Chords for Mavis Staples – The Weight with Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra

[N] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
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I pulled in [Bm] the Nazareth, _ [C] feeling about a half past dead, [G] _ _ just needed to [Bm] find a place
[C] where I could lay my _
[G] head.
_ Hey mister, can you [Bm] tell me [C] where a girl might find a [G] bed?
_ _ He just grinned, [Bm] shook my hand, [C] knows all he said.
[G] _ _ _ _ Take a load [C] off Fannie, _ _ [G] _ take a load for [C] free.
_ _ [G] Take a load [C] off Fannie, _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ put your load right on [G] me.
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [C] Yeah. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm]
Picked up my [Bm] bags, I went [C] looking for a place to hide.
_ [G] _
When I saw both [Bm] Carmen and the devil [C] walking side by [G] side, _ _ _
_ I said, hey [Bm] Carmen, come [C] on, let's go [G] downtown. _ _
_ _ She said, I [Bm] gotta go, but [C] my friend can't stick [G] around. _
Oh, _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ take [G] a load, [Bm] take a load for [C] free.
_ Take [G] a load, take a load [C] off Fannie, _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ put _ your load [G] right on me. _ _ _
[Em] Yeah.
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ Oh [G] yeah.
_ [Bm]
Oh [Em] yeah.
Oh [C] yeah.
Oh yeah.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Go down [Bm] Moses, there ain't [C] nothing there that you can [G] say.
_ _ _ It's just so [Bm] Luke, and Luke's a [C]-waiting on the judgment day.
[G] _ _ _ _
Well Luke, my [Bm] friend, _ _ what [C] about a young Adderley?
He [G] _ _ _
said, do me [Bm] a favor, don't you [C] stay here, keep Adderley [G] _ company.
_ Hey!
Take a load off [C] Fannie, _ take [G] a load _ [C] for free.
_ Take [G] a load _ off [C] Fannie, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ and put your load right on [G] me.
_ _ _ [Em]
Oh [C] _ yeah. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] Guess you can't afford [Bm] now, _ _ [C] can't mean no.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ My back is [Bm] sinking low, [C] and I do believe it [G] is _ time _ to get back to [Bm] Miss Fannie.
_ Oh you [C] know, she's the only [G] one _ _ _ _ sending me [Bm] here in her [C] regards. Hey!
_ [Em] _ _ _
_ [G] Take a load, [C] take a load, [G] take a load, take a load for [C] free.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Put your load right on [G] me.
_ _ [Em] Oh yeah.
[G] _ _ [C] Oh yeah. _
_ _ _ [G] _ Crazy Chester followed me, [Bm] and [C] he caught me in the [G] fall.
_ _ _ He said, I'll [Bm] fix you right, _ [C] if you take old Jack my [G] dog.
_ _ I said, wait a [Bm] minute Chester, you know [C]
I'm a peaceful [G] man. _ _ _
He said, [Bm] that's okay, _
[C] feed him when you can.
_ _ [G] _
_ Take a load, [C] take a load, _ [G] _ take a load for [C] free. _
_ _ [G] Take a load [C] off Fannie.
_ Hey! _ _ _ _
Hey!
_ Put your load, put your load right on [G] me.
_ _ _ [Em] Oh [G] yeah.
[C] _ Oh hey. _ _
_ Put the [G] load, _ put [Em] the load, _ _ [C] _ _ put the load.
Hey!
_ [G] Put the, put the, put [Em] the, put the [C] load, put the load right on me.
Hey!
_ [G] Put the load, [Em] put the [G] load, put [C] the load, put the load. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Hey!
_ Yeah, _ _ _ _ _ _ yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, _ yeah. _
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