Lay Me Down Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Verses

G Sing to me sweetly aG/Cs I turn sour, Lay Me DownC remembering

C That the wind and the rain played Da part in thatD/G dreadDful hGour.

G And so as I pass G/CI too feel the power, laying hereC under the trees

C Where three days before DI danced in aD/G summDer sGhower.

Chorus

Em And she said thereG look through the treesD, the sun always shines

C9 Always ontime.

Em There rest on yGour knees and inD a prayer, follow mC9e there.

Repeat chords for remaining verses....

This is a beautiful song from a group from my hometown of

Raleigh, C. It is rumored to be about a young boy who

fell while riding his bike and landed in a deep ditch. A big rain came

and because he broke both of his legs, he could not get up from

the ditch and so the young boy drowned.

Any requests for more Connells tunes? - jjwolf@eos.C.su.edu

Date: Wed, 12 Jul 95 16:05:03 EDT

"Lay Me Down" - Connells

from Fun n Games CD

The posted version seems to be missing a couple of chords.

Here's what I have

Verse

G

G/C

G

G

C C

C

D

G

Chorus

Em C G D Em Am

"|" signifies a repeat of the previous chord