G                               C
I nearly made it all the way to work this morning

                  G
Then I changed my mind

G 
There's an empty feeling in my soul

       C                                G
That's crying for a lifetime of marking time

 
        D7                            C
I don’t know if it's too late to find success

                           G
Or if my life can take the change

G 
But I'm not getting any younger

        D7                       G
And I'm feeling the weight of my chains

 
G                             C
My woman waits at home for me inside

                       G
The safety of an aging dream

G 
She goes on believing in some
 
D7                            G
Promises that she ain't never seen

 
    D7                                   C
And it would break her heart if she knew how

                                G
My thoughts are tortured by the strain

G 
God knows that I love her

         D7                       G
I'm just feeling the weight of my chains

 
G                                    C
I'm not looking for that pot of gold beyond

                          G
Some faded rainbow in the sky

G                                      C
I'm just trying hard to feed a hungry dream

                           G
That's trying hard to stay alive

 
    C
But sometime I feel like giving up

                            G
When all my efforts seem in vain

G 
But somehow I'll keep on trying

         D7                       G
I'm just feeling the weight of my chains

 
G 
Lord knows I'll keep on trying

         D7                       G
I'm just feeling the weight of my chains