The Load Out Chords by Jackson Browne

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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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_ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ [G] Now the seats are all empty _ [C] Let the roadies [D] take [Em] the stage
_ [G] [C] Pack it up and tear [D] it down [G] They're _ _ the first to come and the last to
leave [C] Working for that [D] minimum [Em] wage
_ _ They'll [C] set it up in another [D]
town [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] Tonight the people were [Eb] so fine
_ [C] They waited there in [Db] line [G] And when they got up on [Em] their feet
[D] They made the [G] show _ _ And _ _ that was sweet
_ I can hear the sound Of [C] slamming [D] doors and folding [Em] chairs
And [C] that's a sound [D] they'll never [G] know _ Roll _ [D] _ [G] _ _ them cases out [C] and lift them [G] amps
_ Haul them trusses down [C] and get them up them [G] ramps
When it comes to moving me [C] You know you guys are [D] the champs
[G] But when that last guitar's been packed away You [C] know that I still [D] wanna [Em] play
_ So [C] just make sure you got it all set to go _ [D] Before you _ [Em]
come for [D] my piano
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] Put the _ bands [Eb] on the bus [Ebm] And [C] _
they're ready [Db] to go
[G] We gotta drive all night [Em] And [D] do the show [C] in Chicago
_ _ _ [G] Or Detroit, _ I don't know _ We do [C] so many [D] shows in a [Em] row
And these [C]
towns [D] all look the [G] same _ We just pass the time in the hotel rooms
[C] And wander [G] around [Em] backstage _ Till those [C] lights come up
And we hear that crowd And we [D] remember _ why we came
_ [G] _
Now _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
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_ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ we got country and western on the bus, [Em] _
_ _ bar and booze
We [C] got disco And 8-track synths and [G] stereo
We _ _ _ _ _ got rural scenes and magazines And [C] we got truckers [D] on the [Em] CB
_ [G] And we got [C] Richard Pryor [D] on the video
[G] You _ got time to think of the ones we love [C] While the miles [D] roll [Em] away
But [C] the only time that seems too short [D] Is the time that we get to play
_ [G] People, you got the power [C] over what we do [G] You can sit there and wait
Or [C] you can pull us through [G] Come along, sing the song
You [C] know that you can't [D] go wrong Cause [G] when that morning sun comes beating down
[C] You're gonna wake up [D] in [Em] your town _ [C] But you'll be scheduled to appear
_ [D]
A [Em] thousand miles away
[D] _ [N] _ _ _