The Weight - The Band

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I saw Jensen Ackles performing a version of this song and though I would write it out for anyone that wanted 
to play it. This is the video I used to work out the strumming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANzA4Z4E_O4
Good Luck :)

[Intro]

   


[Verse]
             
 I pulled into

           
 Nazareth I wa

             
s feelin 'bout

            
 half past dea

d
            
 I just need a

#            
 place where I

             
 could lay my 

  
head 
             
 Hey mister ca

           
n you tell me 

             
where a man mi

           
ght find a bed

 
             
 He just went 

           
and shook my h

             
and and no was

        
 all he said 


[Chorus]
            
 Take a load o

            
ff Fanny  Take

           
 a load for fr

ee 
            
 Take a load o

         
ff Fanny and, 

 
           
 Put the load 

                 
right on me 


[Verse]
            
 I picked up m

#            
y bags and wen

             
t lookin' for 

            
a place to hid

e 
             
 When I saw ol

           
d Carmen and t

             
he Devil walki

           
n' side by sid

e 
            
 I said "Hey C

#           
armen, come on

              
 let's go down

 
 town" 
             
 She said, "I'

           
ve got to go b

             
ut my friend y

              
ou can stick a

 
round" 


[Chorus]
            
 Take a load o

            
ff Fanny  Take

          
 a load for fr

ee 
            
 Take a load o

         
ff Fanny and, 

 
           
 Put the load 

                 
right on me  


[Verse]
             
 Go down Miss 

          
Moses ain't no

              
thin' you can 


say 
             
 It's just old

           
 Luke, Luke is

             
 waitin' on th

            
e Judgement Da

y 
            
 Hey Luke my f

#           
riend what abo

              
ut young Anna 


Lee' 
             
 Said, "Do me 

           
a favour boy, 

             
won't you stay

              
 and keep Anna

    
 Lee company'"

 


[Chorus]
            
 Take a load o

            
ff Fanny  Take

          
 a load for fr

ee 
            
 Take a load o

         
ff Fanny and, 

 
           
 Put the load 

                 
right on me 


[Verse]
             
 Crazy Chester

           
 followed me a

             
nd he caught m

          
e in the fog 
            
 He said, "I s

#            
ee you right i

             
f you take on 

        
Jack my dog" 
             
 I said, "No w

           
ait a minute C

             
hester though 

              
I'm a peaceful

 
 man" 
             
 He said "That

          
's OK just fee

              
d him when ya 


can" 


[Chorus]
            
 Take a load o

            
ff Fanny  Take

          
 a load for fr

ee 
            
 Take a load o

         
ff Fanny And, 

 
           
 Put the load 

                  
right on me 

     


[Verse]
          
 I catch a can

              
nonball now to

             
 take me down 

     
the line 
            
 My bags are s

#           
inkin' low I d

              
o believe it's

 
 time 
             
 To get back t

           
o Miss Fanny y

             
ou know she's 

           
the only one 
            
 Who sent me h

#            
ere' with her 

             
regards for ev

   
eryone 


[Chorus]
            
 Take a load o

            
ff Fanny  Take

          
 a load for fr

ee 
            
 Take a load o

         
ff Fanny And, 

 
           
 Put the load 

                 
right on me
            
 Right on me 

     

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