The Weight
The Band (Robbie Robertson, 1968)


4/4 | D - - - D - d u |
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| [A] | [A] | [A] | [A] |

| [A] I pulled into | [C#m7] Nazareth,
Was | [D] feeling 'bout half past | [A] dead   |
| [A] I just need some- | [C#m7] place
Where | [D] I can lay my | [A] head |
| [A] Hey mister, can you | [C#m7] tell me,
Where a | [D] man might find a | [A] bed?   |
| [A] He just grinned and | [C#m7] shook my hand   |
| [D] No was all he said | [A]   |

Chorus
| [A] Take a [C#m7] load off | [D] Fanny   |
| [A] Take a [C#m7] load for | [D] free   |
| [A] Take a [C#m7] load off | [D] Fanny   |
| [D↓↓]   And..and..and...
You put the load right on...        
...              (you put the load right on...)
|  [A]  [C#m7]   |  [F#m]  [A]   |  [D]   |  [D]   |

| [A] I picked up my | [C#m7] bag
I went | [D] looking for a place to | [A] hide   |
| [A] When I saw | [C#m7] Carmen and the devil   |
| [D] Walking side by side | [A]     |
| [A] I said hey | [C#m7] Carmen
Come | [D] on let's go down- | [A] town   |
| [A] She said, no | [C#m7] I gotta go
But my | [D] friend can stick around | [A]   |

Chorus
| [A] Take a [C#m7] load off | [D] Fanny   |
| [A] Take a [C#m7] load for | [D] free   |
| [A] Take a [C#m7] load off | [D] Fanny   |
| [D↓↓]   And..and..and...
You put the load right on...        
...              (you put the load right on...)
|  [A]  [C#m7]   |  [F#m]  [A]   |  [D]   |  [D]   |

| [A] Go down Miss | [C#m7] Moses
There's | [D] nothing you can | [A] say   |
| [A] It's just old | [C#m7] Luke and Luke's
A- | [D] waiting on the judgement | [A] day   |
| [A] Well, Luke my | [C#m7] friend
What a- | [D] bout young Anna- | [A] Lee?   |
| [A] He said do me a | [C#m7] favour son
Won't you | [D] stay and keep Anna- Lee | [A] company   |

Chorus
| [A] Take a [C#m7] load off | [D] Fanny   |
| [A] Take a [C#m7] load for | [D] free   |
| [A] Take a [C#m7] load off | [D] Fanny   |
| [D↓↓]   And..and..and...
You put the load right on...        
...              (you put the load right on...)
|  [A]  [C#m7]   |  [F#m]  [A]   |  [D]   |  [D]   |

| [A] Crazy Chester | [C#m7] followed me
And he | [D] caught me in the | [A] fog   |
| [A] He said I will | [C#m7] treat you right
If you'll | [D] just take Jack my | [A] dog   |
| [A] I said, hey wait a minute | [C#m7] Chester
You know | [D] I'm a peaceful man | [A]     |
| [A] He said, that's o- | [C#m7] kay, boy
Won't you | [D] feed him when you can | [A]   |

Chorus
| [A] Take a [C#m7] load off | [D] Fanny   |
| [A] Take a [C#m7] load for | [D] free   |
| [A] Take a [C#m7] load off | [D] Fanny   |
| [D↓↓]   And..and..and...
You put the load right on...        
...              (you put the load right on...)
|  [A]  [C#m7]   |  [F#m]  [A]   |  [D]   |  [D]   |
|  [A]  [C#m7]   |  [F#m]  [A]   |  [D]   |  [D]   |

| [A] Catch a | [C#m7] cannonball now
To | [D] take me down the | [A] line   |
| [A] My bag is | [C#m7] sinking low
And I | [D] do believe it's | [A] time   |
| [A] To get back to Miss | [C#m7] Fanny
You know | [D] she's the only one | [A]   |
| [A] Who sent me | [C#m7] here with her
Re- | [D] gards for everyone | [A]   |

Chorus
| [A] Take a [C#m7] load off | [D] Fanny   |
| [A] Take a [C#m7] load for | [D] free   |
| [A] Take a [C#m7] load off | [D] Fanny   |
| [D↓↓]   And..and..and...
You put the load right on...        
...              (you put the load right on...)
|  [A]  [C#m7]   |  [F#m]  [A]   |  [D]   |  [D]   |
|  [A]  [C#m7]   |  [F#m]  [A]   |  [D]   |  [D↓]   |

#Play along with both versions of the video in this key.


#Last Updated 09/11/23 JJ
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