The Load Out & Stay
                                          By Todd

(Intro) GG/C CEm CD GC GD GBm CEm CD GC GD

G (320003@1)           G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)                   Em (022000@1) Now the seats are all empty let the roadies take the stage
         C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)          G (320003@1)                   Bm (x24432@1)Pack it up and tear it down they're the first to come and the last to leave
  C (x32010@1)                          Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)                      GC G (320003@1)
  Working for that minimum wage   they'll set it up in another town

Em (022000@1)           Adim7  C (x32010@1)                     A#dim7
  Tonight the people were so fine,    they waited there in line
                G (320003@1)             Em (022000@1)       D (xx0232@1)        C(hold) (x32010@1)  And when they got up on their feet, they made the show
               G (320003@1)              Bm (x24432@1) And that was sweet, but I can hear the sound
              C (x32010@1)                    Em (022000@1) Of slamming doors and folding chairs
               C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)       GC GD
  And that's a sound they'll never know

G (320003@1)                            C (x32010@1) Now, roll them cases out and lift them amps
G (320003@1)                          C (x32010@1) Haul them trusses down and get 'em up them ramps
G (320003@1)                      Bm (x24432@1)'Cause when it comes to moving me
     C (x32010@1)                     D (xx0232@1)You know you guys are the champs
               G (320003@1)                Bm (x24432@1)But when that last guitar's been packed away
               C (x32010@1)                  Em (022000@1)You know that I still want to play
              C (x32010@1)So just make sure you've got it all set to go
            D (xx0232@1)Before you come for my piano

(Interlude) G G/C C Em C D G C G D G Bm C Em C D G C G D

Em (022000@1)          Adim7  C (x32010@1)                       A#dim7
  But the band's on the bus      and they're waiting to go
               G (320003@1)       Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)     C(hold) (x32010@1)  We've got to drive all night and do a show in Chicago
     G (320003@1)              G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)                Em (022000@1) Or Detroit, I don't know we do so many shows in a row
           C (x32010@1)                    G (320003@1)       G (320003@1)                  Bm (x24432@1)And these towns all look the same  we just pass the time in our hotel rooms
      C (x32010@1)                    Em (022000@1) And wander 'round backstage
             C (x32010@1) Till those lights come up and we hear that crowd
           D (xx0232@1) And we remember why we came

(Interlude) G G/C C Em C D G C G D G Bm C Em C D G C G D

G (320003@1)                              Em (022000@1) Now we got   country and western on the bus,   R & B
               C (x32010@1)                                    GD
  We got disco   eight tracks and cassettes in stereo
            G (320003@1)              Bm (x24432@1) We've got rural scenes and magazines
         C (x32010@1)         Em (022000@1) We got truckers on CB
         C (x32010@1)                        GD
  We got Richard Pryor on the video
             G (320003@1)                  Bm (x24432@1) And we got time to think of the ones we love
            C (x32010@1)        Em (022000@1) While the miles roll away
          C (x32010@1) But the only time that seems too short
         D (xx0232@1) Is the time that we get to play

G (320003@1)                       C (x32010@1) People you've got the power over what we do
          G (320003@1)                           C (x32010@1) You can sit there and wait or you can pull us through
        G (320003@1)            Bm (x24432@1)     C (x32010@1)                    D (xx0232@1) Come along, sing the song you know that you can't go wrong
                  G (320003@1)               G (320003@1)'Cause when that morning sun comes beating down
                  C (x32010@1)             Em (022000@1)     C (x32010@1) You're going to wake up in your town but we'll be scheduled to appear
    D (xx0232@1) A thousand miles away from here

G (320003@1)  EmC        D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)EmC D (xx0232@1)    
  People, stay      just a little bit longer
           G (320003@1) EmC        D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)EmC D (xx0232@1)      
  We wanna play     just a little bit longer
            G (320003@1)         Em (022000@1)CD         G (320003@1)         Em (022000@1)CD     
  If the promoter don't mind    and the union don't mind
         G (320003@1)           Em (022000@1)           C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)                    
  We can take a little time and we'll leave it all behind
         Em(hold) (022000@1)  Singin'   one more song

G (320003@1)  EmC        D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)EmC D (xx0232@1)    
  Oh, won't you stay      just a little bit longer...
  G (320003@1)     Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)     Em(hold) (022000@1)     
  Please, please, please, say you will, say you will

(Solo) B Em A D

G (320003@1)  EmC        D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)EmC D (xx0232@1)    
  Oh, won't you stay      just a little bit longer Oh
  G (320003@1)            Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)  Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)    
  Please, please stay   just a little bit more,    ehehe
            G (320003@1)         Em (022000@1) CD         G (320003@1)           Em (022000@1)CD      
  If the promoter don't mind     and the roadies don't mind
         G (320003@1)           Em (022000@1)           C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)         
  We can take a little time and we'll leave this all behind
          Em(hold) (022000@1)         GEm CD (repeat and fade)    
  Singin'    one more song