Intro A | A | 

 
[Verso 1]
                               A 
If it's not something you should carry 
                        D 
Then you better set it loose 
                                  E 
If it's not something you should carry 
D                     A 
That's taken hold of you 

 
[Verso 2]
                                 A 
If it's not something you should carry 
                         D 
And it wakes you in the night 
                                  E 
If it's not something you should carry 
D                            A 
Lets your heart bring it to light 

  
[Verso 3]
                 A 
How a body will remember 
                         D 
It is the keeper of the time 
                   E 
How a body will remember 
D                            A   D A 
Holding more than one's own mind 


[Verso 4]
N.C.                   A 
How a body, it will remember 
                           D 
Storin' rivers while they rage 
                   E 
How a body will remember 
D                     A   D  A 
Your levee when it breaks 


Instrumental 
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A | A  | D | D  | 
A | A7 | D | Dm | 
A | A7 | D | Dm | 

Outro 
                         A 
It is the keeper of the time 
                        A7 
It is the keeper of the time 
                         D 
It is the keeper of the time 
                        Dm 
It is the keeper of the time 
                         A 
It is the keeper of the time 
                        A7 
It is the keeper of the time 
                         D 
It is the keeper of the time 
                        Dm 
It is the keeper of the time 
                         A 
It is the keeper of the time 
                        A7 
It is the keeper of the time 
                         D 
It is the keeper of the time 
                        Dm 
It is the keeper of the time 
                         A 
It is the keeper of the time 
                        A7 
It is the keeper of the time 
                         D 
It is the keeper of the time 
                        Dm 
It is the keeper of the time 
                         A 
It is the keeper of the time 
                        A7 
It is the keeper of the time 
                         D 
It is the keeper of the time 
                        Dm 
It is the keeper of the time 


Instrumental 
A | A7 | D | Dm | 


Outro 
                         A 
It is the keeper of the time 
                        A7 
It is the keeper of the time 
                         D 
It is the keeper of the time 
                        Dm 
It is the keeper of the time 
                         A 
It is the keeper of the time 
       A7 
Of the time 
        D 
Of the time 
       Dm 
Of the time 
        A 
Of the time 
       A7 
Of the   time 
       D      Dm 
Of the   time 
        A 
Of the time