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Lay Down

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Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile
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at the ones who stand and frown.
 G                 D                 F                   G                                                   D 
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile
               F                                   Em 
at the ones who stand and frown.
#1.
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We were so close, there was no room, we bled inside each
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other's wounds.
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We all had caught the same disease..and we all sang, the songs
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of peace.
 G                 D                 F                   G                                                   D 
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile
               F                                   G 
at the ones who stand and frown.
 G                 D                 F                   G                                                   D 
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile
               F                                   Em 
at the ones who stand and frown.
#2.
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So, raise the candles high, cause if you don't, we could stay
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black against the night.
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Oh, raise them higher again, and if you do we could stay
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dry against the rain.
 G                 D                 F                   G                                                   D 
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up
               F                                   G 
at the ones who stand and frown.
 G                 D                 F                   G                                                   D 
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up
               F                                   Em 
at the ones who stand and frown.
#3.
 Em                 D                                     Em                           D 
We were so close, there was no room, we bled inside each
                 Em 
other's wounds.
 Em                 D                             Em                                   D 
We all had caught the same disease..and we all sang, the songs
       Em 
of peace.
                           D                                   Em                                 D                           Em 
Some came to sing, some came to pray..some came to keep the dark away.
#4.
         D         A                     Em                                 G 
So, raise the candles high, cause if you don't, we could stay
 D           A                   Em 
black against the night.
         D         A                       Em                             G 
Oh, raise them higher again, and if you do we could stay
 D       A                   Em 
dry against the rain.
 G                 D                 F                   G                                                   D 
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up
               F                                   G 
at the ones who stand and frown.
 G                 D                 F                   G                                                   D 
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up
               F                                   Em 
at the ones who stand and frown.
 G                 D                 F                   G                                                   D 
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up
               F                                   G 
at the ones who stand and frown.
 G                 D                 F                   G                                                   D 
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up
               F                                   Em 
at the ones who stand and frown.
 G                 D                 F                   G                                                   D 
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up
               F                                   Em 
at the ones who stand and frown.