Lighten up the load 创作者：
Del Amitri

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调：E major

Verse 1
G G 
 
I've been waiting in this station,
B B 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
for what seems like a year
It's midday now,
B B 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
but I  don't trust the clocks they have in here
G G 
 
B B 
 
And maybe 'round the corner
C C 
 
D D 
 
you'll be stepping off that bus
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
And then I will remember
C C 
 
G G 
 
what it feels like to be us

Verse 2
G G 
 
B B 
 
And now the fog is creeping
C C 
 
'round the factories and farms
G G 
 
B B 
 
I hope to hell you make it to as
C C 
 
D D 
 
sail me with your charms
G G 
 
B B 
 
'Cause all I want to do now babe,
C C 
 
D D 
 
is hold you in my arms

Verse 3
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
So put your bags beside me,
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
baby, right here in the road
Am Am 
 
Put 'em down,
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
and lighten up the load
Am Am 
 
D D 
 
Put 'em down and lighten up the load
G G 
 

Verse 4
B B 
 
I wonder how you'll look at me,
C C 
 
G G 
 
after all this time
B B 
 
I wonder how much things have
C C 
 
D D 
 
rearranged within my mind
G G 
 
B B 
 
'Cause I'll be so relieved to see you
C C 
 
D D 
 
stepping off that bus
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
'Cause then I will remember
C C 
 
G G 
 
what it feels like to be us

Verse 5
G G 
 
B B 
 
Will you stand here smiling with
C C 
 
G G 
 
your hands upon your hips
B B 
 
Wearing the same lipstick I last
C C 
 
D D 
 
tasted on your lips?
G G 
 
B B 
 
'Cause I  just want you right now,
C C 
 
D D 
 
baby at my fingertips

Verse 6
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
So put your bags beside me,
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
baby, right here in the road
Am Am 
 
Put 'em down and
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
lighten up the load
Am Am 
 
D D 
 
Put 'em down and lighten
up the load
G G 
 

Verse 7
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
If what you're carrying is as
B B 
 
Em Em 
 
heavy as my heart
Bm Bm 
 
You'll need a weeks re
C C 
 
D D 
 
covery here within my arms
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
So put your bags beside me baby,
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
right here in the road
Am Am 
 
D D 
 
Put 'em down and lighten up the

Interlude 1

load

Verse 8
D D 
 
G G 
 
B B 
 
So as I'm waiting in this station,
C C 
 
G G 
 
feeling famished and afraid
B B 
 
The 8:15 from London comes
Bm Bm 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
in  eight minutes delayed
G G 
 
B B 
 
And as I'm searching for your features
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D D 
 
I'm rehearsing what I'll say

Verse 9
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
Put your bags beside me, baby,
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
right here in the road
Am Am 
 
D D 
 
Put 'em down and lighten
G G 
 
C C 
 
up the load
Am Am 
 
D D 
 
Put 'em down and lighten
G G 
 
C C 
 
up the load
G G 
 
C C 
 
The load, the load
G G 
 
C C 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
C C 
 