Trevor Hall

Put Down What You Are Carrying

Trevor Hall


Tom: G

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[Intro]
G   G   G   G
G   G   G   G


[Verse 1]
Em
Don't you go to war with yourself
                               G
I heard it come through the rain
Em
Don’t you go to war with yourself
                             G       G/A
How you gonna hold all that pain, oh no


[Prechorus 1]
C               Am
Let go, let go, let go
                           G     G/A
Put all of it out of your mind
C                 Am
I know, you know, we know
(Stop)
It's time to


[Chorus 1]
G
Put down what you are carrying

Put down what you are carrying (oh)
C
Put down what you are carrying
Am                  C
Put down, put down, put down, now
G
Put down what you are carrying

Put down what you are carrying (yeah)
C
Put down what you are carrying
Am                   C       (stop)
Put down, put down, put down, now

[Riff]


[Verse 2]
Em
Don't you go to war with yourself
                       G
It don’t look good on you

(It don't look good on you)
Em
Don't you go to war with yourself
                          G
You got other things to do now

(You got other things to do)


[Prechorus 2]
C               Am
Let go, let go, let go
                           G     G/A
Of everything holding you down

(Everything holding you down)
C                 Am
I know, you know, we know
           (stop)
The time is now


[Chorus 2]
G
Put down what you are carrying (oh no)

Put down what you are carrying (oh, yeah, put it down)
C
Put down what you are carrying
Am                 C
Put down, put down, put down, now
G
Put down what you are carrying (yeah)

Put down what you are carrying (put it down)
C
Put down what you are carrying
Am                 C
Put down, put down, put down, now


[Bridge]
G                        G/B
You better lay down your arms
Csus2                      D
You better lay down your fears
G                         G/B
Don't you do yourself that harm
Csus2                        D
Don't you cry yourself those tears

No fear, yeah


[Fake Chorus]
N.C.
Put down what you are carrying

Put down what you are carrying

Put down what you are carrying (yeah)

Put down, put down, put down, now (put it down, down, now)


[Chorus 3]
G
Put down what you are carrying (yeah)

Put down what you are carrying (put it down, yeah)
C
Put down what you are carrying (yeah)
Am                  C
Put down, put down, put down, now
G
Put down what you are carrying (put down what you are carrying)

Put down what you are carrying (put it down)
C
Put down what you are carrying (down)
Am                  C
Put down, put down, put down, now (put it down)


[Chorus 4]
G
Put down what you are carrying (put down what you are carrying)

Put down what you are carrying (put it down)
C
Put down what you are carrying (down, down, down)
Am                 C
Put down, put down, put down, now
G
Put down what you are carrying (put it down, now)

Put down what you are carrying (put it down, now)
C
Put down what you are carrying (yeah)
Am                  C
Put down, put down, put down now

G
Put down what you are carrying

Put down what you are carrying
C
Put down what you are carrying
Am                  C
Put down, put down, put down now
G
Put down what you are carrying

Put down what you are carrying
C
Put down what you are carrying
Am                  C
Put down, put down, put down now