Chords for Martin Sexton & Stephen Kellogg - The Weight - Cover

There was a man gonna [G#] be on the stage just [A] last night.
_ [E] He couldn't make the show.
_ [A] _ _ [F#] He had a [E] gig up in heaven, y'all.
_ _ [A] _ [E] He got the call.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [E] I pulled into Nazareth.
[A] I was sitting by the [Em] first floor.
I was [G#] looking for a place, [A] a place to lay [E] my head.
I said, Richard, can you tell [A] me where my [E] father lay?
He just ran and shook his [A] head.
No one knows [E] all he said.
Come on with me now.
Take a load off, Fanny.
_ Take a load for free.
[G] _
[E] Take a load [A] off, Fanny. _ _ _ _
And put the load [C#] off me.
_ [E] _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [A] And _
_ _ _ _ [E] picked up my bag.
I've been [A] looking for a place to [E] hide.
When I saw the devil in Carmen [A] walk [E] inside my side,
I said, oh, Carmen, [A] won't you go [E] downtown, downtown?
She said, oh, I've got to [A] go, but my friend can stick around.
Take a load [B] off, Fanny.
[E] Take a load for free.
Take a load off, Fanny.
[A] _ _ And put the load [E] off me.
_ _ [C#] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [E] So go down, Miss Moss.
There ain't nothing that you [F#] can say.
[E] _ It's [A] just old Luke and Luke's waiting on a [E] judgment day.
I said, [A] Luke, my friend, what about your enemy?
_ He said, do me a favor, son.
[E] Won't you stay and keep Annalie company?
Take a [A] load off, [E] Fanny.
Take a [A] load for free.
[E] Take a [A] load off, Fanny. _ _ _
And put the load off me.
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ _ [C#m] And put [E] the load off me.
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [A]
And put the load _ _ [E] off me.
[A]
Come [B] on, [E] _ _ get your camp on.
Come on, take it on down [A] to life.
[E] Because [F#] my back is sinking low.
And I do believe [E] it's time to get back [A] to Miss [C#m] Fanny.
You know she's the only [A] one.
[E] She sent [A] me here with her [B] regards for everyone.
[E] _ Take a load [A] off, Fanny.
[E] Take a [A] load for [E] free.
Take a load [A] off, Fanny.
And [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
[E] put _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[E] the load off me.
_ [D] [E] And put the load off me. _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ _ [B] And _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] put [Em] the load [E] off me.
[Em] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#]
And put _ _ the load off me.
[E] _ _
[F#] Casey Chester [E] followed me.
And he caught me in a brawl.
He said, [G#] I will fix your [Bm] wrath if you will take Jack my dog.
[E]
I said, wait a minute, Chester.
[A] You see, I'm a [E] peaceful man.
He said, [G#] that's OK.
[E] Just beat him when you can. _ _
_ _ _ Take a load off me.
Take a load off Fanny.
[A] And _ _ _ put _ the load [E] off me.
[B] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ [E] _ Take a load [A] off me. _
Take a load off Fanny. I am. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ I am.
Live on RFP.
I [A] am. _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _
_ I am.
And still believe on. _
_ I am.
_ _ And still believe on. Supercut.
Supercut.
I _ _ _ [D#] _
_ [A] am.
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _