The Load Out Stay chords by Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne - The Load Out / Stay


Intro:
G - Bm - C - Em - C - D - G(opmaat) - G/C - G (2x)


     G      Bm       C         Em
Now the seats are all empty, let the roadies take the stage
    C        D - G                   Bm
Pack it up and tear it down.  They're the first to come and the last to leave
     C        Em
Working for that minimum wage
     C       D     G - G/C - G
they'll set it up in another town
       Em       B  C            A7
Tonight the people were so fine,  they waited there in line
        G        Em          C
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     (D)   Em         C       D   G - G/C - G
Of slamming doors and folding chairs, 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       C           D
 'Cause when it comes to moving me, you know you guys are the champs
        G         Bm            C         Em
But when that last guitar's been packed away, you know that I still want to play
       C                      D
So just make sure you've got it all set to go before you come for my piano

G - Bm - C - Em - C - D - G(opm.) - G/C - G (2x)


     Em      B C             A7
But the band's on the bus  and they're waiting to go
        G       Em           C
We've got to drive all night  and do a show in Chicago
    G       Bm      C        Em
Or Detroit, I don't know, we do so many shows in a row
      C     D     G
And these towns all look the same
               Bm       C         Em
We just pass the time in our hotel rooms and wander 'round backstage
      C                      D
Till those lights come up and we hear that crowd and we remember why we came

G - Bm - C - Em - C - D - G(opm.) - G/C - G (2x)

      G                 Em
Now we got  country and western on the bus, R & B
      C                   G
We got disco on eight tracks and cassettes in stereo
              Bm           C     Em
We've got rural scenes and magazines, and we got truckers on CD
         C      D - G                 Bm
We got Richard Pryor on the video. And we got time to think of the ones we love
      C      Em     C
While the miles roll away, 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         Bm
'Cause when that morning sun comes beating down
       C        Em
You're gonna wake up in your town
   C                D
But we'll be scheduled to appear a thousand miles away from here

     G-Em-C     D     G-Em-C-D      G-Em-C
People, stay... just a little bit longer , we wanna play-hey,
    D     G-Em-C-D
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     Em
If we'll take a little time and we'll leave it all behind, sing... one more song
(N.C.)     G-Em-C     D     G-Em-C-D
Oh, won't you stay...  just a little bit longer
G     Em   C   D    Em
Please, please, please say, you will, say you will

B - E(?) - A - D

(N.C.)     G-Em-C     D     G-Em-C-D
Oh, won't you stay...  just a little bit longer.
   G    Em   C     D     G-Em-C-D
Oh, please, please stay just a little bit more, ehehe
       G       Em-C-D     G       Em-C-D
Now if the promoter don't mind,  and the roadies don't mind
    G       Em       C       D     Em
We can take a little time and we'll leave it all behind sing one more song

G - Em - C - D (repeat a few times, fade out)