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

INTRO: [*R1]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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