Weight Chords

KeyC Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays694

Weight by Alexz Johnson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, F, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
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16
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Intro:  C 


     C   
 History repeats 

 It keeps you on your feet 
                F 
 the faster it goes 
                       C 
 It keeps you on your toes 

       C 
 It's told, she lings 

 And keeping all these things 
                       F 
 Will just weigh you down 
                    C 
 Until your underground 

  F 
 Nothing left to take it out on 

 Nothing left to take it out on 
  C 
 Ha! 

       C 
 It's for show, I know 

 The farther that you go 
                  F 
 Is feeling like work 
                         C 
 Heart beating on your shirt 

  F 
 Nothing left to take it out on 

 Nothing left to take it out on 


  C 
 Come in, come and put your weight on me 

 come in, come and put your weight on me 

 come in, come and put your weight on me 

 come in, come and put your weight on me 
    Am             G 
 Oh Lordy, you will see 
        C         F 
 Come clean off on me 
     Am        G 
 And maybe some-day 
 C                        F           C 
 I will come, take your breath away 


      C 
 The doctor will call 

 It won't matter at all 
                  F 
 How good you've been 
                         C 
 'Cause I can make you clean 

  F 
 Nothing left to take it out on 

 Nothing left to take it out on 


  C 
 Come in, come and put your weight on me 

 come in, come and put your weight on me 

 come in, come and put your weight on me 

 come in, come and put your weight on me 
    Am             G 
 Oh Lordy, you will see 
        C         F 
 Come clean off on me 
     Am        G 
 And maybe some-day 
 C                        F           Am      G 
 I will come, take your breath away 
 C                        F 
 I will come, take your breath away 
Am                        G              C        F 
 Tell me why, tell my why, tell me why 


 C 
 Do it to me 

 Do it to me 
 F 
 Do it to me 
 C 
 Do it to me 

    Am                      G 
 Oh Lordy is this meant to be? 
     C                         F 
 My heart's beating faster than me 
     Am                        G        C 
 I'm watching him hold up the sky 
   F  G     Am     G     C     F      Am     G     C     F 
 Why can't IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 


    Am             G 
 Oh Lordy, you will see 
        C         F 
 Come clean off on me 
     Am        G 
 And maybe some-day 
 C                        F           Am      G 
 I will come, take your breath away 
 C                        F 
 I will come, take your breath away 
Am                        G              C        F 
 Tell me why, tell my why, tell me why 

 Am    G    C    F  (3x)   C 

  
 End on: C 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante