Lay Me Down chords by Andrew Peterson

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Novice

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Intro:
|Esus    |Amaj9    |C#m7  B7sus  |Amaj9   |
|Esus/B  |Amaj9    |C#m7  B7sus  |Amaj9   |

Verse 1:
     E                                  A2
Well I suppose you could lay me down to die in Illinois
C#m       Bsus              A2
Bury me beneath the rows of corn
      E                         A2
Or in between the maple trees I climbed on as a boy
   C#m            Bsus          A2
Or in the land of Lincoln I was born
           G                                C2
Oh and I recall we rode the combines in the fall
                           F             C/E           D
And there comes a time for gathering the harvest after all

Chorus:
                        E                  A2                  C#m
When you lay me down to die   I'll miss my boys   I'll miss my girls
Bsus            A2
Lay me down and let me say goodbye to this world
E                 A2                              C#m
You can lay me anywhere oh but just remember this
         Bsus           A2                          Esus
When you lay me down to die   You'll lay me down to live

Instrumental:
|Esus   |A2      |C#m  B7sus  |A2    |

Verse 2:
       E                             A2
Well I asked a girl to marry me on a dock out on a lake
    C#m            Bsus          A2
Her babies came to life in Tennessee
        E                               A2
And the music of the mountains is still keeping me awake
         C#m             Bsus          A2
Yeah but everything that rises falls asleep
             G                               C2
We are not alone  we are more than flesh and bone
                        F            C/E          D
What is seen will pass away  what is not is goin' home

Chorus:
                        E                  A2                  C#m
When you lay me down to die   I'll miss my boys   I'll miss my girls
Bsus            A2
Lay me down and let me say goodbye to this world
E                 A2                         C#m
You can lay me anywhere oh but just remember this
         Bsus
When you lay me down to die...

Bridge:
                C#m                        A2
I'll open up my eyes onto skies I've never known
                        E          B2/D#
And the place where I belong and I realize
    D             A2/C#           C2         D
His love is just another word for home

Verse 3:
     E                               A2
Well I believe in the holy shores of uncreated light
C#m                Bsus         A2
I believe there is power in the blood
    E                                     A2
And all of the death that ever was if you set it next to life
C#m               B2/D#          A2/E
I believe it would barely fill a cup
          C#m                 Bsus         A2
Yeah cause I believe there is power in the blood

Final Chorus:
                        G            C2             Em
When you lay me down to die  so long boys   so long girls
D               C2             D
Lay me down and let me say goodbye to this world
E                 A2                         C#m
You can lay me anywhere oh but just remember this
         Bsus           A2                         E
When you lay me down to die  you'll lay me down to live

Outro:
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