The Weight chords
The Band  1968 Robbie Robertson (Music From Big Pink)

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I pulled into 

           
Nazareth, was 

             
feelin' about 

          
half past dead

;
              
I just need so

           
me place where

             
 I can lay my 


head.
              
"Hey, mister, 

           
can you tell m

             
e where a man 

             
might find a b

ed?"
              
He just grinne

           
d and shook my

             
 hand, and "No

              
!", was all he

 
 said.

            
Take a load of

            
f Fanny, take 

          
a load for fre

e;
            
Take a load of

             
f Fanny, and (

              
and) (and) you

              
 can put the l

             
oad right on m

       
e.

    

             
I picked up my

          
 bag, I went l

              
ookin' for a p

        
lace to hide;
           
When I saw Car

             
men and the De

              
vil walkin' si

      
de by side.
              
I said, "Hey, 

          
Carmen, come o

              
n, let's go do

  
wntown."
           
She said, "I g

              
otta go, but m

             
'friend can st

     
ick around."

            
Take a load of

            
f Fanny, take 

          
a load for fre

e;
            
Take a load of

             
f Fanny, and (

              
and) (and) you

              
 can put the l

             
oad right on m

       
e.

    

             
Go down, Miss 

           
Moses, there's

             
 nothin' you c

   
an say
              
It's just ol' 

           
Luke, and Luke

             
's waitin' on 

              
the Judgement 


Day.
              
"Well, Luke, m

           
y friend, what

             
 about young A

    
nna Lee?"
           
He said, "Do m

              
e a favor, son

             
, woncha stay 

              
an' keep Anna 

    
Lee company?"

            
Take a load of

            
f Fanny, take 

          
a load for fre

e;
            
Take a load of

             
f Fanny, and (

              
and) (and) you

              
 can put the l

             
oad right on m

       
e.

    

             
Crazy Chester 

           
followed me, a

             
nd he caught m

         
e in the fog.
              
He said, "I wi

           
ll fix your ra

             
ck, if you'll 

              
take Jack, my 


dog."
           
I said, "Wait 

              
a minute, Ches

              
ter, you know 

             
I'm a peaceful

 
 man."
           
He said, "That

              
's okay, boy, 

             
won't you feed

              
 him when you 


can."

            
Take a load of

            
f Fanny, take 

          
a load for fre

e;
            
Take a load of

             
f Fanny, and (

              
and) (and) you

              
 can put the l

             
oad right on m

       
e.

    

          
Catch a cannon

             
 ball now, t't

              
ake me down th

  
e line
           
My bag is sink

              
in' low and I 

             
do believe it'

  
s time.
              
To get back to

           
 Miss Fanny, y

             
ou know she's 

         
the only one.
            
Who sent me he

             
re with her re

             
gards for ever

 
yone.

            
Take a load of

            
f Fanny, take 

          
a load for fre

e;
            
Take a load of

             
f Fanny, and (

              
and) (and) you

              
 can put the l

             
oad right on m

       
e.

* Alternate:

Capo II

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