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

[/]  [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]  [/]


{soc}
[/] [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]  [/]
{eoc}


[/] [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]   [/]


{soc}
[/] [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]  [/]
{eoc}


[/] [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  [/]


{soc}
[/] [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]  [/]
{eoc}


[/] [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]   [/]


{soc}
[/] [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]  [/]
{eoc}


{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]   [/]


{soc}
[/] [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]  [/]
{eoc}


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