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.
