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                            THE WEIGHT - The Band
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Written by: R. Robertson 
Album: "Music From Big Pink"    (1968, Capitol Records)

Transcribed by: Anne Drury 
Email: zerofret_ad@hotmail.com 
Date: April 8, 2008

INTRO:

    A                                 D
 E ---------------------------------|---------------------5-5---5-5---|
 B -------------10------------------|---------------------7-7---7-7---|
 G -9----9--11------9h11-9--9-------|-7---7---7-----------7-7---7-7---|
 D -9h11-----9------9-------9h11-11-|-7h9-7h9-7-----------7-7---7-7---|
 A ---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 E ---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    .       .       .       .         .       .       .       .

    A                          Asus4
 E ---------------------------------|
 B -2---2---2---2---2---2-2---2-3---|
 G -2---2---2---2---2---2-2---2-2---|
 D -2---2---2---2---2---2-2---2-2---|
 A -0---0---0---0---0---0-0---0-0---|
 E ---------------------------------|
    .       .       .       .

1ST VERSE:

A              C#m              D                      A
I pulled into Nazareth, I was feelin' 'bout half past dead
A                 C#m        D             A
I just need some place where I can lay my head
  A                   C#m              D                A
"Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?"
A                    C#m            D                   A
He just grinned and shook my hand, "No" was all he said


CHORUS:

 A      E        D      A      E        D
Take a load off Fanny, take a load for free
 A      E        D    D                                  A   E   F#m   E   D
Take a load off Fanny,  And you put the load right on me


2ND VERSE:

A              C#m          D                      A
I picked up my bag, I went lookin' for a place to hide
 A          C#m                  D               A
When I saw Carmen and the Devil walkin' side by side
A              C#m         D                 A
I said, "Hey, Carmen, come on, let's go downtown"
 A        C#m                   D                 A
She said, "I gotta go, but my friend can stick around"


Play CHORUS


3RD VERSE:

A              C#m            D               A
Go down, Miss Moses, there's nothin' you can say
 A            C#m               D                       A
It's just ol' Luke, and Luke's waitin' on the Judgment Day
  A              C#m           D               A
"Well, Luke, my friend, what about young Anna Lee?"
A                  C#m                    D                      A
He said, "Do me a favour, son, won't you stay and keep Anna Lee company?"


Play CHORUS


4TH VERSE:

  A            C#m                  D               A
Crazy Chester followed me, and he caught me in the fog
A                C#m                D                   A
He said, "I will fix your rack if you'll take Jack, my dog"
A                        C#m               D              A
I said, "Wait a minute, Chester, you know I'm a peaceful man"
A                 C#m                  D                 A
He said, "That's okay, boy, won't you feed him when you can", yeah


Play CHORUS


5TH VERSE:

 A       C#m                 D                A
Catch a Cannonball, now, to take me down the line
A          C#m              D                A
My bag is sinkin' low and I do believe it's time
A                    C#m             D              A
To get back to Miss Fanny, you know she's the only one
 A          C#m              D             A
Who sent me here with her regards for everyone


Play CHORUS


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Notes:
-Bar lines indicate measures of 4/4 time.
-Dots (...) under a staff are for timing, and show where the downbeats
 (1234) fall.

h...hammer on

(This file is the transcriber's own work and represents their 
 interpretation of the song.)