The Load-Out Stay by Jackson Browne
Key: GG | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 


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)