Lay Down Your Weary Tune chords by Mary Black

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Chorus:
N.C.
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
N.C.
Lay down the song you strum
N.C.
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
N.C.
No voice can hope to hum

Verse:
       D MajorD    G+G    D MajorD
Struck by the sounds before the sun
      B minorBm    A augmentedA
I knew the night had gone
  D MajorD              G+G
The morning breeze like a bugle blew
      D MajorD A augmentedA   D MajorD
Against the drums of dawn

Chorus:
          G+G     D MajorD
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
       B minorBm    A augmentedA
Lay down the song you strum
       D MajorD              G+G
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
       D MajorD A augmentedA   D MajorD  G+G D MajorD
No voice can hope to hum

Verse:
            G+G   D MajorD
The ocean wild, like an organ played
      B minorBm    A augmentedA
The seaweed wove it's strands
       D MajorD         G+G
The crashing waves like cymbals clashed
      D MajorD A augmentedA   D MajorD
Against the rocks and sands

Verse:
         G+G     D MajorD
I stood unwound beneath the skies
       B minorBm    A augmentedA
And clouds unbound by laws
      D MajorD          G+G
The crying rain like a trumpet sang
       D MajorD A augmentedA  D MajorD
And asked for no__ applause

Chorus:
          G+G     D MajorD
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
       B minorBm    A augmentedA
Lay down the song you strum
       D MajorD              G+G
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
       D MajorD A augmentedA   D MajorD
No voice can hope to hum

Instrumental:
G+G D MajorD B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD

Verse:
            G+G    D MajorD
The last of leaves fell from the trees
        B minorBm     A augmentedA
And clung to a new love's breast
       D MajorD         G+G
The branches bare like a banjo played
         D MajorD A augmentedA   D MajorD
To the winds that listened best

Verse 5:
          G+G    D MajorD
I gazed down in the river's mirror
        B minorBm   A augmentedA
And watched its winding stream
     D MajorD         G+G
The water smooth ran like a tune
      D MajorD A augmentedA   D MajorD
And like a harp did hum

Chorus:
N.C.
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
N.C.
Lay down the song you strum
N.C.
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
N.C.
No voice can hope to hum

Chorus:
D MajorD          G+G     D MajorD
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
       B minorBm    A augmentedA
Lay down the song you strum
       D MajorD              G+G
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
       D MajorD A augmentedA   D MajorD
No voice can hope to hum
N.C.
No voice can hope to hum