Chords for Jimmy Barnes - The Weight (Official Video)

[A#] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ One, [D] two, three, four.
_ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ I [C#m] bowed in Nazareth, [D] I was sleeping [Em] by the half [A]-past dead.
I just [C#m] need a place [D]
where I could lay [A] my head.
Hey, [C#m] mister, can you tell [D] me where a man [A] might find a bed?
He just [C#m] went and shook my [D] hand, and that [A] was all he said.
_ [C#m] Take a [D] load off, planets, [A] take [D] a load [G] off, we,
[A] _
take a [D] load off, planets, _ and _ put them _ [A] on [E] me.
[F#m] _ [E] _ [D]
I _ _ [A] _ picked [C#m] up my bags [D] and went looking for [A] a place to hide.
When I saw [C#m] old Carmel and the [D] devil walking [A] side by [D] side,
[A] I said, [C#m] hey, Carmel, [D] come on, let's go [Am] downtown.
[A] _ She [C#m] said, I've got to [D] go, but my friend, he [A] can sneak around. _
Take a [D] load off, planets, [A] take a [D] load off, we,
_ [A]
take [D] a load [G] off, [D] planets, _ and _ put them on [A] me.
[E] _ [F#m] _ [E] [D] Why don't you _ go [A] _ [C#m] down, Miss Moses, [D] there ain't nothing [A] you [Bm] can say.
_ [A] Mr.
[C#m] Old Luke, [D] Luke is waiting on [A] the judgment day.
Hey, [C#m] Luke, [D] what about young [A] [D] Annalie?
[A] She [C#m] said, do me a favor, boy, [D] won't you stay [A] and keep Annalie company?
Take [D] a load off, planets, [A] _ [D] take a load off, we,
[A] _
[D] take a load off, planets, and _ _ put them on [A] _ [E] me.
[F#m] _ [E] _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ Crazy [C#m] Chester followed [D] me, and he caught me in [A] the fall.
_ He said, [C#m] I'll see you [D] right if you take on Jack, my dog.
[A] I said, no, wait [C#m] a minute, Chester, [D] no, I'm a [A] peaceful man. _
[C#m] He said, that's [D] OK, just feed him when you [A] can.
Take a [D] load off, planets, [A] take [D] a load off, we,
[A]
take [D] a load off, planets, and _ _ _ [G] put them right on [A] [E] me.
[F#m] _ [E] _ [D] _
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ [E] _
[D] _ _ _ I [A] _ [C#m] catch a cannonball, [D] that'll take me [A] down the line.
_ My [C#m] back's sinking [D] low, I do believe it's [A] time
to get [C#m] back to Miss Fanny, [D] you know she's the only one
[A] _
who's [C#m] sent me here with [D] her regards for [A] everyone. _
Take [D] a load off, planets, [A] _ [D] take a load off, we,
[A] _
take a [D] load off, planets, _ _ _ _ and put them [Dm] right on [A] me.
[E] _ [F#m] _ [E] _ [D] _ [A] _ [Bm] _ [E] _ [A] _ [E] _ [F#m] _ [E] _
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