The Weight
The Band (Robbie Robertson, 1968)


4/4 | D - D - - u d u |
      1   2  (3)& 4 &

|  [G]  [Bm7]   |  [Em]  [G]   |  [C]   |  [C]   |

| [G] I pulled into | [Bm7] Nazareth,
Was | [C] feeling 'bout half past | [G] dead   |
| [G] I just need some- | [Bm7] place
Where | [C] I can lay my | [G] head |
| [G] Hey mister, can you | [Bm7] tell me,
Where a | [C] man might find a | [G] bed?   |
| [G] He just grinned and | [Bm7] shook my hand   |
| [C] No was all he said | [G]   |

Chorus
| [G] Take a [Bm7] load off | [C] Fanny   |
| [G] Take a [Bm7] load for | [C] free   |
| [G] Take a [Bm7] load off | [C] Fanny   |
| [C↓↓]   And..and..and...
You put the load right on...        
...              (you put the load right on...)
|  [G]  [Bm7]   |  [Em]  [G]   |  [C]   |  [C]   |

| [G] I picked up my | [Bm7] bag
I went | [C] looking for a place to | [G] hide   |
| [G] When I saw | [Bm7] Carmen and the devil   |
| [C] Walking side by side | [G]     |
| [G] I said hey | [Bm7] Carmen
Come | [C] on let's go down- | [G] town   |
| [G] She said, no | [Bm7] I gotta go
But my | [C] friend can stick around | [G]   |

Chorus
| [G] Take a [Bm7] load off | [C] Fanny   |
| [G] Take a [Bm7] load for | [C] free   |
| [G] Take a [Bm7] load off | [C] Fanny   |
| [C↓↓]   And..and..and...
You put the load right on...        
...              (you put the load right on...)
|  [G]  [Bm7]   |  [Em]  [G]   |  [C]   |  [C]   |

| [G] Go down Miss | [Bm7] Moses
There's | [C] nothing you can | [G] say   |
| [G] It's just old | [Bm7] Luke and Luke's
A- | [C] waiting on the judgement | [G] day   |
| [G] Well, Luke my | [Bm7] friend
What a- | [C] bout young Anna- | [G] Lee?   |
| [G] He said do me a | [Bm7] favour son
Won't you | [C] stay and keep Anna- Lee | [G] company   |

Chorus
| [G] Take a [Bm7] load off | [C] Fanny   |
| [G] Take a [Bm7] load for | [C] free   |
| [G] Take a [Bm7] load off | [C] Fanny   |
| [C↓↓]   And..and..and...
You put the load right on...        
...              (you put the load right on...)
|  [G]  [Bm7]   |  [Em]  [G]   |  [C]   |  [C]   |

| [G] Crazy Chester | [Bm7] followed me
And he | [C] caught me in the | [G] fog   |
| [G] He said I will | [Bm7] treat you right
If you'll | [C] just take Jack my | [G] dog   |
| [G] I said, hey wait a minute | [Bm7] Chester
You know | [C] I'm a peaceful man | [G]     |
| [G] He said, that's o- | [Bm7] kay, boy
Won't you | [C] feed him when you can | [G]   |

Chorus
| [G] Take a [Bm7] load off | [C] Fanny   |
| [G] Take a [Bm7] load for | [C] free   |
| [G] Take a [Bm7] load off | [C] Fanny   |
| [C↓↓]   And..and..and...
You put the load right on...        
...              (you put the load right on...)
|  [G]  [Bm7]   |  [Em]  [G]   |  [C]   |  [C]   |

Instrumental (Verse)
| [G] | [Bm7] | [C] | [G] |
| [G] | [Bm7] | [C] | [G] |
| [G] | [Bm7] | [C] | [G] |
| [G] | [Bm7] | [C] | [G] |

| [G] Catch a | [Bm7] cannonball now
To | [C] take me down the | [G] line   |
| [G] My bag is | [Bm7] sinking low
And I | [C] do believe it's | [G] time   |
| [G] To get back to Miss | [Bm7] Fanny
You know | [C] she's the only one | [G]   |
| [G] Who sent me | [Bm7] here with her
Re- | [C] gards for everyone | [G]   |

Chorus
| [G] Take a [Bm7] load off | [C] Fanny   |
| [G] Take a [Bm7] load for | [C] free   |
| [G] Take a [Bm7] load off | [C] Fanny   |
| [C↓↓]   And..and..and...
You put the load right on...        
...              (you put the load right on...)
|  [G]  [Bm7]   |  [Em]  [G]   |  [C]   |  [C]   |

#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original.

#Last Updated 10/30/20 JJ
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