Lay Me Down chords by
Andrew Peterson
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Key: E major

Intro 1

Dsus4

Asus4

Verse 1
D D 
 
I
G G 
 
suppose you could lay me down to die in Illinois
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
Bury me beneath the rows of corn
D D 
 
Or in-between the the maple trees
G G 
 
I climbed on as a boy
Bm Bm 
 
Where in  the Land of
A A 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
G G 
 
Lincoln  I was born

Verse 2
F F 
 
Oh, and I recall
Bb Bb 
 
We rode the combines in the fall
And there comes a time
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
For gathering the harvest after all
G G 
 
So

Verse 3
D D 
 
when you lay me down to die
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
I'll miss my boys, I'll miss my girls
Asus4 Asus4 
 
G G 
 
Lay      me down and let me say
A A 
 
D D 
 
goodbye to this world
G G 
 
You can lay me anywhere
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
But just remember this
A A 
 
G G 
 
When you lay me down to die
D D 
 
G G 
 
You lay me down to live
Bm Bm 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Well I asked a girl to marry me
G G 
 
on a dock out on the lake
Bm Bm 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
Our ba  bies came to life
G G 
 
in Tennessee
D D 
 
And the music of the mountains
G G 
 
is still keeping me awake
Bm Bm 
 
Yeah, but everything
Asus4 Asus4 
 
G G 
 
that rises falls asleep

Verse 4

We are not alone

We are more than flesh and bone

Bbsus2

What is seen will pass away

What is not is going home

Verse 5
D D 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
When you lay me down to die
D D 
 
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
I'll miss my boys, I'll miss my girls
Asus4 Asus4 
 
G G 
 
Lay      me down and let me say
D D 
 
goodbye to this world
G G 
 
You can lay me anywhere
Asus4 Asus4 
 
Bm Bm 
 
But just remember      this
A A 
 
G G 
 
When you lay me down to die

Verse 6
Bm Bm 
 
I'll open up my eyes on the skies
G G 
 
I've never known
D D 
 
In the place where I belong
C C 
 
And I'll realize His love is just
G G 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
another word for Home

Verse 7
D D 
 
I  believe in the holy shores
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
of uncreated light
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
I   believe there is power
G G 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
in the blood
D D 
 
And all of the death that ever was,
G G 
 
If you set it next to life
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
I   believe it would barely
G G 
 
D D 
 
fill a cup
Bm Bm 
 
‘Cause I believe there's
A A 
 
G G 
 
power in the blood

Verse 8
F F 
 
When you lay me down to die
Bb Bb 
 
Dm Dm 
 
So  long, boys, so long, girls
C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Lay me down and let me say good
C C 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
bye to this world
D D 
 
G G 
 
You can lay me anywhere
Asus4 Asus4 
 
Bm Bm 
 
But just remember      this
Asus4 Asus4 
 
G G 
 
When you lay  me down to die
D D 
 
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
You lay me down to
D D 
 
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
live

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