The Weight Chords by Jeff Healey

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_ _ _ Holding [Bm] the Nazareth, _ _ [C] feeling about a half [G]-past dead
_ I just needed [Bm] to find a place [C] where I could lay [G] my _ head
I said, mister, [Bm] can you tell me [C] where a man might [G] find a bed
_ He _ just [Bm] grinned and shook my hand, [C] to know was all [G] he said
_ Take a [C] load off, Annie, _ [G] _ [D] take a [C] load for free
_ [G] _ [D] Take a load [C] off, Annie, _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ you put the load right on [G] me
[D] I _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ picked up [Bm] my bags _ [C] and went looking for a place [G] to hide
_ _ When I [Bm] saw Carmen and the [C] devil walking side [G] by side
_ I said, hey, [Bm]
Carmen, _ [C] come on and let the [G] poor dame shine
_ _ She said, [Bm]
I gotta go, [C] but my friend here can stick [G]
around
_ _ _ [D] Take a load [C] off, Annie, _ [G] _ [D] take a [C] load for free
[G] _ [D] Take a [C] load off, Annie, _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ [C] you put the load right on [G] _ me
[D] _ _ [Em] _ [E] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ Go down, [Bm] Miss Moses, _ [C] there's nothing that you [G] can say
_ _ _ _ It's just [Bm] a load of loot, and [C] loot's a-waiting on the [G] Thursday day
_ _ Well, losing [Bm] a friend, _ [C] what about young [G] Danny Lee
_ He said, fill me [Bm] a favor, son, [C] won't you stay and keep Annie Lee [G]
company
_ _ [D] Take a [C] load off, Annie, _ [G] _ take a [C] load for free
_ [G] _ [D] Take a [C] load off, Annie, _ _ _ _ _ and _ [G] _ you put the load right on me
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ Crazy Chester [Bm] followed me, [C] and he caught me in [G] the bargain _
_ _ He said, I [Bm] will fix you right [C] if you take Jack, [G] my _ dog
I said, wait [Bm] a minute, Chester, you [C] know I'm a peaceful [G] man
He _ _ said, but that's [Bm] okay, boy, [C] won't you feed him a [G] wendy can _
Take [D] a load [C] off, [Em] Annie, _ [G] _ [D] take a [C] load for free
[G] _ [D] Take a load [C] off, Annie, _ _ _ _ and _ _ you put the load right [G] on me
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_ [Bm] Catch a cannonball, [C] gotta take me on down [G] the line
_ My _ [Bm] bag is sinking low, and [C] I do believe it's [G] time
_ To get back [Bm] to Miss Fanny, [C] you know she's the [G] only one _ _ _
Who's set [Bm] to get her [C] records for [G] every _ _ month
Take a [C] load off, Annie, _ [G] _
[D] take a [C] load for free
_ [G] _
Take a [C] load off, Annie, _ _ _ _ and _ _ you put the load right on [G] me
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