{t:The Weight}
{st:The Band (Robbie Robertson, 1968)}
{sot}
4/4 | D - - - D - d u |
      1   2   3   4 & 
{eot} 

[/] [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]  [/]


{soc}
[/] [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]  [/]
{eoc}


[/] [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]   [/]


{soc}
[/] [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]  [/]
{eoc}


[/] [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  [/]


{soc}
[/] [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]  [/]
{eoc}


[/] [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]   [/]


{soc}
[/] [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]  [/]
{eoc}


[/] [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]   [/]


{soc}
[/] [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↓]  [/]
{eoc}


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