The Weight - Ohio

Bm...G...D...A

Bm

Ohio

..................G

well I won't write no letters

...........D

I won't send no cards

......A

anymore

well I've been waiting

for your sweetest daughter

but she's never coming

coming home

..............G....................D

and I got lost outside of Cleveland

..............G.....................A

when the storm is coming down

........G...............D

just a shout at Indiana

................Bm................A

supposed to be Chicago bound

...............G

well all this wandering

..............Bm........................A

has got me feeling tired and restless

...............G

I've been wondering

...Bm..........A

if anyone will miss us

..............G............................D

there's no sweethearts waiting for me

..........A

back at home

..........................G

and there's no one sitting

.........Bm.................A

no one's waiting by a phone

Ohio

well I won't write no letters

I won't send no cards

anymore

well I've been waiting

for your sweetest daughter

but she's never coming

coming home

in the alleys filled with dreams

sleepy charlatans who roll

up and down these streets all night

spinning the thread back into gold

don't come far

well you'll find me back in Athens

but I got nothing

left to dream or chase after

all my friends are pulling onto

another town

and I'm spinning wheels

but I'm feeling too broke down

and all my life

well I've waited for

a girl like you

to come around

but I left my heart

down in Ohio highway

and I can't be anywhere

till it's found

Ohio

well I won't write no letters

I won't send no cards

anymore

well I've been waiting

for your sweetest daughter

but she's never coming

coming home

The Weight - Ships

D

............D
Well the stoplights all run red

..................G

burning the streets up to your house

........D

like a fading little flame

..............G

when the wick is running down

all the sweethearts of the world
are sick from staying out too late
lovers left and lovers who will wait
all the night

and the boys follow white lines anywhere
while the girls all hit the ladies room in pairs
all the bottles of the world
are out running themselves dry
all the after parties burnt by mornings first light
go on cry

........D
cause girl

...............A...............G...............D

we're just ships that pass in the night

................A.................G.............D

we're just wrongs that we can't set right

.......Bm

and that night

.........................A..........................G

it just sucked the doubt right out of me

..................D

so come on please

tell time by the tv
when the late shows rolling by
digging up the hatchets I buried in the yard
all the hours that pass
when the clock is wound too tight
honey I'm worn so thin
I can't even fight
can't even fight

and there's a box that through no one ever leaves

if you want me at home

safe and sound and fast asleep

well all the secrets that you try and keep from me

can't hold up between the blankets or the sheets

cause girl
we're just ships that pass in the night
we're just wrongs that we can't set right
and that night
it just sucked the doubt right out of me
so come on please

we're just ships that pass in the night
we're just wrongs that we can't set right
and that night
it just sucked the doubt right out of me
so come on please