Chords for Grateful Dead ☮ The Weight, 1990

[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ [A] _ _ [F#m] to _ _ [D] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
be _ a man.
[C#m] Pulled into Nazareth
[D] _
Just to be in a place
Just [A] _ to be [C#m] in a place
[D] _ _ [A] Said, _ [C#m] mister, can you tell me
[D] Where a man might [A] find a babe?
He shook my hand, [C#m] scrubbed my [D] back
Broke his [A] heart and said
Take [D] a load [E] off, man
[D] [A] Take a [D] load off, it's real
[A] Take a [D] load off, man And
_ He put the load right [A] on [C#m] me
[F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ [C#m] _ [F#m] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] Packed up my bag
[C#m] [D] And I went looking for a place to [A] hide
When I saw [C#m] Carmen and the devil
[D] Walking side by [A] side
I said, [C#m] hey, Carmen
[D] Come on, let's go [A] downtown
She said, [C#m] I gotta go
[D] But my friend, [A] he can stick around
Take a [D] load off, man
[A] Take a [D] load off, [A] man
Take [D] a load off, man And
_ _ He put the load right on [A] [C#m] me
[F#m] Get [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [C#m] _
[F#m] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[C#m] down this mosque
[D] There's nothing that [A] you can say
It's [C#m] just all new
[D] And new to me from [A] the church today
Well, [C#m] Duke, my friend
[D] What about this enemy?
[A] _ _
Said, you'll be [C#m] favored by
[D] Forty-seven [A] enemy companies
Take a load [D] off, man
[A] Take a load [D] off, it's real
[A] Take a load [D] off, man And
He put [G#m] the load right on [A] [C#m] me
_ [F#m] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ [C#m] Crazy Chester bothered me
Then [D] he caught [A] me in the [F#m] palm
[A] He says, I'll [C#m] fix you right
[D] You'll take [A] Jack, my dog
I said, [C#m] wait a minute, Chester
[D] You know I'm a [A] peaceful man
You say, [C#m] that's a clever
[D] You're just a feeling, [A] you're weak
_ Take a [D] load off, man
[A] Take [D] a load off, it's real
[A] Take [D] a load off, man
And
He put the load right on [A] [E] me
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[F#m] _ [E] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [D] _ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ _ _
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[F#m] _ [E] _ [D] _ _ You're [A] _
[C#m] my baby
[D] I'm gonna leave [A] you down to love
My [C#m] baby's singing, [D] Lord
And I do [A] believe it's time
To get back [C#m] to Miss Fanny
[D] You know she's the [A] only one
Who [C#m] let me hear
With [D] her reply for [A] everyone
Take a [D] load off, Fanny
[A] Take [D] a load off, it's real
[A]
Take [D] a load off, Fanny And _ _
He put the [N] load right [A] on me
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