Tom: D
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During riff:
D Bm D Bm
Verse 1:
D Bm
Sometimes momma, it can feel real heavy when I think of the wrong I have done.
D Bm
I don't how I can carry this burden, all I feel is the weight of the gun.
Chorus:
G
The weight of the gun.
A
And the wrong I have done.
Verse 2:
D Bm
I know this wasn't what you planned for me. Mothers have hopes for their sons.
D Bm
Along with the shame I have brought to the family, all I feel is the weight of the gun.
Chorus:
G
The weight of the gun.
A
And the wrong I have done.
Verse 3:
D Bm
My hands are empty, but my mind is filled with things that cannot be undone.
D Bm
How many years since I've lifted a pistol, but I still feel the weight of the gun.
Chorus:
G
The weight of the gun.
A
Things that can't be undone.
G
The weight of the gun.
A
And the wrong I have done.
Bridge 1:
Em Em Fm F#m F#m F#m Fm Fm
Well brass is heavy, and steel is heavy, lead even heavier still.
Em Em Fm F#m G A
Heaviest of all is the weight on your soul from the blood of the man you killed.
Play Main Riff
Verse 4:
D Bm
A concrete cell is especially tough on a boy used to Montana sun.
D Bm
And the news that you're gone that the warden delivered, makes me long for the weight of the gun.
Chorus:
G
The weight of the gun.
A
The Montana sun.
G
The weight of the gun.
A
And the wrong I have done.
Bridge 2:
Em Em Fm F#m F#m F#m Fm Fm
Well brass is heavy, and steel is heavy, lead even heavier still.
Em Em Fm F#m G A
Heaviest of all is the weight on your soul from the blood of the man you killed
