Lay It Down chords by Kim Richey

Kim Richey - Lay It Down


CAPO: 2nd Fret


INTRO: F  G  Am  (3x)  F

      G        Am        F
Have another drink, yeah
      G        Am    F
Maybe dull the pain
       G         Am
Take another hit
              F
But that don't ever stop the rain
       G       Am            F
Smile away the hours, you're
      G        Am   Em     F
Never really there, you're
       G        Am
Safe behind the knowledge
           F
They don't know how much you care

CHORUS:
          Am
Yeah, but don't that stuff get awful heavy
C                        F
You know it occurs to me__
                                   D
You're gonna break your heart, yeah
                         F
If you don't leave it be__
       C
Lay it down
       F          C         F
Lay it all the way down___
  G Am      F  G Am      F  G Am           F
Ohhhhh yeah, ohhhhh yeah, ohhhhh yeah yeah, yeah yeah


          G       Am      F
Leave the words unspoken
          G        Am
Bite your tongue instead
       F         G    Am
Ah, but keep the fire smoking
       F
Keep it humming in your head
      G        Am
Hold another grudge
       F      G           Am
Oh oh, tight against your chest
     F       G        Am
Yeah, note another slight
          F
So you can add it to the rest


CHORUS:
          Am
Yeah, but don't that stuff get awful heavy
C                        F
You know it occurs to me__
                                   D
You're gonna break your heart, yeah
                         F
If you don't leave it be__
       C        F
Lay it down


BRIDGE:
                             G              Am
The truth leaks out a little every time you
      G      F
Tell another desperate joke


INSTRUMENTAL: F  G  Am   F  G  Am   F  G  Am   F


CHORUS:
          Am
Yeah, but don't that stuff get awful heavy
C                        F
You know it occurs to me__
                                   D
You're gonna break your heart, yeah
                         F
If you don't leave it be__
       C
Lay it down
       F          C         F
Lay it all the way down___
  G Am      F  G Am      F  G Am           F
Ohhhhh yeah, ohhhhh yeah, ohhhhh yeah yeah, yeah yeah


OUTRO:   (## fade to end #)
     G    Am
Ooh, ooh, ooh
F    G    Am
Ooh, ooh, ooh
F    G    Am   F
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh