The Weight - The Band
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
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