Heavy Is The Weight chords by Memphis May Fire

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: B minorBm

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
B minorBm               E minorEm
One step forward and two steps back
D MajorD      A augmentedA
Nothing good ever comes easy
B minorBm                 E minorEm
I gave it all and got a knife in my back
D MajorD              A augmentedA
Should have known the ones I trusted would leave me
G+G            A augmentedA
They only see what they wanna see

Chorus:
B minorBm      E minorEm      D MajorD
Heavy is the weight that I hold
  A augmentedA
The weight that I hold
 B minorBm         E minorEm     D MajorD
I carry it cause it's all that I know
    A augmentedA
This is all that I know
B minorBm
Pressure on me
E minorEm
Pressure to be
D MajorD       A augmentedA
True to who I am
       G+G
Heavy is the weight
  C majorC
The weight that I hold


Verse 2:
B minorBm                E minorEm
One life, one chance, it's all I have
D MajorD           A augmentedA
Wouldn't matter if the whole world hated me
B minorBm            E minorEm
So I move on, forget the past
D MajorD           A augmentedA
And let 'em go back to thinkin' they made me
G+G            A augmentedA
They only see what they want to see

Chorus:
B minorBm      E minorEm      D MajorD
Heavy is the weight that I hold
  A augmentedA
The weight that I hold
 B minorBm         E minorEm     D MajorD
I carry it cause it's all that I know
    A augmentedA
This is all that I know
B minorBm
Pressure on me
E minorEm
Pressure to be
D MajorD       A augmentedA
True to who I am
       G+G
Heavy is the weight
  C majorC
The weight that I hold


Interlude:
B minorBm E minorEm D MajorD A augmentedA


Verse 3:
B minorBm
Heavy is the weight
B minorBm
I don't wanna wait
B minorBm
For them all to be good
B minorBm
When I wanna be great
B minorBm
Yeah, I know about pressure
B minorBm
Yeah, I know about stressin'
B minorBm
Worried if I'll lose everything invested
B minorBm
And I know about workin' when I'm hardly rested
B minorBm
Like, am I in tune with what I'm destined for?
B minorBm
Been carrying this weight for so long
B minorBm
Didn't even notice that my back was so strong
B minorBm
I can probably put a boat on it with no problem
B minorBm
The show must go on


Chorus:
B minorBm      E minorEm      D MajorD
Heavy is the weight that I hold
  A augmentedA
The weight that I hold
 B minorBm         E minorEm     D MajorD
I carry it cause it's all that I know
    A augmentedA
This is all that I know
B minorBm
Pressure on me
E minorEm
Pressure to be
D MajorD       A augmentedA
True to who I am
       G+G
Heavy is the weight
  A augmentedA
The weight that I hold


End Chorus:
B minorBm      E minorEm      D MajorD
Heavy is the weight that I hold
  A augmentedA
The weight that I hold
 B minorBm         E minorEm     D MajorD
I carry it cause it's all that I know
    A augmentedA
This is all that I know
B minorBm
Pressure on me
E minorEm
Pressure to be
D MajorD       A augmentedA
True to who I am
       G+G
Heavy is the weight
       A augmentedA
Heavy is the weight
A augmentedA         B minorBm
The weight that I hold