Chords for 'The Weight' - Gillian Welch and Old Crow Medicine Show

Will you please welcome to the stage, the old pro medicine show. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Willie Watson, Morgan Giggs, Ketch Seacore and [Bb] Kevin Hayes.
_ _ _ We're so happy to have some special guests with us. _ _ _ _ _ _
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I _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ pulled into [Dm] Nazareth, [Eb] I was feeling about [Bb] half as dead.
_ _ Just needed [Dm] to find a place [Eb] where I could [Bb] lay my head.
_ _ _ Hey mister, [Dm] can you tell me [Eb] where a man might [Bb] find a bed?
_ _ _ He just began [Dm] to shoot my head, [Eb] I know that's [Bb] all he said.
_ _ _ You take a [Eb] load off, baby, _ [Bb] _ you take a load for [Eb] free.
_ [Bb] _ You take a load [Eb] off, baby, _ _ _ and _ hey, hey, _ hey, hey, hey.
You put the load [Bb] right on me.
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_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ I _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ picked up [Dm] my bags, [Eb] I went looking for [Bb] a place to hide.
_ But when I [Dm] saw Carmen and the devil [Eb] walking [Bb] side by side,
_ _ _ I said, hey, [Dm] Carmen, _ [Eb] come on, let's go [Bb] downtown. _
_ _ Well, Carmen said, you know [Dm] that I gotta go, [Eb] but my friend
can't [Bb] stick around.
_ You take a [Eb] load off, Annie, _ [Bb] you take a load [Eb] for free. _
[Bb] You take a [Eb] load off, Annie, _ _ _ _ _ hey, _ _ _ [Bb] you put the load right on [Dm] me.
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_ Crazy Chester [Dm] followed me, [Eb] and he caught me [Bb] in the fog. _ _
He said, [Dm] I can fix your [Eb] wreck if you take [Bb] Jack, my _ dog. _
_ _ _ [Dm] Crazy Chester, you [Eb] know I'm a [Bb] peaceful man. _ _ _
_ He [Dm] said, that's OK, [Eb] just feed him when you [Bb] can. _ _
You take a load [Eb] off, Annie, [Bb] _
you take a load [Eb] for free.
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You take a load [Eb] off, Annie, _ _ _ hey, _ _ _ [Bb] _
you put the load
right on _ [Dm] me.
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_ [Bb] Go _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] down, Moses, [Bb] [Eb] ain't nothing that you [Bb] can say. _
_ _ _ It's just [Dm] old Luke, Luke's [Eb] waiting on [Bb] judgment _ _ day.
_ Well, [Dm] Luke, my friend, what [Eb] about young [Bb] Annalee? _
_ _ _ Said to me, [Dm] a favor, [F] son, [Eb] won't you stay and keep [Bb] Annalee company?
_ You take a [Eb] load off, Annie, _ [Bb] _ you take a load for [Eb]
free.
[Bb] _ _ You take a load [Eb] off, Annie, _ _ _ _ hey, _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] you put the load right on me. _ _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ Well, catch [Dm] a _ cannonball [Eb] tonight and take me on down [Bb] the line.
_ _ My [Dm] baby's singing low, [Eb] and I do believe [Bb] it's time.
_ _ _ Get [F] back [Dm] to Miss Penny, oh, [Eb] you know she's the [Bb] only one.
_ _ _ You send [Dm] me here in hurry, [Eb] God's for [Bb] _
everyone.
_ _ You take a load [Eb] off, Annie, [Bb] _ _ you take a load [Eb] for free.
_ [Bb] _ You take a load [Eb] off, Annie, _ _ _ hey, _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ you put the load right on me.
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_ _ _ _ _ You take a load off, Annie, hey, you put the load right on me.
You send me here in hurry, God's for everyone.