Lay Me Down
Lay Me Down

Lay Me Down easy guitar chords by Andrew Peterson

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • Dsus4

  • G

  • Bm

    2

  • D

  • Asus4

  • A

  • F

  • Bb

  • Eb

    6

  • Dm

  • Bbsus2

  • C

  • Dsus4

  • G

  • Bm

    2

  • D

  • Asus4

  • A

  • F

  • Bb

  • Eb

    6

  • Dm

  • Bbsus2

  • C

    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    I 

    suppose 
    you could 
    lay 
    me down 
    to die 
    in 
    Illinois 

    Bury 
    me 
    beneath 
    the rows 
    of 
    corn 

    Or 
    in-between 
    the 
    the 
    maple 
    trees 

    I climbed 
    on 
    as a boy 

    Where 
    in 
    the Land 
    of 

    Lincol
    n 
    I was 
    born 

    Verse 2
    Oh, 
    and 
    I 
    re
    call 

    We 
    rode 
    the combines 
    in 
    the fall 

    And there 
    comes 
    a time 

    For 
    gathering 
    the 
    har
    vest 
    after 
    all 

    So 
    Verse 3
    when 
    you 
    lay 
    me 
    down 
    to 
    die 

    I'll miss 
    my 
    boys, 
    I'll miss 
    my 
    girls 

    Lay 
    me 
    down 
    and 
    let 
    me say 

    goodbye 
    to this 
    world 

    You can lay 
    me 
    any
    where 

    But just 
    remem
    ber 
    this 

    When 
    you lay 
    me 
    down 
    to die 

    You 
    lay 
    me down 
    to 
    live 


    Well I 
    asked 
    a girl 
    to marry 
    me 

    on a dock 
    out 
    on 
    the lake 

    Our 
    ba
    bies 
    came 
    to life 

    in 
    Tenness
    ee 

    And the 
    music 
    of the 
    mountains 

    is still 
    keeping 
    me 
    awake 

    Yeah, 
    but 
    everything 

    that rises 
    fall
    s asleep 

    Verse 4
    We 
    are 
    not 
    alone 

    We 
    are more 
    than 
    flesh 
    and 
    bone 

    What 
    is seen 
    will 
    pass 
    away 

    What 
    is 
    not 
    is 
    going 
    home 

    Verse 5
    When 
    you 
    lay 
    me 
    down 
    to 
    die 

    I'll miss 
    my 
    boys, 
    I'll miss 
    my 
    girls 

    Lay 
    me 
    down 
    and 
    let 
    me say 

    goodbye 
    to this 
    world 

    You 
    can lay 
    me 
    any
    where 

    But just 
    remem
    ber 
    this 

    When 
    you lay 
    me 
    down 
    to 
    die 

    Verse 6
    I'll open 
    up my 
    eyes 
    on 
    the skies 

    I've never 
    known 

    In the place 
    where 
    I 
    be
    long 

    And I'll 
    realize 
    His 
    love 
    is 
    just 

    an
    other 
    word 
    for 
    Home 

    Verse 7
    I 
    believe 
    in the 
    holy 
    shores 

    of uncreated 
    light 

    I 
    believe 
    there 
    is 
    power 

    in the 
    blood 

    And 
    all 
    of the 
    death 
    that ever 
    was, 

    If 
    you set 
    it next 
    to 
    life 

    I 
    believe 
    it would 
    barely 

    fill 
    a cup 

    ‘Cause I 
    believe 
    there's 

    power 
    in the 
    blood 

    Verse 8
    When 
    you 
    lay 
    me 
    down 
    to 
    die 

    So 
    long, boys, 
    so 
    long, 
    girls 

    Lay 
    me 
    down 
    and 
    let 
    me say 
    good

    bye 
    to this 
    world 

    You can lay 
    me 
    anywhere 

    But 
    just 
    remem
    ber 
    this 

    When 
    you lay 
    me 
    down 
    to 
    die 

    You 
    lay 
    me 
    down 
    to 


    live 

    Outro 1


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