Chords for Rick Danko/The Weight/1997

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_ _ _ I bowled into [C] Nazareth, I just feel a [G] buck out that stick
Just [Bm] needed to find a place [C] where I could break [G] my head
_ Hey mister, could you tell me, come [C] on John, where man might [G] find a bed
He just grinned and shook my head, and that was all he said
Take [C] a load off, Danny, [C] take a load for [D] free
Take a [C] load off, Danny _ _
Put the load, put the load, put the [D] load right on me
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_ _ _ [G] I cranked up my bags, went looking for a place to hide
When I saw Comet in the pivot, [C] walking [G] side by side
Well I said, hey Comet, [C] come on let's go [G] downtown
_ I said, I got it, my brains can stick a bang on the road you know
Take a load off, Danny, take a load for free
[C] Take a load off, Danny _ _ _
Put the load, [G] put the load right on me _ _
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_ _ I go down Moses, there's nothing that you can say
Well it's my [Bm] friend, a little [C] cantaloupe's waiting on [G] just the day
I said, look my friend, [C] what about young [G] Annalie
She [Bm] said, do me a favor [C] son, _ [G]
come back to me
[D] Take a load off, Danny, [G] take a [C] load for [G] free
Take a [C] load off, Danny _ _ _
[Cm] Put the load, put the load, put the load right [G] on me _
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[G] _ _ _ Crazy Chester followed [C] me, caught me [G] in the fog
He said, hey I'll treat you [C] right, and you'll take [G] Jack my dog
I said, wait a minute [Bm] Chester, I'm a peaceful man
He said, [B] that's okay boy, [C] once I feed all the junk [G] you've got, you can have your time
[C] Take a load off, Danny
[G] _ [C] Take a load for free
_ [G] Take a load [C] off, Danny _ _
_ Put the load, put the load, put the [G] load right on me
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ I'm gonna [Bm] catch me a cannonball now, take [G] me on down the line
_ My [Bm] brain is sinking [G] low, [C] and I do believe [G] that it's time
To get on back to [Bm] Miss Fanny, you know she's the only [G] one
_ Fanny sent me [Bm] out to hear your name, and [C] her eyes were on me as [G] it was recording
Take a load off, Danny
[G] Take [C] a load for free
Take a load off, Danny
_ _ And, hey, hey, hey
Put the load, put the load, [G] put the load right on me
[Bm] Put _ _ [C] _ the [G] load
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