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THE LOAD-OUT G C D Em C D G C D

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

G They’re the first to come and the last to leave,
working C for that D minimum Em wage.
They’ll set it C up in D another G town.

Tonight the Em people were so D fine. C They waited there in Em line.
And when they G got up on their Em feet, they D made the C show.

And that was G sweet. But I can hear the sound
of slamming C doors and D folding Em chairs,
that’s a C sound they’ll D never G know.

G Now, roll them cases out and C lift them amps.
G Haul them trusses down and get C ‘em up them ramps,

G ’cause when it comes to moving me,
C you know you guys are the D champs.

G But when that last guitar’s been packed away,
you know that C I still D want to play.Em

So just make C sure you’ve got it all set to go
Before you D come for my C piano…

G C D Em C D G

But the Em bands on the D bus, and C they’re ready to Em go
We’ve got to G drive all night, D to do show in C Chicago

Or G Detroit, I don’t know, we do C so many shows in a Em row
These C towns all D look the G same

We just G pass the time in the hotel rooms and C wander around back G stage
Till those C lights come up and we hear that crowd
And we D remember why we came

Now G we got country and western, on the bus, C R & Em B
We got C7 disco, 8tracks and cassette in G stereo D

We got G rural scenes and magazines, we got C truckers on Em CB
We got C Richard Pryor on the D video G

We got G time to think of the ones we love while the C miles D roll Em away
And C the only time that seems too short, is the D time that we get to play

People G you’ve got the power over C what we D do,
you can G sit there and wait, or you can C tell us D to

come G along, sing this song, you C know that you cant go D wrong
cause when that Em morning sun comes beatin’ down,
you’re gonna C wake up D in your Em town

but C we’ll be scheduled to appear, a D thousand mile away from here

G Em C D

People, stay just a little bit longer.
We wanna play just a little bit longer.

The promoter don’t mind.
And the union don’t mind

if we take a little time and we leave it all behind
Em sing one more song.

Ch{ Oh, won’t you stay just a little bit longer.
Please, please, please say, you will. Say you will. Em
B / Em / A / D
Ch{ Oh, won’t you stay just a little bit longer.
Oh, please, please stay just a little bit more. Hehehe,

now the promoter don’t mind.
And the roadies don’t mind,

if we take a little time and we leave it all behind
Em sing one more song.