VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by ToneTrek
To learn Soundgarden - Burden In My Hand chords with lyrics, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence: Bb, Eb, Bb, Ab, Eb, C, Cm, Bb. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 45 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 92. Considering the song's key of Bb, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _
C _ _ _ _ .
Cm the desert as thirsty
Eb as
C you are.
_ _ Take a smile and cut your
Bb mouth and drown
F in
Eb _
C alcohol.
_ _ Down below the
Cm truth is lying beneath the
Eb C river bed.
_ _ Squash yourself and drink the water
Bb that
Eb flows below
C her head.
_
Eb _ _
F Oh,
C _
G _ .
_ _
Eb _ _
F there
C she
G _ .
goes
Eb _
Bb out in
F the _ .
Eb sunshine.
F Eb Sun is mine,
F sun
Eb is mine.
C _
Gm _ _ _
C _ .
I've stopped my
Bb love today.
Ab _
Eb Would you cry for
Bb me?.
F _ _ _
C _ .
I've lost my
Bb head again.
_
Ab Eb Would you laugh for
Bb me?.
F _ _ _
C Close your eyes and
Cm bow your head.
I
Bb Eb need a little
C sympathy.
_ _ _ Fear is stronger _
Cm for the only
Bb Eb woman who will
C listen to me.
_ _ _ .
Kill yourself and
Cm kill yourself and
Bb kill
Eb every man you
C love.
And if you live, you can fall to
G pieces
Bb and
F suffer
Eb with my
C ghost.
_ _ _ .
I've stopped my
Bb love today.
_ _
Ab Eb Would you cry for
Bb me?.
F _ _ _
C _ .
I've lost my
Bb head again.
_
Ab Eb Would you laugh for
Bbm me?.
F _ I've
C _ .
left
Eb your
Bb everything, just
Ab a
Eb burden in my
Bb _
F hand.
I've
C _ .
lost my
Bb head again.
Ab Would
Eb you cry for
Gb _
F _ _
Ab _ _ _ .
_ _
C me?.
_ _
Eb Just make
Gb _ _ _ _
C _
Cm a deal
Eb with your _ _ _
Bb _
Gb F God.
_
C _ _ _ _ _
Cm The desert
Bb is as
Eb desperate as you
C are.
_ .
The moon is close to
Cm victory.
I'm in
Bb love
Eb with a little bitch, I'm
C gone.
_ _
Eb _ _
F _
G Oh, _ .
_ _
Eb _
F there she
C _
G.
goes out
Bb _ in the
F _ _ .
Eb sunshine.
F Sun
Eb is mine,
F sun
Eb is mine.
C _ _ _ _ _ .
I've stopped
Bb my love today.
_
Ab Would
Eb you cry
Bbm for
F me?.
_
C I've lost
Bb my head again.
_
Ab Eb Would you laugh
Bb for
Gb me?.
F _ _
C _ _ .
Cm I've left
Bb your everything, _
Ab just a
Eb burden in my
Bbm _
F hand.
_
C _ .
I've lost
Bb my head again.
Ab _
Eb Would you cry
Bb for
F me?.
Ab Yeah, would you
Eb F cry for
Gb me?.
F _ _ _
C _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Cm _
Eb _ _ .