Chords for The Band - The Weight (San Francisco, 1976)

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_ _ _ _ _ I pulled into [Dm] _ Nazareth [Eb] just feeling about half [Bb]-past dead
_ _ Just need [Dm] to find a place [Eb] where I can lay my [Bb] head _ _ _
Mister, can [Dm] you tell me where [Eb] a man might find [Bb] a bed?
_ _ He just grinned and [Dm] shook my hand, [Eb] _
knows all he [Bb] said _ _ _
Take a load [Eb] off, Fanny, _ _ [Bb] _
take a load [Eb] to free
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Take a load [Eb] off, Fanny, _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ you put the load right on _ [Bb] me
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Picked up my [D] bag _ and [Eb] went looking for a place to [Bb] hide
_ When I saw old [Dm] Carmen and the devil [Eb]
walking side by [Bb] side _ _
I said, hey [Dm] Carmen, _ come on, [Eb] let's go [Bb] downtown _ _ _
She said, [Dm] I gotta go, [Eb] but my friend, just stick [Bb] around _ _ _
Take a load off, [Eb] Fanny, _ _ _
[Bb] take a load to [Eb] free _ _ _
[Bb] Take a load [Eb] off, Fanny, _ _ _ _ _ _ and _ you put the load right on [Bb] me
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_ _ Go _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ down, [Dm] Moses, _ [Eb] there's nothing that you [Bb] can say _ _ _
It's just [Dm] old Luke and [Eb] Luke is waiting on the Judge [Bb] today
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Hey Luke, [Dm] my friend, _ [Eb] what about a young [Bb] Anna Lee? _ _
He said, it will [Dm] not fail the Son, I [Eb] want to stay and keep Anna Lee [Bb] company _ _
Take a load [Eb] off, Fanny, _ _
[Bbm] take a load to [Eb] free _ _ _
[Bbm] Take a load [Eb] off, Fanny, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and you put the load right on _ me
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Crazy Chester [Dm] followed me and he [Eb] caught me in the [Bb] fog
_ He said, I will [Dm] fix your rack, could you [Eb]
take old Jack, my [Bb] dog? _ _
I said, wait a [Dm] minute, Chester, you know [Eb]
I'm a peaceful _ [Bb] _ _ man
He said, that's [Dm] okay, boy, won't [Eb] you feed him whenever [Bb] you can? _
Take a load [Eb] off, Fanny, _ [Bb] _
take a load [Eb] to free _ _ _
[Bb] Take a load off, [Eb] _ _ _ _
Fanny, _ _ _ and _ _ you put the load right on _ [Bb] me
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_ Get your [Dm] _ cannonball, [Eb] Anna, take me on down [Bb] to Bayou _ _
My bag [Dm] is sinking low [Eb] and I do believe that [Bb] it's time _ _
To get back to this Fanny, you know [Eb]
she's the only [Bb] _ _ one
She [Dm] sent me _ _ here to fill [Eb] the gulf
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Take a load [Eb] off, Fanny, _ [Bbm] _
take a load [Eb] to free _ _
[Bb] Take a load off, [Eb] Fanny, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and you put the load [Bbm] _ right on me
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Take a load off, Fanny, and you put the load right on _ me _ _ _ _
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