Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse 1

Woman, she's moving to the weight of the world

Momma, she's carrying the weight of the world

All the time she breathing in the weight of the world

Bring it on home

Bring the soup-bone home

Verse 2

Well, poppa, too, he got the weight of the world

Man is moving in to the weight of the world

And all the time, along with the soup he's bringing home

The weight of the world

Bring it on home

Bring the soup on home

Verse 3

Children, too, fall to this weight of the world

All the time they they fall... right there into the weight

And all the time they're trying to shake

The weight of the world

Bring it on home

Bring the soup on home

Verse 4

Everybody's going to the wake of the world

We're all dressing up fine for the wake of the world

And everybody's hiding behind trees, breathing loud

The weight of the world

Bring it on home

Bring the soup on home