The Weight Chords by Jeff Healey

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_ _ Oh, then [Bm] the Nazareth [C] was feeling about a half [G]-past dead _
I just needed [Bm] to find a place [C] where I could lay my [G] head
_ I said, mister, [Bm] can you tell me [C] where a man might find [G] a bed
_ _ He just grinned and [Bm] he shook my hand [C] and no one saw what he [G] said
_ _ _ [D] Take a load [C] off, Benny, _ [G] _ [D] take a [C] load for free
[G] _ [D] Take a [C] load off, Benny, _ _ _ _ _ and _ [D] _ you put the load right on [G] _ me
[D] I [G] _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ picked up [Bm] my bags [C] and went looking for a place to [G] hide
_ _ _ When I saw [Bm] Carmen and the devil [C] walking side by [G] _
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I said, [Bm] hey, Carmen, _ [C] come on, let's go [G] downtown _
_ She _ said, [Bm] I gotta go, [C] but my friend here can [G] stick around
_ _ Take [D] a [C] load off, Benny, _ [G] _ _ [D] take a load [C] for free
_ [G] _ [D] Take a [C] load off, Benny, _ _ _ _ and _ _ [Gm] you [D] put the load right on [G] _ me
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
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_ _ Go [Bm] down, Miss Moses, _ _ [C] nothing that you can [G] say
_ It's _ [Bm] just old Luke [C] and Luke's waiting on the judge [G] today
_ _ _ Well, my [Bm] friend, [C] what about young [G] Stanley _
He _ said to me, [Bm] in faith, my son, [C] won't you stay and keep Annalie [G] company
_ _ Take [D] a load [C] off, Benny, _ _ [G] _ [D] take a [C] load for free
[G] _ [D] Take a load [C] off, Benny, _ _ _ _ and _
_ [G] _ you put [F] the load right [G] on me
_ [D] _ [Em] _ Crazy [D] _
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_ [G] _ _ Jessica [Bm] followed me and [C] it caught me in [G] the fog _
She said, I will [Bm] fix you right [C] if you take Jack, my [G] dog _
_ I said, wait a [Bm] minute, Chester, [C] you know I'm a peaceful [G] man _
She said, that's [Bm] okay, boy, [C] won't you feed him when [G] you can _ _
_ Take [D] a load [C] off, Benny, [G] _ _ [D] take a [C] load for free
[G] _ _ [D] Take a [C] load off, Benny, _ _ _ _ and _ _ you [D] put the load right [G] on me
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_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
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_ [Bm] Catch a _ cannonball, [C] gotta take me on down the [G] line _ _
My [Bm] fag is sinking low [C] and I do believe it's [G] time _ _
Get back [Bm] to Miss Fanny, [C] you know she's the [G] only one _ _
Who's set [Bm] to give her [C] the cards for _ [G] everyone _ _ _
[D] Take a [C] load off, Benny, _ [G] _
[D] take a [C] load for free
_ [G] _
[D] Take a [C] load off, Benny, _ _ _ _ and _ [Gm] _ you put the [F] load right on [G] _ me
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