A
Weighted down by possessions
          B
Weighted down by the gun
        D            E        D      A
Waited down by the river for you to come

[Verse]

        E
My darling, you're darning my action
    A
Of when three months, I was gone
    E
But whose socks were you darning, darling
         A
While I been gone so long?

          A
Weighted down by possessions
          B
Weighted down by the gun
        D            E        D      A
Waited down by the river for you to come

    E                                  A
A best friend to your ear of true said I was guilty of sin
   E                                   A
Said my being gone was the best thing for you
 A                                     
But the truth, it all comes through for me and my kin 
                  B      D            E        D      A
It wasn't the best thing for me but was the best for him

[Chorus]
          A
Weighted down by decision
          B
Weighted down by the gun
        D            E        D      A
Waited down by the river for you to come

          A
Weighted down by possessions
          B
Weighted down by the gun
        D            E        D      A
Waited down by the river for you to come

[Verse]
    E                                  A
While I sat there wondering, you thought that eyes were hid
   E                                   A
And I had the honor of watching everything you did
 A                                     
So now I come with words of pain to bring you news of life
               B      D            E        D      A
If you can't find your woman, don't take another's wife

[Chorus]
          A
Weighted down by possessions
          B
Weighted down by the gun
        D            E        D      A
Waited down by the river for you to come