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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)
