Lay It Down chords by Waylon Jennings

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Verse 1
C 
F 
C 
 (C major)  (F major)  (C major) [Verse 1:]
Em 
F 
Traveling down on dif (E minor) ferent roads  (F major) 
Dm 
G 
Trying hard to leave  (D minor) the load  (G major) 
C 
 (C major) We take it there but we can
Em 
F 
 (E minor) 't  let go  (F major) 
G 
C 
It's so  (G major) hard to lay it  (C major) down
F 
G 
F 
G 
 (F major)  (G major)  (F major)  (G major) 

Verse 2
C 
 (C major) 
[Verse 2:]
Bb 
F 
Eb 
Back in Eden  (B flat major) we  were tried  (F major)  (E flat major) 
Bb 
Found ourselves dis (B flat major) satisfied
F 
C 
F 
 (F major) Seeking wisdom that she  (C major) denied  (F major) 
G 
C 
F 
Trying  (G major) hard to lay it  (C major) down  (F major) 
G 
 (G major) 

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Verse 3

[Chorus:]

Lay it down brother,lay it down

It's so hard to lay it down

Verse 4
C 
 (C major) 
[Verse 3:]
Em 
F 
Hide in  (E minor) me,confide in me  (F major) 
Dm 
Don't you think it's  (D minor) time
D 
G 
C 
 (D major) to be  (G major)  (C major) 
Em 
F 
Everything we tried  (E minor) to be  (F major) 
G 
You and me  (G major) sould lay it down
C 
F 
G 
F 
G 
 (C major)  (F major)  (G major)  (F major)  (G major) 

Verse 5
C 
 (C major) [Verse 4:]
Bb 
Speak to me,be  (B flat major) unashamed
F 
Eb 
 (F major)  (E flat major) There's no need
Bb 
F 
in  (B flat major) playing games  (F major) 
C 
F 
After all we're  (C major) all the same  (F major) 
G 
C 
F 
G 
F 
Just trying  (G major) hard to lay  (C major)  (F major)  (G major)  (F major) 
G 
C 
Em 
 (G major)  (C major) it down  (E minor) 
C 
Em 
[Chorus.]  (C major) [Verse 5:(a tone  (E minor) 

Verse 6
F 
 (F major) 
G 
C 
 (G major)  (C major) 
F 
G 
A 
D 
 (F major)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major) higher)]
F#m 
A 
G 
Wish my words could make  (F sharp minor) it well  (A major)  (G major) 
Em 
A 
D 
Wish that I could break  (E minor) the shell  (A major)  (D major) 
F#m 
D 
G 
Take us from our (F sharp minor) self  made well  (D major)  (G major) 
A 
D 
Find a way  (A major) to lay it  (D major) down
G 
[Verse 6:(a tone  (G major) 

Verse 7
A 
G 
 (A major)  (G major) 
A 
D 
 (A major)  (D major) higher)]
C 
Burdened by the things  (C major) I've
G 
F 
 (G major) learned  (F major) 
C 
Hurting because I'm too  (C major) 
G 
concerned  (G major) 
D 
Nonetheless I con (D major) fess I yearn
G 
A 
 (G major) To find a way  (A major) to lay it down
D 
G 
A 
 (D major)  (G major)  (A major) 
G 
A 
 (G major)  (A major) 

Verse 8
D 
 (D major) 
F#m 
[Chorus bis:(a tone  (F sharp minor) 
higher)]
G 
Lay it down,lay it down  (G major) 
A 
D 
G 
Wish that I  (A major) could lay  (D major) it down  (G major) 
A 
G 
A 
 (A major)  (G major)  (A major) 