Key: D major•
Verse 1
D
G
D
Lay down your weary tune, lay down,
Bm
A
Lay down the song you strum,
D
And rest yourself
G
'neath the strength of strings
Bm
A
D
No voice can hope to hum.
G
D
Struck by the sounds before the sun,
Bm
A
I knew the night had gone.
Em
D
G
The morning breeze like a bugle blew
Bm
A
D
Against the drums of dawn.
G
D
G
D
Lay down your weary tune, lay down,
Bm
A
Lay down the song you strum,
D
And rest yourself 'neath
G
the strength of strings
Bm
A
D
G
No voice can hope to hum.
D
The ocean wild
Verse 2
G
D
like an organ played,
Bm
The seaweed's wove its
A
strands.
D
The crashin' waves
G
like cymbals clashed
Bm
A
Against the rocks and
D
sands.
G
I stood unwound beneath the skies
Verse 3
D
Bm
A
And clouds unbound by laws.
D
The crying rain like a trumpet
G
sang
Bm
A
D
And asked for no applause.
G
D
G
D
Lay down your weary tune, lay down, Lay
Verse 4
Bm
A
down the song you strum,
D
And rest yourself
G
'neath the strength of strings
Bm
A
D
G
D
No voice can hope to hum.
Bm
A
D
G
Bm
A
D
Verse 5
D
G
The last of leaves fell from
D
the trees
Bm
And clung to a new love's
A
breast.
D
G
The branches bare like a banjo played
Bm
A
D
To the winds that listened best.
Verse 6
G
I gazed down in the river's
D
mirror
Bm
A
And watched its winding strum.
D
G
The water smooth ran like a hymn
Bm
A
D
And like a harp did hum.
Verse 7
G
D
Lay down your weary tune, lay down,
Bm
A
D
G
A
Bm
Lay down the song
A
D
G
D
you
Bm
A
strum,
D
And rest yourself 'neath the
G
strength of strings
A
Bm
A
D
Bm
A
D
No voice can hope to
hum.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G Bm A Em
D
G
Bm
A
Em
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