Lay Me Down chords by The Oh Hellos

G          C      G       G        C
Fire and brimstone fell upon my ears as their throats of open graves recited
G
fear
      Em     C         G      C        Em
Like the bullets of a gun they drove my tears and my feet to run the hell
    G
out of here
   G       C        G       G
See, I was born a restless wayward child, I could hear the whole world
 C     G
calling me outside
    Em      C      G    C       Em        G
Of the masses I routinely sat behind and Lord, I had to see with my own eyes
 G        Em   D              Em       C   G
Take me home, I want to go down the road that will take me to the living oak
   G           Em     D            G
And Lord, I know that I'm a weathered stone but I owe it to my brothers to
C      G
carry them home

C G D C G

(pick G chord)

 G        Em   D              Em       C   G
Take me home, I want to go down the road that will take me to the living oak
   G           Em     D            G
And Lord, I know that I'm a weathered stone but I owe it to my brothers to
C      G
carry them home
 G       Em   D             Em       C   G
Take me home, I want to go down the road that will take me to the living oak
   G         Em   D            G
And Lord, I know it's a heavy load but we'll carry my brothers, oh we'll
C      G
carry them home

  G        C          G       G        C
And oh, there is no power on Earth or below that could ever break our hearts
       G
or shake our souls
       Em         C     G      Em        C
And when you lay me down you'll only bury bones 'cause oh, my heart and soul
      G
are going home