Lighten up the load chords by
Del Amitri
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Key: E major

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interlude 1

load

F#m

Verse 8
A A 
 
D D 
 
F# F# 
 
So as I'm waiting in this station,
G G 
 
D D 
 
feeling famished and afraid
F# F# 
 
The 8:15 from Lon don comes
F#m F#m 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
in    eight minutes delayed
D D 
 
F# F# 
 
And as I'm searching for your features
G G 
 
A A 
 
I'm rehearsing what I'll say

Verse 9
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
Put your bags beside me, baby,
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
right here in the road
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
Put 'em down and lighten
D D 
 
G G 
 
up the load
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
Put 'em down and lighten
D D 
 
G G 
 
up the load
D D 
 
G G 
 
The load, the load
D D 
 
G G 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
G G 
 

Verse 10

Ooh, yeah

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