Weighed Down Guitar Tab

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Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 13:29:00 -0500
!From: Daniel S Fisher 
Subject: TAB:"Weighed Down" by Jars of Clay


"Weighed Down" by Jars of Clay from the MUCH AFRAID album (1997)

Tabbed by Daniel S. Fisher -- Comments welcome!
wetstone@compuserve.com

There are several ways to play this song.  On the album the guys use 2
guitars, but I tabbed only one guitar with perhaps more full voicings
than the chords actually used so that it will sound more full with
only one guitar. The chord forms listed below are even more general
but they sound pretty good.  Experiment with other partial chords to
find your own favorite forms.

CHORD FORMS

  C#m       E      F#7/11     A9       D9      Bsus      A        G
4x---oo  4o---oo  2----oo  1xo--oo  1xxo--o  2x---oo  5x-----  3x-----
 |o||||   |||o||   o|||||   ||||||   ||||||   |o||||   ||||oo   ||||oo
 ------   ------   ------   ------   ------   ------   ------   ------
 ||||||   ||||||   |||o||   ||oo||   |||o||   ||||||   |||o||   |||o||
 ------   ------   ------   ------   ------   ------   ------   ------
 ||oo||   ||o|||   |oo|||   ||||||   ||||o|   ||oo||   |oo|||   |oo|||
 ------   ------   ------   ------   ------   ------   ------   ------
 ||||||   |o||||   ||||||   ||||||   ||||||   ||||||   ||||||   ||||||


4/4

BPM = 110

INTRO (bars 1 and 2, do once before first verse only)

1  C#m                                           2  E
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------==
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------==
|--------------6--6--6--6===--6==================|--------------6--6--6--6==
|--------------6--6--6--6===--4==================|--------------6--6--6--6==
|--4===--4===--4--4--4--4===--4==================|--------------7--7--7--7==
|------------------------------------------------|--0===--0=============--==


                        3  F#7/11
------------------------|-----------------------------0================--==
------------------------|-----------------------------0================--==
===--6==================|--------------3--3--3--3===--3================--==
===--4==================|--------------4--4--4--4===--4================--==
===--7==================|--------------4--4--4--4===--4================--==
========================|--2===--2=====================------------------==


4  A9                                            5  C#m
|-----------------------------0==================|------------------------==
|-----------------------------0==================|------------------------==
|--------------4--4--4--4===--2==================|--------------6--6--6--6==
|--------------2--2--2--2===--2==================|--------------6--6--6--6==
|--0===--0===--0--0--0--0===--0==================|--4===--4===--4--4--4--4==
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------==
                                          VERSE 1:
                                          VERSE 2:

                        6  E
------------------------|------------------------------------------------==
------------------------|------------------------------------------------==
===--6==================|--------------6--6--6--6===--6================--==
===--4==================|--------------6--6--6--6===--4================--==
===--4==================|--------------7--7--7--7===--7================--==
------------------------|--0===--0=====================================--==
            Light          of                                        the
            Our            hearts                                      a

7 F#7/11                                         8 A9
|-----------------------------0==================|------------------------==
|-----------------------------0==================|------------------------==
|--------------3--3--3--3===--3==================|--------------4--4--4--4==
|--------------4--4--4--4===--4==================|--------------2--2--2--2==
|--------------4--4--4--4===--4==================|--0===--0===--0--0--0--0==
|--2===--2=====================------------------|------------------------==
   world       are    you     still        here?
   bubble             maker's              dream

                        9  C#m
-----0==================|------------------------------------------------==
-----0==================|------------------------------------------------==
===--2==================|--------------6--6--6--6===--6================--==
===--2==================|--------------6--6--6--6===--4================--==
===--0==================|--4===--4===--4--4--4--4===--4================--==
------------------------|------------------------------------------------==
                                                                     And
                                                                   Moved

10  E                                            11  F#7/11
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------==
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------==
|--------------6--6--6--6===--6==================|--------------3--3--3--3==
|--------------6--6--6--6===--4==================|--------------4--4--4--4==
|--------------7--7--7--7===--7==================|--------------4--4--4--4==
|--0===--0=======================================|--2===--2=============--==
   are               we                          illuminating?
   on                         by      winds      of      everything

                        12 A9
-----0==================|-----------------------------0================--==
-----0==================|-----------------------------0================--==
===--3==================|--------------4--4--4--4===--2================--==
===--4==================|--------------2--2--2--2===--2================--==
===--4==================|--0===--0===--0--0--0--0===--0================--==
======------------------|------------------------------------------------==
                                                                   When
                                                                   As

13  C#m                                          14  E
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------==
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------==
|--------------6--6--6--6===--6==================|--------------6--6--6--6==
|--------------6--6--6--6===--4==================|--------------6--6--6--6==
|--4===--4===--4--4--4--4===--4==================|--------------7--7--7--7==
|------------------------------------------------|--0===--0=============--==
   love                                           becomes
   we                                             deny

                        15  F#7/11
------------------------|-----------------------------0================--==
------------------------|-----------------------------0================--==
===--6==================|--------------3--3--3--3===--3================--==
===--4==================|--------------4--4--4--4===--4================--==
===--7==================|--------------4--4--4--4===--4================--==
========================|--2===--2=====================------------------==
                     a     delicate
                     that  love                      is    still   the

