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Weight Of The World by Elton John

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G - D - C
G - D - C


Verse 1:
    G                        D
I'm weary and I'm staying up late
         C
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        G      D  C
One or two hands of cards
  G                         D
I hate flies in the kitchen buzzing
   C
Disturbing the peace I've found
Am
Fortune and fame is so fleeting
               D
These days I'm happy to say
                    C      G      D
I'm amazed that I'm still around

Chorus:
        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

D  C


Verse 2:
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       D
A sunset instead of a line


Chorus:
        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


Bridge:
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


Solo:


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


Outro:
Cm/Eb        Am7b5
Happy today, happy to play
         Em                  F   C  G
With the weight of the world off my back