[Verse 1]

             
I pulled in to

           
 Nazareth, I w

             
as feeling abo

              
ut half past d


ead.
             
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, shook my ha

             
nd, "No" was a

       
ll he said.


[Chorus]

         
Take a load of

    
f, Fanny.
         
Take a load fo

    
r free.
         
Take a load of

    
f, Fanny.
       
And...And...An

              
d.you put the 

            
load right on 

me.


[Instrumental]

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[Verse 2]
             
I picked up my

           
 bag.  I went 

             
looking for a 

              
place to hide.
             
When I saw Car

           
men and the de

             
vil walking si

 
de by side.
             
I said, "Hey, 

           
Carmen, come o

             
n. Let's go do

              
wntown."
             
She said, "I g

           
ot to go, but 

             
my friend can 

       
stick around."


[Chorus]

         
Take a load of

    
f, Fanny.
         
Take a load fo

    
r free.
         
Take a load of

    
f, Fanny.
       
And...And...An

              
d.you put the 

            
load right on 

me.

[Instrumental]

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[Verse 3]

             
Go down, Miss 

           
Moses, there's

             
 nothing you c

  
an say.
             
It's just old 

           
Luke, and Luke

             
's waiting on 

 
the judgement 

day.
             
"Well, Luke, m

           
y friend, what

             
 about young A

 
nna Lee?"
             
He said, "Do m

           
e a favor, son

             
, won't you st

         
ay and keep An

na Lee company

."


[Chorus]

         
Take a load of

    
f, Fanny.
         
Take a load fo

    
r free.
         
Take a load of

    
f, Fanny.
       
And...And...An

              
d.you put the 

            
load right on 

me.

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[Verse 4]

             
Crazy Chester 

           
followed me an

             
d he caught me

         
 in the fog.
             
He said, "I wi

           
ll fix your ra

             
ck, if you'll 

         
take Jack my d

og."
             
I said, "Wait 

           
a minute, Ches

             
ter. You know 

         
I'm a peaceful

 man."
             
He said, "That

           
's okay, boy. 

             
 Won't you fee

         
d him when you

 can?"


[Chorus]

         
Take a load of

    
f, Fanny.
         
Take a load fo

    
r free.
         
Take a load of

    
f, Fanny.
       
And...And...An

              
d.you put the 

            
load right on 

me.

[Instrumental]

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[Verse 5]

             
Get your Canon

           
ball now, to t

             
ake me down th

         
e line.
             
My bag is sink

           
ing low, and I

             
 do believe it

         
's time
             
To get back to

           
 Miss Fanny.  

             
You know she's

         
 the only one
             
Who sent me he

           
re with her re

             
gards for ever

         
yone.


[Chorus]

         
Take a load of

    
f, Fanny.
         
Take a load fo

    
r free.
         
Take a load of

    
f, Fanny.
       
And...And...An

              
d.you put the 

            
load right on 

me.

[Instrumental]

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