Lay Me Down chords by Andrew Peterson
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Intro 1
(Dsus4) (G major) (B minor) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) (G major) (B minor) (Asus4) (G major)
Verse 1
(D major) I
suppose you could lay me down to die (G major) in Illinois
(B minor) Bury me beneath the rows of (G major) corn
Or (D major) in-between the the maple trees
I climbed (G major) on as a boy
Where (B minor) in the Land of
Lincol (A major) n I was (Asus4) born (G major)
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Verse 2
Oh, and I recall (F major)
We rode the combines in the fall (B flat major)
And there comes a time
For (E flat major) gathering (F major) the har (D minor) vest after all (G major) (A major)
(G major) So
Verse 3
when you lay me down to (D major) die
I'll miss my boys, (G major) I'll miss my girls (B minor)
(Asus4) Lay me down and (G major) let me say
goodbye to this (A major) world (D major)
You can lay me anywhere (G major)
But just remem (A major) ber this (B minor)
When you lay (A major) me down to die (G major)
You lay me down to (D major) live (G major)
(B minor) (Asus4) (D major) (G major)
Well I (D major) asked a girl to marry me
on a dock (G major) out on the lake
Our (B minor) ba bies came to life (Asus4)
in Tenness (G major) ee
And the (D major) music of the mountains
is still (G major) keeping me awake
Yeah, but (B minor) everything
that rises (Asus4) fall (G major) s asleep
Verse 4
We are not alone (F major)
We are more than flesh and (B flat major) bone
What is seen will (B flatsus2) pass away (E flat major)
What is (D minor) not is going home (G major)
Verse 5
When you lay me down to (D major) die (Dsus4)
(D major) I'll miss my boys, (G major) I'll miss my girls (B minor)
(Asus4) Lay me down and (G major) let me say
goodbye to this world (D major)
You can lay me anywhere (G major)
But just remem (Asus4) ber this (B minor)
When you lay (A major) me down to (G major) die
Verse 6
I'll open up my eyes (B minor) on the skies
I've never known (G major)
In the place where I be (D major) long
And I'll realize His (C major) love is just
an (G major) other word for (B flat major) Home (C major)
Verse 7
(D major) I believe in the holy shores
(Dsus4) of uncreated light
(B minor) I believe there is (D major) power
in the blood (G major) (Dsus4)
And (D major) all of the death that ever was,
If you set (G major) it next to life
(B minor) I believe it would (A major) barely
fill a cup (G major) (D major)
(B minor) ‘Cause I believe there's
(A major) power in the blood (G major)
Verse 8
When you lay me down to (F major) die
So (B flat major) long, boys, so long, (D minor) girls
(C major) Lay me down and (B flat major) let me say good
(C major) bye to this world (Dsus4)
You can lay (D major) me (G major) anywhere
But just remem (Asus4) ber this (B minor)
When you lay (Asus4) me down to (G major) die
You (D major) (G major) lay me down (B minor) to (Asus4) (D major) (G major)
(D major)
(G major) (B minor) live (A major) (D major)
Outro 1
(G major) (D major) (G major) (B minor) (Asus4) (D major)
(G major) (D major)
Lay Me Down
Andrew Peterson
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