Burden

 
C          Am               G 
I wish you would've told me sooner 
F           C              G 
You hid the hell inside so well 
     C                  G 
It's terrifying how the devil on your shoulder 
         F                     G             C 
Drug you through the coals and I could never tell 
 

 
      Dm 
And I wish you called 
           Am 
Before the alcohol 
        Em 
Started whispering 
                     C 
The weight was yours alone 
      Dm 
And I know you want 
          Am 
To fix it on your own 
         Em                                 C 
But it's life or death and you just need to know 
 

 
N.C.          C 
You are not a burden 
                Am 
You're not your past 
                G 
You're not your first mistake 
                    Am 
And you're not your last 
                F 
Don't let these demons tell you 
           Am 
There's no way out of the dark 
               G   F 
That's how you feel 
                       C 
But that's not who you are 
 

 
C          Am               G 
We'll just sit here on your front porch (Mm-mm-mm-mm) 
F         C            G 
You don't have to say a lot 
           C               G 
I know the moment that you reach out for some help 
       F                  G                  C 
Always feels like its the moment that you've lost 
 

 
         Dm 
And I'll be right here 
           Am 
'Til those flames appear 
         Em                          C 
And I'll walk down every godforsaken mile 
           Dm 
'Cause I'd rather carry 
    Am 
The pain you buried 
     Em                       C 
Than lift your coffin down an aisle 
 

 
N.C.          C 
You are not a burden 
                Am 
You're not your past 
                G 
You're not your first mistake 
                    Am 
And you're not your last 
                F 
Don't let these demons tell you 
           Am 
There's no way out of the dark 
               G   F 
That's how you feel 
                       C 
But that's not who you are 
 

 
C  Am   F 
Woah, woah 
Em                  F 
That's not who you are 
F  C  F 
Woah, woah 
 

 
C                                                     Am 
Woah, I think it's high time that you fall apart and (Hey) 
                                             F 
You're suffocating keeping up that guard and (Woah) 
                                         G 
You can't hold that Appalachian charm up anymore (Hey) 
 

 
N.C.                                 C 
So don't you dare go saying you're a burden 
                                                   Am 
No, it's a privilege to be right here where you're hurting 
                                         F 
I can't believe you've never mentioned a word and 
                                            G 
And just incase after this time you haven't heard it 
 

 
N.C.          C 
Well, you are not a burden 
                Am 
You're not your past 
                G 
You're not your first mistake 
                    Am 
And you're not your last 
                F 
Don't let these demons tell you 
           Am 
There's no way out of the dark 
               G   F 
That's how you feel 
                       C 
But that's not who you are 
 

 
C  Am   F 
Woah, woah 
Em                  F 
That's not who you are 
F  C  F 
Woah, woah