Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse

1

Well I just need a place to lay my head

Forget the chain that hangs around my neck

These guns are not as heavy as the hearts they defend

I can't wait to get back home where I can find some rest

Chorus

1

When I lay down my guns and lift my hands

Surrender to Love and live again

May this desert reach its end where my new life begins

When I lay down my guns and lift my hands

Verse

2

And I have seen the devil in this place

And I lost myself when my friends found the grave

When you're this far from Heaven

It's hard to keep the faith

I'm barely holding on

I can't wait to

Chorus

2

Lay down my guns and lift my hands

Surrender to Love and live again

May this desert reach its end where my new life begins

When I lay down my guns and lift my hands

Bridge

And I'm laying down these burdens

Taking off the weights

And I can't count the miles that I've walked to find my way

To lay down these guns

How I need to lay down these guns

Chorus

2

Lay down my guns and lift my hands

Surrender to Love and live again

May this desert reach its end where my new life begins

When I lay down my guns and lift my hands

Outro

Lay down

Lay down

Lay down my guns

(repeat outro a few times)