Chords for Levon Helm Ramble At The Ryman "The Weight" on PBS

_ Thanks for coming tonight and staying all night. _
Ain't _ no better place to play than the Ryman Auditorium.
_ _ _ _ _ Thank you Nashville!
_ And for this last tune, please welcome to the stage
one of our greatest songwriters, Mr.
John Hyatt. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Dm] _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] I pulled in from [Dm]
Nazareth, [Eb] I was feeling about [Bb] half-past dead _ _
[Dm] Trying to find a place [Eb] where I can lay my [Bb] head
_ _ Mister, [Dm] can you tell me [Eb] where a man might [Bb] find a bed?
[Eb] _ [Bb] You know he [Dm] grinned and he shook my hand
[Eb] Lord, what does he [Bb] say? _
[F] Take a [Eb] load off my head
[Bb] Take [F] a bottle [Eb] of free
[Bb] Take [F] a [Eb] load off my head _
And _ _ he put the load right on me
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Gm] I [F] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
picked up my [Dm] bag
[Eb] I went looking for a [Bb] place to hide
_ When I [Dm] saw a woman standing [Eb] _
[Bb] side to side
I [Bbm] said, [Dm] hey Carmen, come [Eb] on, let's go [Bb] downtown _
She [Dm] said, I've got to [Eb] go, but my friends stick [Bb] around
_ _ [F] Take a [Eb] load off my head
[Bb]
Take [Eb] a load off my head
[Bb] _ [F] Take a [Eb] load off my head
_ _ _ _ And he put the load right on me
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Gm]
Go [F] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Eb] _
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ on down now, [Dm] Miss Bozie
[Eb] There ain't nothing that you [Bb] can say
[Eb] _ [Bb]
You know it's [Dm] my friend Luke
[Eb] And he's waiting on the judge [Bb] today
_ Tell me, Luke, [Dm] my friend
[Eb] What have I done to [Bb] end up like this?
He said, do yourself [Dm] a favor, boy
[Eb] Stick around and keep [Bb] family company
[F] Take a [Eb] load off my head
[Bb] Take [F] a load [Eb] off my [Bb] head
[F] Take a [Eb] load off my head _
And _ _ he put the load right on me
_ [Bb] _ [F] _ [Gm] Crazy [F] _ [Eb] _
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_ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] just to follow [Eb] me
And he caught me [Bbm] in the foot
_ [Bb]
He said, [Dm] I will take your [Eb] ride
If you take Jack, [Bbm] my dog
[Bb] I said, wait [Dm] a minute, Chester
[Gm] You [Eb] know I'm a peaceful man
[Bb] _ He said, that's [Dm] okay, boy
[Eb] Won't you feed him when you get
[Bb] _ Take [F] a [Eb] load off my _ [Bb] head
Take a load [Eb] off my [Gm] head
[Bb] _ [F] Take a [Eb] load off my head _
_ And _ he put the load right _
_ [Bb] on [F] me
[Gm] Gonna _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Gm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Dm] catch me a cannonball
And he's about [Eb] to take me on down [Bb] the line
_ You know my bag [Dm] is sinking [Eb] low
And I do believe that it's [Bb] time
_ To get back from this [Dm] planet
[Eb] You know she's the [Bb] only one
To finish [Dm] me out here [Gm] tonight
[Eb] With her regards for _ [Bb]
everyone
_ Take a [Eb] load off my [Bb] head
[F] Take a load [Eb] off my head
[Bb] _ [F] Take a [Eb] load off my head
_ _ And he put the load right on me
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
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