Lay Down chords by Trip Lee

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: Cm

Intro:

Cm              Fm9        Bb    Cmaj7
Bullets may fly round, but I lay down
                Fm9      Bb    Cmaj7
I feel safe and sound on solid ground
              Cmaj7
How can I lay down-down-down-down?

Verse 1:
Cm                              Fm
Face up, face up, daddy told me "face up"
Cm                              Fm
Face up, face up, wifey told me "face up"
Cm                                               Fm
Coach just told me "lace up, " dodging shots and lasers
Cm                                                Fm
Cut through folly swinging high machetes sharp as razors
Cm                                      Fm7
My lane today, try not to complain today
                   Cm
All that pride and shame today?
                           Fm7
I take off no plane delay, uh

Verse 2:
Cm
Life get messy, uh
                       Fm7
Hit it with that hesi, uh
                       Cm                                     Fm7
Though this walk could test me, still I love it - Lucy, Desi, uh
          Cm                               Fm7
Busy as I ever been, I need so much medicine
                Cm                               Fm7
Tell sabbath to let me in, my Savior gon' get me in

Verse 3:
                  Cm                                   Fm7
On my way to high notes, then somehow them pitches bend
                Cm                                     Fm7
If I don't face it, it get dangerous like liquor blends, huh
      Cm                                         Fm7
I'm a citizen of that place where my mission ends
                Cm                                           Fm7
That drives us, though sometimes we get tired like Michelins, huh
        Cm                                        Fm7
If they listening, they might say, "not this again"
            Cm                        Fm7
Here go the secrets to my biggest wins

Chorus:
                        Cm
I just- I just- I just- Yuh
                                Fm7
I just lie down, I just lie down
Cm                                Fm7
All that big talk, let it die down
Cm                              Fm7
I just lie down, I just lie down
Cm                                      Fm7
When that fear start, cut them lies down
Cm                  Fm7
Lay, lay, lay down (Tell 'em, ay)
Cm                  Fm7
Lay, lay, lay down (Tell 'em, ay)
Cm                  Fm7
Lay, lay, lay down (Tell 'em, ay)
Cm                  Fm7
Lay, lay, lay down (Tell 'em, ay)
Cm                              Fm7
Face up, face up, mama told me "face up"
Cm                                     Fm7
Face up, face up, tell them they can't break us
Cm                                         Fm7
Turn away forever pleasures? I call that a pay cut
Cm
Stick it to us, stain us, still the truth will train us (yeh, yeh, yeh)

Verse 3:
Cm                                                Fm7
Bruh, my daddy owns the world, how you gon' son me?
Cm                                               Fm7
They want my race on their track, but they can't run me
Cm                        Fm7
Hark, I don't wanna hear, "Depart from me"
Cm                                                      Fm7
Rode on Noah's ark, dodging arson feels like art to me, huh, yuh
Cm                        Ebmaj7
If I ain't slumbered in a while, yeah
Cm                         Ebmaj7
I throw myself into exile, yeah
Cm                               Ebmaj7
Terrors turn to errors in all my files, yeah
Cm                            Ebmaj7
I would perish on that lonely island

Verse 4:
Cm                      G#
I just lie down, I just lie down
Cm                        G#
All that big talk, let it die down
Cm                      G#
I just lie down, I just lie down
Cm                              G#
When that fear start, cut them lies down
Cm                  Fm7
Lay, lay, lay down (Tell 'em, ay)
Cm                  Fm7
Lay, lay, lay down (Tell 'em, ay)
Cm                  Fm7
Lay, lay, lay down (Tell 'em, ay)
Cm                  Fm7
Lay, lay, lay down (Tell 'em, ay)

Outro:
Cm              Fm9        Bb    Cmaj7
Bullets may fly round, but I lay down
                Fm9      Bb    Cmaj7
I feel safe and sound on solid ground