"The Weight of the World"
Music: Elton John
Words: Bernie Taupin
Album: Peachtree Road 2004

G - D/G - C/G
G - D/G - C/G

--------------------------------------------------1. verse

    G                        D/G
I'm weary and I’m staying up late
        C/G
And the rain hits my roof so hard
    Am
You know I'm no longer thirty
               D
These days I'm happy to play
           C/D      G
One or two hands of cards

--------------------------------------------------2. verse

  G                         D/G
I hate flies in the kitchen buzzing
    C/G
Disturbing the peace I've found
Am
Fortune and fame is so fleeting
               D
These days I'm happy to say
                    C/D    G
I'm amazed that I'm still around

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        Em                     Am
And the weight of the world is off my back
        D
When we fell, we got up
            G
And crawled out the cracks
  G/F                    A/C#
Excuse me if I take some comfort in that
Cm/Eb        Am7b5
Happy today, happy to play
         Em                  F   C  G   
With the weight of the world off my back

--------------------------------------------------3. verse

  G                   D/G
Humidity hangs like a curtain
       C/G
Oh, it fogs up my glasses sometimes
    Am
You know I've still got my eyesight
               D
These days I'm happy to see
           C/D        G
A sunset instead of a line

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[ -> chorus ]
--------------------------------------------------interlude

Ab
There's a long list of names
       Eb
That I don't recall 
     Bb
Even though my memory's good
    G/B
The rain washed away 
    Cm
The lemons and weeds
         F                           F7           Bb

When the weight of the world weighed more than it should

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[ -> 1. verse Solo ]
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[ -> 2. verse ]
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[ -> chorus ]
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Cm/Eb        Am7b5
Happy today, happy to play
         Em                  F   C  G
With the weight of the world off my back


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transcribed by sebi (info@edelmeier.com)