Lay Me Down chords by Solas

♫ Intro:

D  C  Em
D  C  Em

D  C    Em    C      G
L-ay me down, lay me down
D  C    G     C      G     G
L-ay me down, lay me down




♫ Verse 1:
       C                 G
Lay me down on fields at dark
        C                 G
And the stars are frosted fast
         C                  G
Set like birds, singing and far
       C                 G
Lay me down on fields at dark
       C                 G    G
Lay me down on fields at dark

♫ Verse 2:
        C                        G
Take my hand, though the road is long
         C              G
And the torture carries on
         C                    G
Hear the hawk and the killing song
        C                        G
Take my hand, though the road is long
        C                        G    G
Take my hand, though the road is long


♫ Chorus:
D  C    Em    C      G
L-ay me down, lay me down
D  C    Em    C      G    G
L-ay me down, lay me down


♫ Verse 3:
          C                 G
Dance, my vision, bleak and red
        C               G
In your comfort-loving head
        C             G
Oh, my eyes are color-dead
          C                 G
Dance, my vision, bleak and red
          C                 G    G
Dance, my vision, bleak and red


♫ Chorus:
D  C    Em    C      G
L-ay me down, lay me down
D  C    Em    C      G    G
L-ay me down, lay me down


♫ Verse 4:
           C                     G
Bleed the grain and the sap will run
         C              G
Root cut down below our ground
           Em         C     G
Search the seed, find wings among
           C                     G
Bleed the grain and the sap will run
           C                     G     G
Bleed the grain and the sap will run


♫ Verse 5:
       C                G
Lay me down between the days
         C                      G
When the sun sleeps high in the hay
         C                 G
Set like waves, an endless play
       C                G
Lay me down between the days
       C                G    G
Lay me down between the days


♫ Chorus:
D  C    Em    C      G
L-ay me down, lay me down
D  C    Em    C      G    G
L-ay me down, lay me down
D  C    Em    C      G
L-ay me down, lay me down
D  C    Em    C      G    G
L-ay me down, lay me down