Jackson Browne – The Load-Out - Stay (Guitar)

        G             Bm 
Now the seats are all empty,

        C                Em
Let the roadies take the stage.

        C              G  C G
Pack it up and tear it down.

    Em
And last to leave.

        C                Em
Working for that minimum wage.

        C             G          C G
They ll set it up in another town.

            Em             B7
Tonight the people were so fine.

     C               A7
They waited there in line,

              G               Em
And when they got up on their feet

              C   G
They made the show.

                             Bm
And that was sweet but I can hear the sound,

            C                 Em
Of slamming doors and folding chairs.

             C             D     G   C G
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 movin me,

    C                      D
You know, you guys are the champs.

              G                  C
But when that last guitar s been packed away,

G             C               Em
You know that I still want to play.

             C                          Em
So just make sure you got it all set to go,

           D                G
Before you come, for my piano.

        Em            B7
But the band s on the bus,

            C          A7
And they re waiting to go.

             G         Em
We ve got to drive all night,

         D       C    G
And do a show in Chicago.

     G              Bm
Or Detroit, I don t know,

      C                  Em
We do so many shows in a row.

          C         D        G
And these towns all look the same.

                             C
We just pass the time in the hotel rooms,

    G       C         Em
And wander  round backstage.

           C
Till those lights come up,

       Em
And we hear that crowd,

         G      D
And we remember why we came.

            G                 C               Em
Now, we got Country & Western on the bus, R & B.

       C          
We got Disco and 8-tracks,

                     G  D
And cassettes in stereo.

G                         C
We've got rural scenes & magazines,

              G            Em
And we've got truckers on CB.

                   C            D  
And we got Richard Pryor on the video.

       G                    C
We got time to think of the ones we love,

          G           Em
While the miles roll away.

        C              Em
But the only time that seems too short,

       G                   D
Is the time that we get to play.

       G   
People you've got the power,

     C
Over what we do,

        G
You can sit there and wait,

           C
Or you can pull us through.

      G              C
Come along, sing the song,

G             Em           C
You know that you can't go wrong.

                 G                 C
 Cause when that morning sun comes beatin down,

                G               Em
You're going to wake up in your town.

    C                      Em
But we'll be scheduled to appear,

  D        C               G
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 want to play ay just a little bit longer.

            G           Em C D
Now, the promoter don't mind.

        G           Em C D
And the union don't mind.

      G             Em
If we take a little time,

       C              D
And we leave it all behind,

    Em
And sing (one more song...)

                 G Em C
Oh oh, won't you stay ay.

       D          G      Em  C D
Just a little bit longer er-er er.

G       Em      C       D       Em
Please, please, please, say you will.

             G   Em  C
Oh won't you stay-ay-ay.

       D          G Em C D
Just a little bit longer.

       G       Em      C
Oh-oh, please, please, stay-ay-ay.

       D          G Em C D
Just a little bit more.

            G           Em C D
Now, the promoter don't mind.

        G             Em C D
And the roadies don't mind.

      G             Em
If we take a little time,

       C                D
And we leave this all behind,

         Em
And sing one more song.