CAPO: 5th Fret C G/B How can I carve your name in the trunk of a tree Am F That'll be here long after we're gone? C G/B F G I can't even write it in the steam on the mirror C G/B And with nobody listening, not even myself Am F G It's as much as I can do E7 Am To whisper those words in your ear CHORUS: G C After all of these years, look at me here G C With a love song stuck in my throat G C E7 AG Got the weight of the world on my shoulders, I won't let it go C G/B How can I dive right down in the deep blue sea Am F And still hope to find my way home? C G/B F G When I stumble on my way to the shore C G/B And when all of the airplanes, all of the cars Am F G And all the miles in the world E7 Am Are sometimes not enough to quite reach your door CHORUS: G C After all of these years, will you look at me here G C With a love song stuck in my throat G C E7 Am Got the weight of the world and there's not too much else I can hold BRIDGE: G F C What if my chances run out someday G C Life's not my batting machine? G C E Am G G What if it stops throwing pitches before I hit one clean? C G/B How can I lie beside you night after night Am F C And pick at the lock on your heart? G/B F G Never once opened my own C G/B 'Cause the last time it got free, it just cut and run Am F Like a stray out in the street G E7 Am And it took about all I had just to make it come home CHORUS: G C After all these years, is the time drawing near G C When a love song flies from my throat? G C E7 Am F Can I lay down the weight of the world by the side of the road___ G Am F Lay down the weight of the world and call myself home___ G CGC Lay down the weight of the world?