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****************** LAY IT DOWN *****************

performed by Waylon Jennings.

Verse 1:
         C/G (3x555x@1)               Em (022000@1)Traveling down on different roads
         F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)          C/G (3x555x@1)Trying hard to leave the load
	                        Em (022000@1)We take it there but we can't let go
          F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)    C/G (3x555x@1)It's so hard to lay it down


Verse 2:
         C/G (3x555x@1)       F (133211@1)      Em (022000@1)Back in Eden we were tried
	  Eb (x43121@3)                 Bb (x1333x@1)Found ourselves disatisfied
          F (133211@1)               C/G (3x555x@1)Seeking wisdom that she denied
          F (133211@1)                 C/G (3x555x@1)Trying hard to lay it down


Chorus:
         C/G (3x555x@1)          Em (022000@1)Lay it down brother,lay it down
         G (320003@1)                   C/G (3x555x@1)It's so hard to lay it down


Verse 3:
         C/G (3x555x@1)       Em (022000@1)Hide in me,confide in me
          F (133211@1)                G (320003@1)       C/G (3x555x@1)Don't you think it's time to be
                        Em (022000@1)Everything we tried to be
         F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)        C/G (3x555x@1)You and me sould lay it down


Verse 4:
         C/G (3x555x@1)      F (133211@1)     Em (022000@1)Speak to me,be unashamed
          Eb (x43121@3)                      Bb (x1333x@1)There's no need in playing games
          F (133211@1)               C/G (3x555x@1)After all we're all the same
          F (133211@1)                      C/G (3x555x@1)Just trying hard to lay it down


Chorus.


Verse 5:(a tone higher)
          D (xx0232@1)                F#m (244222@1)Wish my words could make it well
          G (320003@1)                A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)Wish that i could break the shell
                           F#m (244222@1)Take us from ourself made well
          G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)Find away (x02210@1)to lay it down


Verse 6:(a tone higher)
         D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)          F#m (244222@1)Burdened by the things i've learned
          F (133211@1)                        C/G (3x555x@1)Hurting because i'm too concerned
         G (320003@1)                  D (xx0232@1)Nonetheless i confess i yearn
            G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)To find away (x02210@1)to lay it down


Chorus bis:(a tone higher)
          D (xx0232@1)       F#m (244222@1)Lay it down,lay it down
          A (x02220@1)                 D (xx0232@1)Wish that i could lay it down

Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr