Band, The Weight (1968)
^{Key: :[G#] (w: Robbie Robertson)}

INTRO: [*R1]

VERSE 1:
[G#] I pulled into [Cm] Nazareth, was [C#] feelin' 'bout half past [G#] dead
[G#] I just need some [Cm] place where [C#] I can lay my [G#] head
[G#] "Hey mister, can you [Cm] tell me where a [C#] man might find a [G#] bed?"
[G#] He just grinned and [Cm] shook my hand, [C#] no was all he [G#] said

CHORUS:
[G#] Take a [G#/G] load off [C#] Fanny
[G#] Take a [G#/G] load for [C#] free
[G#] Take a [G#/G] load off [C#] Fanny
[C# open] and... you put the load right on me
[G#] [G#/G] [G#/F] [G#/D#] [C# open]

VERSE 2:
[G#] I picked up my [Cm] bags, I went [C#] lookin' for a place to [G#] hide
[G#] When I saw [Cm] Carmen and the Devil [C#] walkin' side by [G#] side
[G#] I said "Hey [Cm] Carmen, come [C#] on let's go down [G#] town"
[G#] She said [Cm] "I've got to go, but my [C#] friend can stick a-[G#]-round"

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VERSE 3:
[G#] Go down Miss [Cm] Moses, there's [C#] nothin' that you can [G#] say
[G#] It's just old [Cm] Luke, and Luke's [C#] waitin' on the judgement [G#] day
[G#] "Well, Luke, my [Cm] friend, what a-[C#]-bout young Anna [G#] Lee?"
[G#] He said "Do me a [Cm] favor son, won't you [C#] stay and keep Anna Lee compan-[G#]-y"

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VERSE 4:
[G#] Crazy Chester [Cm] followed me, and he [C#] caught me in the [G#] fog
[G#] He said "I'll will [Cm] fix your rack if [C#] you'll take Jack my [G#] dog"
[G#] I said [Cm] "Wait a minute Chester, you know [C#] I'm a peacful [G#] man"
[G#] He said "That's o-[Cm]-kay boy, won't you [C#] feed him when you [G#] can"

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VERSE 5:
[G#] Get your [Cm] cannonball now to [C#] take me down the [G#] line
[G#] My bag is [Cm] sinking low, and I [C#] do believe it's [G#] time
[G#] To get back to Miss [Cm] Fanny, you know [C#] she's the only [G#] one
[G#] Who sent me [Cm] here with her re-[C#]-gards for every [G#] one

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