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From: sports2@genie.geis.com
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 95 19:26:00 UTC
Subject: CRD:When The Weight Comes Down
When The Weight Comes Down - The Tragically Hip
>From UP TO HERE, 1989
Tabbed by Duncan Koerber
The B chord is played like this:
e--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G--------------------------------|
D--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
A--2-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
E--------------------------------|
B A
Afternoon, see a guy with rubies on his head
B A
and he's shifting like, shifting like he was dead
B A
and he's hearing something she never said
G A B
on his way back home, under his bed
CHORUS:
B G A
When the weight comes down
B G A
When the weight comes down
In the night there's a girl who doesn't mind her ragged sleeves
knowing someone soon is gonna grieve
and a man he tells her a story, she just don't believe
called "adam never could do right by eve."
B G A
and the weight comes down
B G A
and the weight comes down
B G A
and the weight comes down
F# A
down on you, down on me
Em
and a girl walks by the burning bush
G
she asks "what's gone wrong here man?"
A
and he smiles, says, "Open wide, wide, wide"
In my dreams, a candy coated train comes to my door
with a little girl, I can't have anymore
you know a letter washes up to the shore
that I cannot read and I probably should ignore
when the weight comes down
when the weight comes down
when the weight comes down
CHORDS:
A - x02220 or 577655
B - x24442
Em - 022xxx
F# - 244322
G - 355433
Duncan
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niles Wanna Be |
#1 by niles lewis at Feb 3, 1973 at 7:26 AM EST |
| I've always kind of thought of this song as being about a relationship that just never got off the ground. The first indication, for me, is the line "he's hearin' something she never said...". The verse "in my dreams, a candy coated train comes to my door with a little girl, I can't have anymore you know a letter washes up to the shore that I cannot read and I probably should ignore" to me sort of captures the pain of wanting to be with someone and not knowing whether or not they feel/felt the same. At the same time, by saying that he "probably should ignore" the "letter", it seems like he's over this person, but it has taken quite a while. Maybe I'm way off, but it's the way I'll continue to see this song since it reminds me of someone I love. | |
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Devin Average |
#2 by Devin Moreno at Oct 22, 1997 at 7:30 AM EST |
| wow. i cant believe no ones posted anything about this song. as of now, it is definitly my FAVOURITE hip song... so morbidly beautiful like most hip songs. I LOVE IT | |