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[Verse 1]
        C            Em
Oh, the hills on the border
           C               D
'Bout this time of the year
         C     D       Em
When the mists seem to gather
       C      Bm      Em
In the valley of your fears
        C                 Em
And you walk through that valley
   C            D
As day turns to night
         C         D      Em
Is there something in the shadows
       C       Bm     Em
Or the failing of the light?


[Verse 2]
      C                 Em
I was walking home last evening
        C                  D
When perhaps I should have ran
       C         D  Em
From a darkening of shadows
       C     Bm   Em
In the shape of a man
          C           Em
It said, "Talk to me, stranger
   C              D
Or may I call you brother?
       C        D       Em
Let us make our way together
          C     Bm  Em
From this place to another


[Chorus]
        G         D
I don't carry any weapon
        G         D
I don't carry any staff
         C     D         Em
But I'll carry half your burden
          C         Bm     Em
Till your journey's cut in half
       G             D
Let me sharе of your burden
    G                 D
The lifetimе you will carve
        C          D        Em
And the gravestone that you carry
     C    Bm     Am      Bm C D Em D G
Will be a burden halved"


[Instrumental]
Am C D Em D G


[Verse 3]
       C           Em
He sat down by the roadside
       C                    D
As the mists they gathered 'round
           C     D        Em
Takes some cards from his pocket
        C        Bm      Em
That he spreads upon the ground
          C              Em
He said, "This card is a woman
         C               D
You will love but not possess
         C        D          Em
And this card's a man you'll murder
           C        Bm   Em
But you'll never confess


[Chorus]
        G         D
I don't carry any weapon
        G         D
I don't carry any staff
         C     D         Em
But I'll carry half your burden
          C         Bm     Em
Till your journey's cut in half
       G             D
Let me sharе of your burden
    G                 D
The lifetimе you will carve
        C          D        Em
And the gravestone that you carry
     C    Bm     Am      Bm C D Em D G
Will be a burden halved"


[Instrumental]
Am C D Em D G


[Verse 4]
         D            A
I said, "Why should I trust you?
       D                   A
Or the cards that you have thrown?
        G        A        Bm
I don't know you from the Devil
         G      F#m   Bm
And this burden is my own"
            D                A
He said, "I have the gift of secrets
         D                      A
From our Father, little brother
       G        A       Bm
Let us make our way together
          G     F#m   Em
From this world to another"


[Outro]
        C            Em
Oh, the hills on the border
           C               D
'Bout this time of the year
         C     D       Em
When the mists seem to gather
       C      Bm      Em
In the valley of your fears
        C                 Em
And you walk through that valley
     C                D
Your coat around your ears
       C    D      Em
As you walk to the borders
         C      Bm      Em
From the valley of your fears
       C    D      Em
As you walk to the borders
         C      Bm      Em
From the valley of your fears
       C    D      Em
As you walk to the borders
         C      Bm      Em
From the valley of your fears