D                        A                     E
Throw the world off your shoulders tonight Mr. Smith
D                        A                     E
Throw the world off your shoulders tonight Mr. Smith
          G                 E
He's been looking now for a long time
             G                                  E
It seems the more he looks the less he wants to see
   G                        E
He turned to the west for a long time
   G                                             E
He turned to the east then he turned to the west again

[Chorus 1]
             C                    D
If there's a heaven above, in the meantime
             C                       D
If there's a heaven above, let it be near
             C                    D
If there's a heaven above, In the meantime
     C                                 G
Then let it be near, let it be near to me

[Instrumental]
G G E E   x2

[Verse 2]
           G                 E
We've been talking now for a long time
             G                                 E
It seems the more we speak the less we seem to say
             G                  E
If there's a hell below, in the meantime
     G             N.C.                 E
Then let us shut up unless we want to pray

[Verse 3]
   C                         B
He saw everything really too clearly
   C                    D     B
So close that the bones would show
       C                 B
And to see everything so clearly
      C                         G
Isn't always the best thing you know

[Instrumental]
G G E E   x4

[Chorus 2]
            C                     D
If there's a heaven above, in the meantime
             C                            D
If there's a heaven above, then let it be near
             C                    D
If there's a heaven above, in the meantime
C                                 G
Let it be near, let it be near to me

[Instrumental]
D  A  E  E
Ah Ah Ah Ahh   x7

[Outro]
D                        A                     E
Throw the world off your shoulders tonight Mr. Smith
D                        A                     E
Throw the world off your shoulders tonight Mr. Smith
D                        A                     E
Throw the world off your shoulders tonight Mr. Smith
D                        A                     E
Throw the world off your shoulders tonight Mr. Smith