Guitar chords with lyrics
Since the original is played on piano, I like to finger pick this song... just a basic up and down arpeggio sounds nice (in my opinion). Hope you like it! :) Lay It Down ~ Nichole Nordeman
VERSE 1:E minorEm
C majorC To every son and daughter
D MajorD
E MajorE Wayward and long gone
E minorEm
C majorC The love of a father
D MajorD
E MajorE
Cmaj7Cmaj7 Will leave the light on VERSE 2:
E minorEm
C majorC Tried to throw you off track
D MajorD
E MajorE
A augmentedA needle in a haystack
E minorEm
C majorC I don't know how you found me
D MajorD
E MajorE
Cmaj7Cmaj7 Or why you let me come back PRE-CHORUS 1:
E minorEm
C majorC
A minorAm
D MajorD
E minorEm 'Cause it's a long way home when all you're left to carry
C majorC
A minorAm
E minorEm
D MajorD Is a heart of stone and the weight of most the world And I'd like to...
CHORUS:E minorEm
C majorC Lay it down a little
E minorEm
C majorC Lay it down a lot
G+G
D MajorD
E minorEm I don't want to hold it anymore
C majorC
E minorEm Lay it down in pieces
E minorEm
C majorC Lay it down in whole
G+G
D MajorD Everything I've carried on my own
E minorEm
C majorC Lay it down, lay it down
E minorEm
C majorC Lay it down, lay it down VERSE 3:
E minorEm
C majorC I spent your money
D MajorD
E MajorE Living on the fringes
E minorEm
C majorC But you threw a party for me
D MajorD
E MajorE Invited all your big friends PRE-CHORUS 2:
E minorEm
C majorC
A minorAm
D MajorD
E minorEm And I have learned a little bit about a heavy load
C majorC
A minorAm
E minorEm
D MajorD All that gleams and glitters is not worth its weight in gold And I know I should... CHORUS:
E minorEm
C majorC Lay it down a little
E minorEm
C majorC Lay it down a lot
G+G
D MajorD
E minorEm I don't want to hold it anymore
C majorC
E minorEm Lay it down in pieces
E minorEm
C majorC Lay it down in whole
G+G
D MajorD Everything I've carried on my own
E minorEm
C majorC Lay it down, lay it down
E minorEm
C majorC
ⓘ Guitar chords for 'Lay It Down' by Nichole Nordeman, a female pop artist. Nichole Nordeman was born in 1972.