16 A9                                            17  C#m
|-----------------------------0==================|------------------------==
|-----------------------------0==================|------------------------==
|--------------4--4--4--4===--2==================|--------------6--6--6--6==
|--------------2--2--2--2===--2==================|--------------6--6--6--6==
|--0===--0===--0--0--0--0===--0==================|--4===--4===--4--4--4--4==
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------==
   display                                       So weak
   key                                     Not  as  weak

                        18  E
------------------------|------------------------------------------------==
------------------------|------------------------------------------------==
===--6==================|--------------6--6--6--6===--6================--==
===--4==================|--------------6--6--6--6===--4================--==
===--4==================|--------------7--7--7--7===--7================--==
------------------------|--0===--0=====================================--==
                       dissolved                                   by
                       as  we                              make   him

19 F#7/11                                        20 A9
|-----------------------------0==================|------------------------==
|-----------------------------0==================|------------------------==
|--------------3--3--3--3===--3==================|--------------4--4--4--4==
|--------------4--4--4--4===--4==================|--------------2--2--2--2==
|--------------4--4--4--4===--4==================|--0===--0===--0--0--0--0==
|--2===--2=======================================|------------------------==
   anything
   out   to   be

                        21 D9
-----0==================|--0===============--0=========================--==
-----0==================|--3===============--3=========================--==
===--2==================|--2===============--2=========================--==
===--2==================|--0===============--0=========================--==
===--0==================|------------------------------------------------==
------------------------|------------------------------------------------==
                  CHORUS:                                          Love

22 A9                                            23 Bsus
|--0===============--0===========================|--0===============--0=--==
|--0===============--0===========================|--0===============--0=--==
|--2===============--2===========================|--4===============--4=--==
|--2===============--2===========================|--4===============--4=--==
|--0===============--0===========================|--2===============--2=--==
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------==
   lies    here      waiting                     all                 alone

                        24 C#m
========================|--0===============--0=========================--==
========================|--0===============--0=========================--==
========================|--6===============--6=========================--==
========================|--6===============--6=========================--==
========================|--4===============--4=========================--==
------------------------|------------------------------------------------==


25 D9                                            26 A9
|--0===============--0===========================|--0===============--0=--==
|--3===============--3===========================|--0===============--0=--==
|--2===============--2===========================|--2===============--2=--==
|--0===============--0===========================|--2===============--2=--==
|------------------------------------------------|--0===============--0=--==
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------==
                                        Can    a    king   be    a    king

                        27 Bsus
========================|--0===============--0=========================--==
========================|--0===============--0=========================--==
========================|--4===============--4=========================--==
========================|--4===============--4=========================--==
========================|--2===============--2=========================--==
------------------------|------------------------------------------------==
               weighed     down?

28 Bsus/F#                                       29 A                 E
|--0===============--0===========================|------------------------==
|--0===============--0===========================|------------------------==
|--4===============--4===========================|------------------------==
|--4===============--4===========================|--7===============--6=--==
|--2===============--2===========================|--7===============--7=--==
|--2===============--2===========================|------------------------==
                repeat bars 5 - 28 for 2nd verse |
                and another chorus before bar 29 |

                        30 G                 A
------------------------|------------------------------------------------==
------------------------|------------------------------------------------==
------------------------|------------------------------------------------==
========================|--5===============--7=========================--==
========================|--5===============--7=========================--==
------------------------|------------------------------------------------==
                   Weighed down

31 A                 E                           32 G                 A
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------==
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------==
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------==
|--7===============--6===========================|--5===============--7=--==
|--7===============--7===========================|--5===============--7=--==
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------==
                                            Weighed down


                        33 A                 E
------------------------|------------------------------------------------==
------------------------|------------------------------------------------==
------------------------|------------------------------------------------==
========================|--7===============--6=========================--==
========================|--7===============--7=========================--==
------------------------|------------------------------------------------==
                   Weighed down

34 G                 A                           35 A                 E
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------==
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------==
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------==
|--5===============--7===========================|--7===============--6=--==
|--5===============--7===========================|--7===============--7=--==
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------==
                                            Weighed down...

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Paul Lead Player	#1 by Paul Jarosz at Mar 24, 1974 at 4:38 PM EST
	I also think it refers to when churches lose themselves and concentrate more on what the church looks like, then the One who is supposed to be the center of the church. "when love becomes a delicate display" The church's love for Christ turns into effort to make the church itself look beautiful or appear perfect, by fancy, expensive displays or rules made up by men. "As we deny that love is still the king Not as weak as we make him out to be" By concentrating more on man made rules, we are denying that Christ is the King, because we are adding to the bible, thinking that it needs more to it. They make it seem like God's rules aren't good enough. They make Him out to be weaker than He is. "The Lord says: 'These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men.'" -Isaiah 29:13

No Picture leaves Average	#2 by leaves u who i dont like at Aug 26, 1993 at 8:41 PM EST
	This song is a lament for what we're making God out to be, when he's not, and how we're being so selfish about this "religion" when it should be our "faith"