The Load Out & Stay
                                          By Todd

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

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

              Em             Adim7  C                       A#dim7
  Tonight the people were so fine,    they waited there in line
                G               Em         D          C (hold)
  And when they got up on their feet, they made the show
               G                Bm
  And that was sweet, but I can hear the sound
              C                      Em
  Of slamming doors and folding chairs
               C             D         G C G D
  And that's a sound they'll never 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 moving me
     C                       D
 You know you guys are the champs
               G                  Bm
 But when that last guitar's been packed away
               C                    Em
 You know that I still want to play
              C
 So just make sure you've got it all set to go
            D
 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            Adim7  C                         A#dim7
  But the band's on the bus      and they're waiting to go
               G         Em             D       C (hold)
  We've got to drive all night and do a show in Chicago
     G                G             C                  Em
  Or Detroit, I don't know we do so many shows in a row
           C                      G         G                    Bm
 And these towns all look the same  we just pass the time in our hotel rooms
      C                      Em
  And wander 'round backstage
             C
  Till those lights come up and we hear that crowd
           D
  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                                Em
  Now we got   country and western on the bus,   R & B
               C                                      G D
  We got disco   eight tracks and cassettes in stereo
            G                Bm
  We've got rural scenes and magazines
         C           Em
  We got truckers on CB
         C                          G D
  We got Richard Pryor on the video
             G                    Bm
  And we got time to think of the ones we love
            C          Em
  While the miles roll away
          C
  But the only time that seems too short
         D
  Is the time that we get to play

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

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

                G    Em C        D          G  Em C D      
  Oh, won't you stay      just a little bit longer...
  G       Em      C       D       Em (hold)      
  Please, please, please, say you will, say you will

(Solo) B Em A D

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