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Burden In My Hand

Soundgarden
Version1
90

Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
EADGBe
 The verses all follow the same pattern. Listen to the song to figure out the exact
 timings, this is just a rough guide.
Follow  me into  the desert
 As thirsty  as you are
Crack  a smile and cut  your mouth
 And drown  in alcohol
 And so on and so forth. Now, the trick is to hit the low string/s (i'm very lazy!)
 twice each time you make a chord change. 'duh duh strum strum strum'. Except maybe
 on that second C in each section, it just sounds like strumming to me. Listen to
 the song, you'll figure it out!
 Pre Chorus:
 This is a little tricky. There are some odd timings here. Having the song is
 helpful, but I strongly recommend the Guitar Pro tab, its really good for figuring
 out the timing of the last bit.
 This from the chords ver 2 tab seems to work well enough:
Oh  no
There  she goes
 Then the tricky bit:
Out  in the  sunshine the  sun is  mine the  sun is mine
 This is a good chorus, with that great little descending tune after each line.
 Again, this is very rough timing for the chord changes, listen to song! Its pretty
 simple here.
I  shot my love  today would  you cry  for me
I  lost my head  again would  you lie  for me
I  left her in  the sand just  a burden  in my hand
I  lost my head  again would  you cry  for me
 At the end of playing the Aslide down to the G#. Then continue to play the G# as
 per the song.
 Taken pretty much from chords ver 2
 Play each chord 3 times
Just  a burden in my hand
Just  an anchor on my heart
 Just  a tumor in my head
 Last chorus - repeat the second part of the last line; thats the part from
 onwards ('would you cry for me'). Then right at the end, it sounds like another
,  like in the prechorus.

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Readable chord sheet for Burden In My Hand by Soundgarden

EADGBe

The verses all follow the same pattern. Listen to the song to figure out the exact
timings, this is just a rough guide.

[C]Follow me in[Eb]to the desert
As th[Bb]irsty as you ar[C]e
[C]Crack a smile and c[Eb]ut your mouth
And d[Bb]rown in alcohol [C]

And so on and so forth. Now, the trick is to hit the low string/s (i'm very lazy!)
twice each time you make a chord change. 'duh duh strum strum strum'. Except maybe
on that second C in each section, it just sounds like strumming to me. Listen to
the song, you'll figure it out!

Pre Chorus:
This is a little tricky. There are some odd timings here. Having the song is
helpful, but I strongly recommend the Guitar Pro tab, its really good for figuring
out the timing of the last bit.

This from the chords ver 2 tab seems to work well enough:
[Eb]Oh no[C]
[Eb]There she g[C]oes

Then the tricky bit:

[Eb]Out in the[C] s[Eb]uns[C]hi[C]n[C]e [Eb]the sun [C]is[Eb] mi[C]ne[C] [C]th[Eb]e sun is mi[C]ne[C] [C]   [Eb]      [C]        [C]         [C]           [G]             [Eb]                [C]

This is a good chorus, with that great little descending tune after each line.
Again, this is very rough timing for the chord changes, listen to song! Its pretty
simple here.

[C]I shot my l[Bb]ove today wo[Ab]uld you cr[Eb]y for me[Bb]   [F#]      [F]
[C]I lost my h[Bb]ead again wo[Ab]uld you li[Eb]e for me[Bb]   [F#]      [F]
[C]I left her [Bb]in the sand [Ab]just a bur[Eb]den in my h[Bb]and[F#]   [F]
[C]I lost my h[Bb]ead again wo[Ab]uld you cr[Eb]y for me[Bb]   [F#]      [F]

At the end of playing the A
per the song.

Taken pretty much from chords ver 2
Play each chord 3 times

[C]Just a burden in my [Eb]hand
[C]Just an anchor on my [Ab]heart
J[C]ust a tumor in my h[Ab]ead        [Bb]           [F#]              [F]

Last chorus - repeat the second part of the last line; thats the part from [Ab]
onwards ('would you cry for me'). Then right at the end, it sounds like another [C]
[Eb] [C], like in the prechorus.

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