When The Weight Comes Down Chords by The Tragically Hip

Tempo:
124.9 bpm
Chords used:

A

G

Bm

B

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Tragically Hip - When The Weight Comes Down chords
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[G]
[B]
[A]
[B]
[A]
[B] Afternoon see a guy with rubies on [A] his hair [B] And he's shifting like, shifting like [A] he was
[B] his hearing sounds like [Bm] she [A] never said
[G] All his way back [A] home under [B] his bed [Bm]
100%  ➙  125BPM
A
1231
G
2131
Bm
13421112
B
12341112
D
1321
A
1231
G
2131
Bm
13421112
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To learn The Tragically Hip - When The Weight Comes Down chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - G, A, Bm, G, A and G of chords. Kick off your practice at a gentle 62 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 125 BPM. Given the song's key of E Minor, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] Afternoon see a guy with rubies on [A] his hair _ _ _ _ [B] And he's shifting like, _ shifting like [A] he was
dead And _ _ [B] his hearing _ sounds like [Bm] she [A] never said _ _ _ _
[G] All his way back [A] home _ under [B] his bed _ [Bm] _ _ _
When we [G] _ _ _ _
[A] come _ down _ _ _
[Bm] When _ we [G] _ _ _
[A] come down _ In _ [Em] _
[B] _ a night a girl who doesn't mind her [A] ragged
_ sleeves _ _ _ [B] Knows someone's still _ gonna [A] _ _ _ grieve _ _ _
[B] _ And her _ _ story's just [A] a _ _ belief _ _ [G] That I _ [A] never told you by [Bm] _ _ faith
[B] _ _ When [Bm] we _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] come down _ _ _ _ [Bm] When we _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] come down
_ _ _ When [Bm] _ _ we [G] _ _ _
[A] come _ _ down _ We're down [F#] on you, _ _ _ _ [A]
on me
_ And a girl walks by [E] the fire and the moon _ She asks what's [G] gone wrong here, man
And his smile is in a [A] open wide, _ wide, wide _ _
[B] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ In _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ my [B] dreams can a coded train come to [A] my door _ _ _ _
[Bm] With a little girl I can't have [A] anymore
_ And _ _ _
[B] _ [Bm] _ I _ _ watched her [A] do the show _ _ That [G] I cannot read [A] and I'm closer _
[Bm] now _ _ _ _ _
When we _ _ [G] _ _ come [A] _ down _ _ _ _ [Bm] When we _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] come _ _ _ _ down
[Bm] When we _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] come _ down _ _ We're down [Bm] on me, _ [G] down on _ me, [A] down on _ [Em] me
[D] _ _ [A] Cannot [Bm] _ _ breathe, [G] I cannot breathe
[A] _ _ _ Get _ _ [Bm] _
out, get out, [G] get out, get out, [B] get out, [D] _ [A] get out
Oh _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ no, [D] _ _ [A] _ oh no, _ [Bm] oh no [G] Oh no, _ [A] oh no
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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