Lay Down Your Burden chords by Mary Black

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C  G/B  Am    D  B7  Em   C  G/B  D    G

Verse:

It's a cold, old world that we're walking through
     D                        G
They ought to tell you at the start

But it's warm as toast walking two by two
    D                       G
Lay down the burden of your heart

Chorus:
    C                       G
Lay down the burden of your heart
  D                 G
I know you'll never miss it
     C                        G
Just show me, angel, where it hurts
    D              G
And let your mammy kiss it

Interlude:
C   G/B Am      D    B7  Em
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh
C   G/B D       G
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

Instrumental:
C  G/B  Am    D  B7  Em   C  G/B  D    G

Verse:
G
It's a fine, fine line between love and hate
     D                     G
It's hard to tell the two apart

But what strength I have, I offer you
    D                       G
Lay down the burden of your heart

Chorus:
    C                       G
Lay down the burden of your heart
  D                 G
I know you'll never miss it
     C                        G
Just show me, angel, where it hurts
    D              G
And let your mammy kiss it

Chorus:
    C                       G
Lay down the burden of your heart
  D                 G
I know you'll never miss it
     C                        G
Just show me, angel, where it hurts
    D              G
And let your mammy kiss it

Outro:
C   G/B Am      D    B7  Em
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh
C   G/B D       G
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh