"Weightless", by Scott Andrew LePera From the 13th March 2005 demo version Licensed under the Creative Commons nc-by-sa 2.0 license Transcription by Adam Sampson Key: Em (4 bars of strummy intro riff: E bass, G and D on the top) Em C G Em C Dsus4 Em C G Em C Dsus4 Em C G I wanna ask you, but you won't tell me what you need Em C Dsus4 You're an expert at this science, at the silence inbetween Em C G And now we've buried it so deeply we cannot guess its shape Em C Dsus4 And the gravity we give it even I cannot escape C/A G C Woah-oh, we keep revolving in this way C/A G Csus2 Is there something more that you forgot to say? Em C D Why would you think I'd be so weightless Am C D When all I can do is bring you down Em D/F# G C Am G/B Why would you think that I would want you to be so weightless C Em C G Em C Dsus4 When I need you here on the ground, yeah, on the ground It's another letdown, it's another disappointing day A million reasons not to try and another debt you can't repay Now you're holding on to nothing as if it's something to defend And always holding on to one last breath and one last chance, learn to count to Ten, and now it's more than what you need And now you've gone so high I just don't know how you breathe Why would you think I'd be so weightless When all I can do is bring you down Why would you think that I would want you to be so weightless C Em C G Em C Dsus4 When I need you here on the ground Em C G Em C Dsus4 G D Esus2 And oh, yeah, now you could let it all fly free Dsus4 Csus2 Might mean a little more if you could trade G/B G/A A little something more for all you've thrown away G/B Csus2 Yeah, yeah Why would you think I'd be so weightless When all I can do is bring you down Why would you think that I would want you to be so weightless C When I need you here -- why would you Em C D think I'd be so weightless Am C D When all I can do is bring you down (bring you down) Em D/F# G C Am G/B Why would you think that I would want you to be so weightless C When I need you here G C G Csus2 on the ground, yeah, on the ground