The Load-out

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        G             Bm
Now the seats are all empty,
        C                Em
Let the roadies take the stage.
        C              G  C\G
Pack it up and tear it down.

They re the first to come,
    Em
And last to leave.
        C                Em
Working for that minimum wage.
        C             G          C\G
They ll set it up in another town.
            Em             B7
Tonight the people were so fine.
     C               A7
They waited there in line,
              G               Em
And when they got up on their feet
              C   G
They made the show.
                             Bm
And that was sweet but I can hear 
the sound,
            C                
Of slamming doors and folding 
 Em
chairs.
             C             D     
And that s a sound they ll never 
G   C\G
know.

    G                       C
Now roll them cases out and lift 
them amps.
G                          C
Haul them trusses down and get em up
 them ramps.
 G                      Bm
 Cause when it comes to movin me,
    C                      D
You know, you guys are the champs.
              G                 
But when that last guitar s been 
 C
packed away,
G             C               Em
You know that I still want to play.
             C                     
So just make sure you got it all 
     Em
set to go,
           D                G
Before you come, for my piano.

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        Em            B7
But the band s on the bus,
            C          A7
And they re waiting to go.
             G         Em
We ve got to drive all night,
         D       C    G
And do a show in Chicago.
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     G              Bm
Or Detroit, I don t know,
      C                  Em
We do so many shows in a row.
          C         D        G
And these towns all look the same.
                             C
We just pass the time in the hotel 
rooms,
    G       C         Em
And wander  round backstage.
           C
Till those lights come up,
       Em
And we hear that crowd,
         G      D
And we remember why we came.

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            G                 C   
Now, we got Country & Western 
            Em
on the bus, R & B.
       C
We got Disco and 8-tracks,
                     G
And cassettes in stereo.
                         C
We've got rural scenes & 
magazines,
              G            Em
And we've got truckers on CB.
                   C           
And we got Richard Pryor on the 
 D
video.
       G                    C
We got time to think of the ones we 
love,
          G           Em
While the miles roll away.
        C              Em
But the only time that seems too 
short,
       G                   D
Is the time that we get to play.

       G
People you've got the power,
     C
Over what we do,
        G
You can sit there and wait,
           C
Or you can pull us through.
      G              C
Come along, sing the song,
G             Em           C
You know that you can't go wrong.
                 G                 
 Cause when that morning sun comes 
C
beatin down,
                G              
You're going to wake up in your 
 Em
town.

    C                      Em
But we'll be scheduled to appear,
  D        C               G
A thousand miles away from here.

       G Em C      D      
People stay just a little bit 
    G Em C D
longer.
           G Em C         D     
We want to play ay just a little
     G Em C D
 bit longer.
            G           Em C D
Now, the promoter don't mind.
        G           Em C D
And the union don't mind.
      G             Em
If we take a little time,
       C              D
And we leave it all behind,
    Em
And sing (one more song...)
                 G Em C
Oh oh, won't you stay ay.
       D          G      Em  C D
Just a little bit longer er-er er.
G       Em      C       D       
Please, please, please, say you 
Em
will.

(Say you will.)

solo
             G   Em  C
Oh won't you stay-ay-ay.
       D          G Em C D
Just a little bit longer.
       G       Em      C
Oh-oh, please, please, stay-ay-ay.
       D          G Em C D
Just a little bit more.

Ay-ee-ay-ee-ay.

Wooo!
            G           Em C D
Now, the promoter don't mind.
        G             Em C D
And the roadies don't mind.
      G             Em
If we take a little time,
       C                D
And we leave this all behind,
         Em
And sing one more song.

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