bm D Dsus4 D
It's takin' us down and the night's growin' col-der
G Em7 Bm
Just blame it on fate, that was yesterday, girl
D Dsus4 D
And we're just growin' ol-der
Am C
We've all been abused
Am C [ G ]
Now it's time to lose the weight of the world
[Coda]
| G | Dsus4 D [ G ]
The weight of the world
| G | Dsus4 D [ G ]
The weight of the world
| G | [ D ] | G
(riff)