Lay Me Down chords by
Andrew Peterson
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Key: E major
Intro 1
Esus4
Esus4

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A

C#m
C#m

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A

E
E

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E
E

A
A

C#m
C#m

Bsus4
Bsus4

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Verse 1
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E

I
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A

suppose you could lay me down to die in Illinois
C#m
C#m

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A

Bury me beneath the rows of corn
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E

Or in-between the the maple trees
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A

I climbed on as a boy
C#m
C#m

Where in the Land of
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B

Bsus4
Bsus4

A
A

Lincoln I was born
Verse 2
G
G

Oh, and I recall
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C

We rode the combines in the fall
And there comes a time
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F

G
G

Em
Em

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A

B
B

For gathering the harvest after all
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A

So
Verse 3
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E

when you lay me down to die
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A

C#m
C#m

I'll miss my boys, I'll miss my girls
Bsus4
Bsus4

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A

Lay me down and let me say
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B

E
E

goodbye to this world
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A

You can lay me anywhere
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B

C#m
C#m

But just remember this
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B

A
A

When you lay me down to die
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E

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You lay me down to live
C#m
C#m

Bsus4
Bsus4

E
E

A
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Well I asked a girl to marry me
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A

on a dock out on the lake
C#m
C#m

Bsus4
Bsus4

Our ba bies came to life
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A

in Tennessee
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E

And the music of the mountains
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A

is still keeping me awake
C#m
C#m

Yeah, but everything
Bsus4
Bsus4

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A

that rises falls asleep
Verse 4
G
G

We are not alone
C
C

We are more than flesh and bone
Csus2
Csus2

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F

What is seen will pass away
Em
Em

A
A

What is not is going home
Verse 5
E
E

Esus4
Esus4

When you lay me down to die
E
E

A
A

C#m
C#m

I'll miss my boys, I'll miss my girls
Bsus4
Bsus4

A
A

Lay me down and let me say
E
E

goodbye to this world
A
A

You can lay me anywhere
Bsus4
Bsus4

C#m
C#m

But just remember this
B
B

A
A

When you lay me down to die
Verse 6
C#m
C#m

I'll open up my eyes on the skies
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A

I've never known
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E

In the place where I belong
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D

And I'll realize His love is just
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A

C
C

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D

another word for Home
Verse 7
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I believe in the holy shores
Esus4
Esus4

of uncreated light
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C#m

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E

I believe there is power
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A

Esus4
Esus4

in the blood
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E

And all of the death that ever was,
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A

If you set it next to life
C#m
C#m

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B

I believe it would barely
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A

E
E

fill a cup
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C#m

‘Cause I believe there's
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B

A
A

power in the blood
Verse 8
G
G

When you lay me down to die
C
C

Em
Em

So long, boys, so long, girls
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D

C
C

Lay me down and let me say good
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D

Esus4
Esus4

bye to this world
E
E

A
A

You can lay me anywhere
Bsus4
Bsus4

C#m
C#m

But just remember this
Bsus4
Bsus4

A
A

When you lay me down to die
E
E

A
A

C#m
C#m

Bsus4
Bsus4

E
E

A
A

You lay me down to
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E

A
A

C#m
C#m

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B

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E

live
Outro 1
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E
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C#m
C#m

Bsus4
Bsus4

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