Key: G
Introduction: G
D G
When I lay my burden down
C G
I'll hear no mourners outside my window
D G
Put my body in the ground
C G D
Because my spirit will be free at last
G B7
And I'll be flying in the darkness
C G D
I'll ride the wind without a sound___
G D G C G D G
When I lay my burden down
D G
When I see that great green valley
C G
The haunting shadows will fade behind me
D G
A golden highway stretched out before me
C G D
And I will walk into the sunrise
G B7
With the lion and the lamb
C G D
And the beasts of the field___
G D G C G D G
When your secret is revealed
D G
When I lay my burden down
C G
Could be tomorrow, god has not told me
D G
And now I will love
C G D
With all the heart, soul and strength within me
G B7
As a mother and a lover
C G
And a sister and a daughter
B7
And then one day, over Jordan
C G D
I'll see angels, hear trumpets sound___
G D G C
When I lay my burden down___
G D G D G
When I lay my burden down