Lay Me Down original guitar chords by
Dirty Heads

2012Reggae1.5K views

Key: G major•

Intro 1

G

G

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Am

Am

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G

G

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Am

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Verse 1
Em Em 
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Well this is how it starts
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Two lovers in the dark
B B 2
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On the run, from the one
That they called Sheriff Spark
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Six guns by their side
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And bullets 'round their waist
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Two shots to the sky
Signal sound for the chase
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The safe was nearly empty
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and they were nearly free
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But were seen by the good eye
of the mean Billy Green
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Am Am 
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And he screamed at the top of his lungs
They're on the run
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It's the two outsiders
Grab your horses and your guns
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Chorus 1
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I said I wish that we could stay here
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But I fear our time has come
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We could ride out in the darkness
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Chasing the rising sun
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We gotta pack our bags this in  stant
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We're heading south-bound to the next town
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And if we all arrive there so safely
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Baby you can lay me down
G G 
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Am Am 
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Lay me down
G G 
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Am Am 
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Lay me down
G G 
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Lay me down

Verse 2
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Well it's the story of the two
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Always on the move
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They got nothing left to lose
'Cept their guns and their wounds
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Now they're crossing borders
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Sheriffs posse on their tail
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They'd rather die together
Than be stuck up in a cell
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They drank up all the whiskey
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And they partied every night
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Like it could be the last
The bounty said shoot on sight
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So they chased the endless summer
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Though it came with the pride
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They wouldn't stop running
'Til they found a paradise
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But the sheriff finally found them
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with his eyes seeing red
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So the lovers had to shoot him down
and fill him full of lead
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They were finally free
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To find a place to lay their head
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And when they finally did
he looked at her and then he said
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Chorus 2
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I said I wish that we could stay here
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'Cause I feel our time has come
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And we can walk down to the o   cean
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And sit with the rising sun
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So unpack your bags this in  stant
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No more running from town to town
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And now that we've arrived so safely
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Baby you can lay me down
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Am Am 
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Lay me down
G G 
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Am Am 
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Bridge 1
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Well you're my green-eyed girl
And I've been running around with you
It's the afternoon
and we got nothing left to do
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So wipe the dirt off,
or take your shirt off
And we should go hit the cantina
We got work off
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I said it's hot outside
Let me go swimming in your eyes
We've been running for a while
Why don't you lay down, make me smile
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I  could never ask for nothing better than this
It's just tequila and the beach,
that's why it's salty when we kiss
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Chorus 3
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I said I wish that we could stay here
G G 
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'Cause I feel our time has come
Am Am 
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And we can walk down to the o   cean
G G 
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And sit with the rising sun
Am Am 
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So unpack your bags this in  stant
G G 
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No more running from town to town
Am Am 
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And now that we've arrived so safely
G G 
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Am Am 
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Baby you can lay me down
G G 
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Am Am 
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Lay me down
G G 
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Am Am 
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Outro 1

Lay me

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