Lay Me Low chords by Nick Cave

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Verse 1
G 
 (G major) They're gonna lay me low
B 
(lay me  (B major) low)
C 
They're gonna sink  (C major) me
Em 
G 
C 
 (E minor) in  the snow  (G major)  (C major) 
They're gonna throw back
G 
A 
 (G major) their heads and crow  (A major) 

Verse 2
When I go
D 
 (D major) They're gonna jump and shout
G 
B 
 (G major) (lay me  (B major) low)
C 
G 
They're gonna  (C major) wave their arms  (G major) about
C 
B 
All the stories  (C major) will come  (B major) out
Em 
C 
When I  (E minor) go   (C major) 
D 
All the stars  (D major) 

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Verse 3

will all glow

bright (lay me low)

And my friends will give

up the fight

They'll see my work

in a different light

Yeah, when I go

Verse 4
G 
And they'll try telephoning  (G major) my
B 
mother (lay me  (B major) low)
C 
G 
But they'll  (C major) end up getting my  (G major) brother
C 
 (C major) Who'll spill the story on some
B 
 (B major) long- gone lover
Em 
That I  (E minor) hardly know
C 
D 
 (C major)  (D major) 

Verse 5
C 
 (C major) 
G 
C 
Hats off to the man  (G major)  (C major) 
G 
Bm 
On top of the world  (G major)  (B minor) 
B 
Em 
Come crawl up  (B major) here, baby  (E minor) 
A 
D 
And I'll show  (A major) you how it works  (D major) 
G 
If you wanna be my  (G major) friend
And you wanna repent
B 
C 
 (B major) And you want it all to  (C major) end
Em 
C 
G 
And you wanna  (E minor) know  (C major)  (G major) when
C 
Well do it  (C major) now don't care how
B 
Take your final  (B major) bow
Em 
Make a stand  (E minor) take my hand
C 
D 
And  (C major) blow it all to  (D major) hell

Verse 6
G 
They're gonna in (G major) form the police
B 
 (B major) chief (lay me low)
C 
Who'll breathe a sigh  (C major) of relief
G 
C 
 (G major) He'll say  (C major) I  was a malanderer, a
G 
A 
badlander, and a thief  (G major)  (A major) 
D 
Yeah, when I go  (D major) 

Verse 7
G 
They will interview my  (G major) teachers
B 
 (B major) (lay me low)
C 
Who'll say I was one  (C major) of god's
G 
sorrier creatures  (G major) 
C 
They'll print in (C major) formative
B 
six- page features  (B major) 
Em 
When I go  (E minor) 

Verse 8
C 
D 
 (C major) They'll bang a  (D major) big old
G 
B 
gong  (G major) (lay me  (B major) low)
C 
G 
The motorcade  (C major) will be ten miles long  (G major) 
C 
The world  (C major) will join together
G 
for a farewell  (G major) song
A 
When they put  (A major) me down below

Verse 9
D 
G 
 (D major) They'll sound a  (G major) 
B 
fluegelhorn (lay me  (B major) low)
C 
G 
And the sea will rage,  (C major) and the sky will storm  (G major) 
C 
B 
All man  (C major) and beast will mourn  (B major) 
Em 
C 
D 
When  (E minor) I go  (C major)  (D major) 

Verse 10
C 
G 
C 
 (C major) Hats off to the man  (G major)  (C major) 
G 
On top of the world  (G major) 
Bm 
Em 
 (B minor) Come crawl up  (E minor) here, baby
B 
A 
D 
And  (B major) we can  (A major) watch this damn thing turn  (D major) 
G 
If you wanna be my  (G major) friend
And you wanna repent
B 
C 
 (B major) And you want it all to  (C major) end
Em 
G 
And you  (E minor) wanna know when  (G major) 
C 
Well do it  (C major) now, do it now
B 
Take a  (B major) long last bow
Em 
Take my  (E minor) hand make a stand
C 
D 
And blow  (C major) it all  (D major) to hell

Verse 11
G 
B 
 (G major) Lay me low  (B major) 
Lay me low
C 
 (C major) Lay me low
Lay me low
G 
Lay  (G major) me low
C 
Lay me low  (C major) 
Lay me low
G 
 (G major) Lay me low
A 
Lay me low  (A major) 

Verse 12

Yeah when I go

Yeah, when I

Verse 13
G 
Lay  (G major) me low
B 
Lay  (B major) me low
Lay me low
C 
 (C major) Lay me low
G 
Lay  (G major) me low
Lay me low

Verse 14
C 
B 
Yeah  (C major)  (B major) when I go
Em 
 (E minor) Lay me low
C 
D 
G 
 (C major) Yeah  (D major)  (G major) lay me low
B 
C 
Lay  (B major) me  (C major) low
G 
Lay me  (G major) low