Weight Of The World Chords

KeyBm Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays636

Weight Of The World by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords Bm, Em, G, D, C, Em7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bm
Text
16
Speed
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Bm                  Em 
This is more than I wanted, 
G                      Em  D 
Take me out of the dark, I roam there, 
Bm                     Em 
Cold and black, you're out of touch, yeah, 
G                         Em       D 
Lightly falling through a whisper, you're scared. 

C        D             Em7      A     C    D           Em7  A 
It's the weight of the world, I know, as I struggle to be...whole. 
C        D             Em7      A        D                  Em7 
It's the weight of the world, I know, as you were mine, and we will find... 

Bm                    Em 
This is stranger than love or loss, 
G                     Em       D 
Turning backwards you face the dawning, 
Bm              Em 
No excuse for a wasted life, 
G                         Em      D 
Lightly falling through a whisper of sky. 


C        D             Em7      A     C    D           Em7  A 
It's the weight of the world, I know, as I struggle to be...whole. 
C        D             Em7      A        D                  Em7 
It's the weight of the world, I know, as you were mine, and we will find... 

C         Em                D          A 
Time will change, still the world remains the same, 
C         Em                D          A 
Time will change, still the world remains the same. 


C        D             Em7      A     C    D           Em7  A 
It's the weight of the world, I know, as I struggle to be...whole. 
C        D             Em7      A        D                  Em7 
It's the weight of the world, I know, as you were mine, and we will find... 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante