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During riff: 

D Bm D Bm

Verse 1:

D                                              Bm
Sometimes momma, it can feel real heavy when I think of the wrong I have done.
  D                                        Bm
I don't how I can carry this burden, all I feel is the weight of the gun.

Chorus:

G
The weight of the gun.
A
And the wrong I have done.

Verse 2:

D                                           Bm
I know this wasn't what you planned for me. Mothers have hopes for their sons.
D                                                        Bm
Along with the shame I have brought to the family, all I feel is the weight of the gun.

Chorus:

G
The weight of the gun.
A
And the wrong I have done.

Verse 3:

D                                              Bm
My hands are empty, but my mind is filled with things that cannot be undone.
D                                                Bm
How many years since I've lifted a pistol, but I still feel the weight of the gun.

Chorus:

G
The weight of the gun.
A
Things that can't be undone.
G
The weight of the gun.
A
And the wrong I have done.

Bridge 1:

     Em                              Em Fm F#m                     F#m F#m Fm Fm
Well brass is heavy, and steel is heavy,   lead even heavier still.
Em                                         Em   Fm  F#m                  G     A
Heaviest of all is the weight on your soul from the blood of the man you killed.


Play Main Riff


Verse 4:

D                                        Bm
A concrete cell is especially tough on a boy used to Montana sun.
        D                                                         Bm
And the news that you're gone that the warden delivered, makes me long for the weight of the gun.

Chorus:

G
The weight of the gun.
A
The Montana sun.
G
The weight of the gun.
A
And the wrong I have done.

Bridge 2:

Em                                   Em Fm F#m                     F#m F#m Fm Fm
Well brass is heavy, and steel is heavy,   lead even heavier still.
Em                                         Em   Fm  F#m                  G     A
Heaviest of all is the weight on your soul from the blood of the man you killed