Lay Down:Melanie.
Album - Candles In The Rain - Edwin Hawkins
Singers did back up and chorus.
Single - #1 in Australia, #1 in Canada & #3 in USA
in 1970.

CHORUS:
G5         D5         F5          G5                          D5
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile
       F5                  G5
at the ones who stand and frown.
G5         D5         F5          G5                          D5
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile
       F5                  E5
at the ones who stand and frown.

#1.
E5         D5                   E5              D5
We were so close, there was no room , we bled inside each 
        E5
other's wounds.
E5         D5               E5                  D5
We all had caught the same disease..and we all sang, the songs 
   E5
of peace.

CHORUS:
G5         D5         F5          G5                          D5
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile
       F5                  G5
at the ones who stand and frown.
G5         D5         F5          G5                          D5
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile
       F5                  E5
at the ones who stand and frown.

#2.
    D5     A5           E5                 G5  
So, raise the candles high, cause if you don't, we could stay 
D5      A5          E5
black against the night.
    D5     A5            E5               G5
Oh, raise them higher again, and if you do we could stay 
D5    A5          E5
dry against the rain.

CHORUS:
G5         D5         F5          G5                          D5
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up
       F5                  G5
at the ones who stand and frown.
G5         D5         F5          G5                          D5
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up
       F5                  E5
at the ones who stand and frown.

#3.
E5         D5                   E5              D5
We were so close, there was no room , we bled inside each 
        E5
other's wounds.
E5         D5               E5                  D5
We all had caught the same disease..and we all sang, the songs 
   E5
of peace.
             D5                  E5                 D5              E5
Some came to sing, some came to pray..some came to keep the dark away.

#4.
    D5     A5           E5                 G5  
So, raise the candles high, cause if you don't, we could stay 
D5      A5          E5
black against the night.
    D5     A5            E5               G5
Oh, raise them higher again, and if you do we could stay 
D5    A5          E5
dry against the rain.

CHORUS:
G5         D5         F5          G5                          D5
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up
       F5                  G5
at the ones who stand and frown.
G5         D5         F5          G5                          D5
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up
       F5                  E5
at the ones who stand and frown.

CHORUS:
G5         D5         F5          G5                          D5
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up
       F5                  G5
at the ones who stand and frown.
G5         D5         F5          G5                          D5
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up
       F5                  E5
at the ones who stand and frown.

OUTRO:
G5         D5         F5          G5                          D5
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up
       F5                  E5
at the ones who stand and frown.


A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.