LAY IT DOWN (Kim Richey & Tom Littlefield)
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[I've written the chords as if there was no capo, but you could also
play it in C with a capo on 2.]
[Each chord is half of a measure, except pairs of chords joined with hyphens
(G - A) are half a measure total.]
G - A Bm G - A Bm G - A Bm G G
[intro]
G - A Bm G - A Bm
Have another drink, yeah, maybe dull the pain
G - A Bm G G
Take another hit, but that don't ever stop the rain
G - A Bm G - A Bm
Smile away the hours, you're never really there, you're
G - A Bm G G G
safe behind the knowledge they don't know how much you care
Bm Bm Bm7/A Bm7/A
Yeah, but don't that stuff get awful heavy, you know, it occurs to me
G G E E G G
You're gonna break your heart if you don't leave it be
D D G G D D
Lay it down, lay it all the way down
G - A Bm G - A Bm G - A Bm G G
Aaaaahh....
Leave the words unspoken, bite your tongue instead
Ah but keep the fire smokin', keep it humming in your head
Hold another grudge, oh, tight against your chest, yeah
Note another slight so you can add it to the rest
Yeah, but don't that stuff get awful heavy, you know, it occurs to me
You're gonna break your heart if you don't leave it be
D D
Lay it down
G G A A
The truth leaks out a little every time you
Bm Bm7/A G G
Tell another desperate joke
G - A Bm G - A Bm G - A Bm G G
[guitar solo]
Yeah, but don't that stuff get awful heavy, you know, it occurs to me
You're gonna break your heart if you don't leave it be
Lay it down, lay it all the way down
Aaaaahh....
Aaaaahh....
[sputter to an ending on G.]
- transcribed by Adam Schneider, http://adamschneider.net/