Chords for The Band - The Weight - 7/20/1976 - Casino Arena (Official)

_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Holdin' the [C#m] banner up, [D] just to see if I [A] had that good _
_ Just to [C#m] see if I could find a place [D] where I could lay [A] my head _
_ Mister, can you [C#m] tell me where _
[D] can my [A] kind be found _ _
If a friend [C#m] shook my hand [D] and knows all he [A] said _ _ _
[E] Take a [D] load off a fatty, _ [A] _ _
[E] take a load for [D] free
_ [A] _ _
[E] Take a [D] load off a fatty _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And he put the load right on [A] me
_ [F#] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ He took me [C#m] by the _ back [D] and went and looked for a [A] place to hide
I went and saw [C#m] him, crawlin' in his [D] chair, no walkin' back [A] the side
_ And _ _ I said, hey, come, _ [D] come on, let's go downtown
_ _ [A] _ _ He said, look, I gotta go, [D] but my friend is gettin' [A] around
_ _ _ [E] Take a load [D] off a fatty, _ [A] _ [E] take a load [D] for free
_ _ [A] _ [E] Take a [D] load off a fatty _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And he put the load right on [A] me
_ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ Goin' down to [C#m] them old men, [D] there ain't nothin' to do but [A] say
_ _ _ _ Cause if my friend [C#m] looks, looks [D] away, then I'm gonna check [A] with him
_ _ _ Well, now, look, my [C#m] friend, what [D] if I don't end up [A] leaving
_ _ _ He said, roommate, make a song, watch [D] this day and keep it Saturday [A] complete
And _ _ [E] take a load [D] off a fatty, _ [A] _ [E] take a load [D] for free
_ _ [A] Take [E]
a [D] load off a fatty _ _ _ _
And he _ _ _ _ put the load right [E] on [A] me
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_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ Crazy Chester [C#m] followed me, yes, [D] he's got me in [A] the palm
_ He _ said, I would fix your back [D] if you take no [A] child for a father
_ _ I said, wait a minute, [C#] Chester, you [D] know I'm a peasant [A] man _ _ _ _
He said, [C#m] that's okay, boy, [D] but he left me
[A] Yeah, yeah, yeah, [E] take a load [D] off _ _ _ [A]
a [E] fatty, take a load for [D] free
_ _ [A] _
[E] Take a load [D] off a fatty _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] And he put the load right on _ [A] me
_ [G#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
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_ If you [C#] can't afford now, [D] you get me on [A] down the line _ _
_ Well, my [C#] bank is sinking low, [D] and if you believe [A] it's time _ _
_ You keep back [G#] from this man, [C#m] you [D] know that she's the only [A] one _
_ _ She's stuck [C#m] in here with her [D] pretty crosswalk, every [A] one of them
[E] Take a load [D] off a fatty, _ [A] _ [E] take a load [D] for free
_ [A] _ [E] Take a [D] load off a fatty
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And he put the load right on me
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_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
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