Lay Me Down chords by Andrew Peterson
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I
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suppose you could lay me down to die in Illinois
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Bury me beneath the rows of corn
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Or in-between the the maple trees
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I climbed on as a boy
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Where in the Land of
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Lincoln I was born
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Verse 2
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Oh, and I recall
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We rode the combines in the fall
And there comes a time
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For gathering the harvest after all
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So
Verse 3
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when you lay me down to die
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I'll miss my boys, I'll miss my girls
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Lay me down and let me say
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goodbye to this world
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You can lay me anywhere
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But just remember this
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When you lay me down to die
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You lay me down to live
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Well I asked a girl to marry me
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on a dock out on the lake
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Our ba bies came to life
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in Tennessee
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And the music of the mountains
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is still keeping me awake
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Yeah, but everything
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that rises falls asleep
Verse 4
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We are not alone
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We are more than flesh and bone
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What is seen will pass away
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What is not is going home
Verse 5
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When you lay me down to die
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I'll miss my boys, I'll miss my girls
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Lay me down and let me say
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goodbye to this world
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You can lay me anywhere
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But just remember this
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When you lay me down to die
Verse 6
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I'll open up my eyes on the skies
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I've never known
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In the place where I belong
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And I'll realize His love is just
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another word for Home
Verse 7
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I believe in the holy shores
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of uncreated light
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I believe there is power
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in the blood
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And all of the death that ever was,
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If you set it next to life
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I believe it would barely
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fill a cup
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‘Cause I believe there's
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power in the blood
Verse 8
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When you lay me down to die
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So long, boys, so long, girls
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Lay me down and let me say good
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bye to this world
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You can lay me anywhere
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But just remember this
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When you lay me down to die
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You lay me down to
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live
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Lay Me Down
Andrew Peterson
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