I'm not good at fingering. So I wanted a chord version.
This is combination of joecoonz & GreenGoodbyes TABs

for acoustic album tuning
Capo on 2


for LP version
Capo on 3


take note:
G (high) = take your C chord and slide up 7 frets.



(fill) = those are the bass notes.
I just take my C chord and slide up to D & back to C & walk down to G.



Verse 1:

     C            G (high)
Like faithful oxen through the chalk, 
     G                Em
With dragging tails of history walk.
C               G (high)        G      C sus2   G
Soon confuse the compass and the cross.                           (fill)
C            G (high)      G                  Em            C   C-D-C-B-G     D
Carefully and cursively we fill our traveling diaries with loss.




Verse 2:
   C            G (high)
Beneath an angry Bible flood, 
    G               Em
Did you and I first learn to love.
C              G (high)       G      C sus2   G
In my father's car we came to know.                                     (fill)
     C              G (high)            G                Em       C   C-D-C-B-G     D
And shivered in our painted clothes and paired like every animal below.



Chorus:
              Em
As heavy as a history book can be,
         G                 C          G    D
I will carry it with me, oh Lord.
                   Em
And maybe when the bitterness has gone,
              G                         C         G    D
There'll be sweetness on our tongues once more.



Verse 3:

C             G (high)
Barefoot in a rowing boat 
    G                   Em
You loose your shoes and freeze your toes
    C            G (high)       G      C sus2   G
And say I wear my sorrow like a crown                                        (fill)
    C               G (high)            G               Em               C  C-D-C-B-G    D
And throw your arms around my head, and see it there in gold and red and brown



Chorus:
              Em
As heavy as a history book can be,
         G                 C          G    D
I will carry it with me, oh Lord.
                   Em
And maybe when the bitterness has gone,
              G                         C         G    D
There'll be sweetness on our tongues once more.



Bridge:
      F                         C            G
We'll soon forget our parents' names,
   F                            C           G
Like dogs will drive the wolves away.
    F                    C
And weep with fingertips opposed,
        G                  F             G       F
Like a church where nobody congregates.



Last Part Outro:

Am     C         G            F
   But sweetness sings in the pasture,
Am     C        G            F
   We throw ourselves on the mercy of the earth.
Am     C        G            F
   If sand and salt have the answer,
Am          C     G            F               Am
   Then the act itself will be louder than the word.


And I'll be on your side..


And I'll be on your side..


Etc. - Am C G F    hold  F  then end on  C