Weightless
Ellis Paul

Ellis Paul
Carnival of Voices
1996

Ellis Paul is a remarkable singer/songwriter out of Boston.  I can
honestly say that he writes some of the best songs I have ever
heard.  I requested that he play this song at the Caffe Lena in
Saratoga Springs, NY, and he gave this story behind it: it's about
a woman who runs a bed-and-breakfast for singer/songwriters
outside of Nashville. She's very religious, and doesn't get paid
much for what she does, but she really likes to get to know the
people who stay at her place.  So this song stems from the
conversations that Ellis had with her.  For more info on Ellis,
including his latest release Translucent Soul, try EllisPaul.com.

Lyrics
Chords

DADGBd (low-to-high); Capo 2nd

INTRO:

   Gsus2 G           E7sus2            Cadd9             G/B
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
d:---------------0-|-------0-------0-|---4---4h5-------|-5---------------|
B:-10----8---8-----|-0h7-------7-----|---3---3---------|---3-----------3-|
G:-0---0-----------|-----------------|-----0-----0---0-|-------0---0-----|
D:-12--------------|-----------------|-------------0---|-----0-------0---|
A:-10------10------|-7---7---7---7---|-3-------3-------|-2-------2-------|
D:-------------12--|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

The verse is the same as the intro; simply repeat 4x:

               She's trying to...  faith     like it's...role that she's playin'
   Gsus2 G           E7sus2            Cadd9             G/B
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
d:---------------0-|-------0-------0-|---4---4h5-------|-5---------------|
B:-10----8---8-----|-0h7-------7-----|---3---3---------|---3-----------3-|
G:-0---0-----------|-----------------|-----0-----0---0-|-------0---0-----|
D:-12--------------|-----------------|-------------0---|-----0-------0---|
A:-10------10------|-7---7---7---7---|-3-------3-------|-2-------2-------|
D:-------------12--|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

The chorus looks like this:

           when she walks in a room        it's like she's walking on water
   G                 C                 G                 C
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
d:-----4h5-5---5-5-|-5---------5-5-0-|-----4h5-5---5-5-|-5---------5-5-0-|
B:-3---3---3---3-3-|-5---------5-5-0-|-3---3---3---3-3-|-5---------5-5-0-|
G:-0---0---0---0-0-|-5---------5-5-0-|-0---0---0---0-0-|-5---------5-5-0-|
D:-0---0---0---0-0-|-5---------5-5---|-0---0---0---0-0-|-5---------5-5---|
A:-x---x---x-------|-3---------3-3---|-x---x---x-------|-3---------3-3---|
D:-5---5---5-------|-----------------|-5---5---5-------|-----------------|


        or steppin' across the moon        like she's gravity's only daughter
   G                 C                 G                 C
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
d:-----4h5-5---5-5-|-5---------5-5-0-|-----4h5-5---5-5-|-5---------5-5-0-|
B:-3---3---3---3-3-|-5---------5-5-0-|-3---3---3---3-3-|-5---------5-5-0-|
G:-0---0---0---0-0-|-5---------5-5-0-|-0---0---0---0-0-|-5---------5-5-0-|
D:-0---0---0---0-0-|-5---------5-5---|-0---0---0---0-0-|-5---------5-5---|
A:-x---x---x-------|-3---------3-3---|-x---x---x-------|-3---------3-3---|
D:-5---5---5-------|-----------------|-5---5---5-------|-----------------|


             she weight       -   less                  she's   weight   -
   Em                 D                  C                 Em
   +   +   +   +      +   +   +   +      +   +   +   +     +   +   +    +
d:-0---0-0-0-------|-^7---------------|-^5---------5-5-0-|-0---0-0-0--------|
B:-7---7-8-8-------|-^7---------------|-^5---------5-5-0-|-7---7-8-8---^7---|
G:-0---0-0-0-------|-^7---------------|-^5---------5-5-0-|-0---0-0-0---^7---|
D:-9---------------|-^7---------------|-^5---------------|-9-----------^9---|
A:-7---------------|-^5---------------|-^3---------------|-7-----------^10--|
D:-----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|


   -       less                              hmmmm_________________________
    A7sus4            D                      D        C          Bm       A7sus4
    +   +   +   +     +   +   +     +        +   +    +   +      +   +    +   +
d:--5---------5-5-5-|-7----------7--7--7--|-^7-------^5-------|----------^0-------|
B:-^5---------5-5-5-|-10------10-10-10-10-|-^7---7---^5---5---|-^3---3---^3-------|
G:-^7---------7-7-7-|-9-----9----9--9--7--|-^7-----7-^5-----5-|-^4-----4-^0-------|
D:-^5---------5-5-5-|-7---7------7--7--7--|-^7-7-----^5-5-----|-^4-4-----^2-------|
A:-^7---------7-7-7-|-0-0--------0--0--0--|-^5-------^3-------|-^2-------^0-------|
D:------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

LYRICS:

play intro

She's trying to define her faith like it's some role that she's playin'
I tell her "you remind me of someone else" but who it is I'm not sayin'
"Hear me out" she says "I'm getting older
I don't need to justify myself to you do you hear me"

CHORUS
When she walks in a room it's like she's walking on water
Or steppin' across the moon like she's gravity's only daughter
She's weightless
She's weightless
Hmmm


And I say "You're just confused because you talk too much to angels
And they faithfully refuse to answer questions that are painful"
"But faith has no weight" she says "now doubt now there's the burden
You're completely right to think you're grounded do you hear me"

CHORUS
When she walks in a room it's like she's walking on water
Or steppin' across the moon like she's gravity's only daughter
She's weightless
She's weightless
Hmmm

end on A7sus4 at end of chorus


CHORDS:

G	5x0035 or [x 10 9 0 8 0]
G/B	x2x035
C	x35555
Cadd9	x3x035
D	x57777 or [x 0 7 9 10 7]
Em	x79070
A7sus4	x75755 or x02030
Bm	x24430

To learn why these chords are named this way, check out Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.