Chords for The Weight - Gillian Welch & Old Crow Medicine Show

Will you please welcome to the stage the old pro medicine show. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Come on up guys. _
_ _ _ _ Dr.
Willie Watson, Morgan Jannick, [Bb] Ketch Secor and Kevin Hain. _ _ _
_ [C] We're so happy to have some special guests with [Bb] us.
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_ _ _ _ I [Eb] _ _
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_ pulled into [Dm] Nazareth, I [Eb] was feeling about [Bb] half as dead.
I just needed [Dm] to find a place [Eb] where I could [Bb] lay my head.
_ _ Hey mister, [Dm] can you tell me [Eb] where a man might [Bb] find a bed?
_ _ I just [Dm] begged and shook my head, [Eb] and Lord was all [Bb] he said.
You _ take a [Eb] load off any, [Bb] _ you take a load [Eb] for free.
[Bb] _ You take a load [Eb] off any, _ _ _ and _ _ _ you put the [Bb] load right on me.
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_ [Eb] I _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ picked up [Dm] my bags, I [Eb] went looking [Bb] for a place to hide. _ _
When [Dm] I saw Carmen and the devil [Eb]
walking [Bb] side by side _ _
So I said, [Dm] hey Carmen, _ [Eb] come on, let's [Bb] go downtown
_ _ _ Carmen said, you [Dm] know that I gotta go, [Eb] but my friend can't [Bb] stick around
_ You take a [Eb] load off, Annie, _ [Bb] you take a load [Eb] for free
_ [Bb] You take a load [Eb] off, Annie, _ _ _ _ _ hey, _ _ _ [Bb] you put the load right on [Dm] me
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_ [Eb] _ _ _ Crazy _ [G] _
[Bb] _ _ [Dm] Chester followed me, [Eb] and he caught [Bb] me in the thong _ _
He said, I [Dm] can fix your rack if [Eb] you take [Bb] Jack, my _ darling _ _
_ [Dm] And Chester, [Eb] you know I'm [Bb] a peaceful man _ _ _ _
He [Dm] said, that's okay, [Eb] just feed him when [Bb] you can
_ You take a load [Eb] off, Annie, [Bb] _ you take a load [Eb] for free
[Bb] _ You take a [Eb] load off, Annie, _ _ _ _ hey, _ _ [Bb] you put the load right on [Dm] me
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_ down, [Dm] Moses, _ [Bb] [Eb] ain't nothing that you can [Bb] say
_ _ It's just [Dm] old Luke, [Eb] Luke's waiting on [Bb] Judgment _ Day
_ Well, [Dm] Luke, my friend, what [Eb] about young [Bb] Annalee?
_ _ _ Said to [F] me, a favor, son, [Eb] won't you stay and keep [Bb] Annalee company
_ You take a load [Eb] off, Annie, [Bb] _ you take a load [Eb] for free
[Bb] _ _ You take a load [Eb] off, Annie, _ _ _ hey, _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] you put the load right on me _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Bb] We'll _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ catch [Dm] a cannonball [Gm]
[Eb] tonight, take me on [Bb] down the line _ _
_ _ [Dm] My baby's singing low, [Eb] and I do believe [Bb] it's time
_ To get [F] back to [Dm] Miss Fanny, oh, you [Eb] know she's the [Bb] only one _ _
Who's sent [Dm] me here in her [Eb] regards for [Bb] everyone
_ _ _ You take a load [Eb] off, Annie, [Bb] _ _ you take a load for [Eb] free
_ [Bb] _ _ You take a [Eb] load off, Annie, _ _ _ hey, _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] you put the load right on me _ _ _
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