Idlewild – The Weight Of Years chords

[Intro]

[In this song you should play bass notes and pluck the top 3 strings alternately]

Em x4

[Verse 1]

Em                       DGirls, be good to these spirits
Em           DOf music and poetry
     Em               DAnd lift the lyre so clear and sweet
Em             C    DThey meet with you

[Verse 2]

    Em             DAnd as for me this body
         Em         DWhich is now so arthritic
  EmI cannot play
    D           Em        C         DCan hardly even hold the instrument

[Chorus]

    Em      G          DAnd oh, the soul grows heavy
         Em    C    DWith the body
    Em      G          DAnd oh, the soul grows heavy
            Em    C    DWithout the body

[Verse 3]

Em          DSome gloomy poems
     Em                   DCame from these thoughts
    Em                 DAnd useless we are all born
        Em    C       DTo lose life like we lose our youth

[Chorus]

    Em      G          DAnd oh, the soul grows heavy
         Em    C    DWith the body
    Em      G          DAnd oh, the soul grows heavy
            Em    C    DWithout the body

[Instrumental]

Am Em C D
Am Em C D
G  D  Em C
G  D  Em C

[At this point the song does something odd. The last C stretches out for an extra two beats then goes to D for
two beats then back into the chorus chords as if nothing happened. I believe it's to illustrate the singer's
succumbing to the Weight of Years, but don't advise including it until you're confident.]

Em G D Em C D [Chorus chords]

[Verse 4]

         Em                DAnd so I stepped in quite clearly
         Em          C    DFrom my hiding place
   Em                DTo then suspect that she would grow old and gray
Em     C            DAnd he despaired in his mortal way and said

[Chorus]

    Em      G          DAnd oh, the soul grows heavy
         Em    C    DWith the body
    Em      G          DAnd oh, the soul grows heavy
            Em    C    DWithout the body
    Em      G          DAnd oh, the soul grows heavy
         Em    C    DWith the body
    Em      G          DAnd oh, the soul grows heavy
            Em    C    DWithout the body

B        Em