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World Upon Your Shoulders Guitar Tablature
Standard tuning.

[0:00] Intro 
E|-----7----3h5-3-3--2/3-----3------7---7h8---8-10-----5---3--3-3--2p0--------------|
B|--/8---8--3---3--------3-----3-/8---8-----8--------3---5-3--3--------3/5----------|
G|--/0------0---0----------0-----/0----------------0-------0---------------2p0------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------0h1--|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


[0:13] Verse

    Em     Bm7   D     C     Em    Bm7    D    Em     Bm7   C 
E|---0-----------------0------0-----------------0-----------0-| x2
B|---8-----3-----7-----5------8-----3-----7-----8-----3-----5-|
G|---0-----2-----x-----0------0-----2-----x-----0-----2-----0-|
D|---9-----4-----7-----5------9-----4-----7-----9-----4-----5-|
A|---7-----2-----5-----3------7-----2-----5-----7-----2-----3-|
E|-0------------------------0---------------------------------|

All the bridges in the world won't save you
If there is no other side to cross to


[0:40] Pre-Chorus
   Bm7   Am7 
E|--2-----3-----|x2
B|--0-----1-----|
G|--2-----0-----|
D|--0-----2-----|
A|--2-----0-----|
E|--------------|

Bm7             Am7
When you're not feeling ugly
Bm7                 Am7
The world's not too much


[0:53] Chorus
  Bm7/F# Am7  Bm7/F#  C     G   Bm7/F# Am7  Bm7/F# Am7 
E|--2-----0-----2-----3-----3--|--2-----0-----2-----0-|
B|--0-----1-----0-----1-----3--|--0-----1-----0-----1-|
G|--2-----0-----2-----0-----0--|--2-----0-----2-----0-|
D|--0-----2-----0-----2-----0--|--0-----2-----0-----2-|
A|--x-----0-----x-----3-----2--|--x-----0-----x-----0-|
E|--2-----------2-----------3--|--2-----------2-------|

Take the world upon your shoulders
Take the world upon your shoulders
And burn, burn, burn, burn, burn
Take the world upon your shoulders 

[1:22] Bridge 
E|--0-2-0-----------------|
B|--------3/5-------------|
G|------------2p0---------|
D|-------------------0h1--|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|

Verse
    Em     Bm7   D     C     Em    Bm7    D    Em     Bm7   C 
E|---0-----------------0------0-----------------0-----------0-|
B|---8-----3-----7-----5------8-----3-----7-----8-----3-----5-|
G|---0-----2-----x-----0------0-----2-----x-----0-----2-----0-|
D|---9-----4-----7-----5------9-----4-----7-----9-----4-----5-|
A|---7-----2-----5-----3------7-----2-----5-----7-----2-----3-|
E|-0------------------------0---------------------------------|

Half full glasses 
Lost in empty houses 

[1:37] Pre-chorus
   Bm7   Am7 
E|--2-----3--------5-------3----|x2
B|--0-----1------3---3---1---1--|
G|--2-----0---------------------|
D|--0-----2--2/4-------2--------|
A|--2-----0---------------------|
E|------------------------------|

Bm7             Am7
When you're not feeling ugly
Bm7                 Am7
The world's not too much 

[1:51] Chorus
  Bm7/F# Am7  Bm7/F#  C     G   Bm7/F# Am7  Bm7/F# Am7 
E|--2-----0-----2-----3-----3--|--2-----0-----2-----0-|
B|--0-----1-----0-----1-----3--|--0-----1-----0-----1-|
G|--2-----0-----2-----0-----0--|--2-----0-----2-----0-|
D|--0-----2-----0-----2-----0--|--0-----2-----0-----2-|
A|--x-----0-----x-----3-----2--|--x-----0-----x-----0-|
E|--2-----------2-----------3--|--2-----------2-------|

Take the world upon your shoulders
Take the world upon your shoulders
And burn, burn, burn, burn, burn
Take the world upon your shoulders


[2:19]
Interlude 
e|---------6---------------6-------|---------3---------------3-------| x2
B|-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-|-----1-----1---1-----1-----1---1-|
G|-------0-----0---------0-----0---|-------0-----0---------0-----0---|
D|---5---------------5-------------|---2---------------2-------------|
A|-6---------------6---------------|-3---------------3---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Violent, big and violent

e|---------6---------------6-------|---------3---------------0-------| 
B|-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-|-----1-----1---1-----1-----1---1-|
G|-------0-----0---------0-----0---|-------0-----0---------2-----2---|
D|---5---------------5-------------|---2---------------2-------------|
A|-6---------------6---------------|-3---------------0---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Guitar 2

e|---------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------|---------1--------------1---------|
G|---------------------------------|-----0--------------0-------------|
D|---------------------------------|---2---2----------2---2-----------|
A|---------------------------------|-3--------------0-----------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

Like a thing that's big, big and violent.

Orchestral arrangement for the interlude:
e|-11-10-9-10-11-10-9-10-12-10-8-12-13-12-8---| x3
B|------------------------------------------8-|
D|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------| 


e|---(0)-2-3-2h3p20-----------------------3------1-------5----| x4
B|--------------------3/5-5-3h5p3p0-1-0h1----0h1---1/3-3---3--|
G|----------------------------------0-------------------------|
D|--2-------------------------------2-------------------------|
A|--2-------------------------------3-------------------------|
E|--0---------------------------------------------------------|

A world that's big and violent
                                                          
[3:06]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-|
D|-------14-14-12-------14-14-12-10--0---5-----7-----5-----7-----5-----4-----2---|
A|-------14-14-12-------14-14-12-10----7-----9-----7-----9-----7-----5-----3-----|
E|-/12------------/12------------8-----------------------------------------------|

[3:13]
  Em  Bm  Em  C#m Em  C 
|-0---2---0---0---0---0---------|
|-0---3---0---5---0---1---3/5---|
|-0---4---0---6---0---0-------2-|
|-2---4---2---6---2---2---------|
|-2---2---2---4---2---3---------|
|-0-------0-------0-------------| 

[3:33] Pre-Chorus
   Bm7   Am7 
E|--2-----3-----|x2
B|--0-----1-----|
G|--2-----0-----|
D|--0-----2-----|
A|--2-----0-----|
E|--------------|

Bm7             Am7
When you're not feeling ugly
Bm7                 Am7
The world's not too much 

[3:46] Chorus
  Bm7/F# Am7  Bm7/F#  C     G   Bm7/F# Am7  
E|--2-----0-----2-----3-----3--|--2-----0--|
B|--0-----1-----0-----1-----3--|--0-----1--|
G|--2-----0-----2-----0-----0--|--2-----0--|
D|--0-----2-----0-----2-----0--|--0-----2--|
A|--x-----0-----x-----3-----2--|--x-----0--|
E|--2-----------2-----------3--|--2--------|

Take the world upon your shoulders
Take the world upon your shoulders
And burn, burn, burn, burn, burn

    Bm7/F# Am7  Bm7/F#  Am7
E|--2-----3-----2-----3--------5-------3----|
B|--0-----1-----0-----1------3---5---1---1--|
G|--2-----0-----2-----0---------------------|
D|--0-----2-----0-----2--2/4-------2--------|
A|--x-----0-----x-----0---------------------|
E|--2-----------2---------------------------|
Take the world upon your shoulders
Take the world upon your shoulders

    Bm7/F# Am7
E|--2-----0--|
B|--0-----1--|
G|--2-----0--|
D|--0-----2--|
A|--x-----0--|
E|--2--------|
Take the world upon your shoulders
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