• Song:

    Peaceful The World Lays Me Dow

  • Artist:

    Noah And The Whale

Intro: G

GOh, (320003@1)well it's hard to look deep into your soul.
Not everything you'll find will be perfect gold.
Am (x02210@1)                             C (x32010@1)         GThere (320003@1)are ghosts and demons that hide in the dark.
Am (x02210@1)                               C (x32010@1)        GOh, (320003@1)they wait till I find love and then the-e-y laugh.
GOh, (320003@1)they know that my body is no way good enough.
Know that my heart is no way strong enough 
Am (x02210@1)               C (x32010@1)       GTo (320003@1)bare the sorrow that love brings.
Am (x02210@1)                         C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)   
When i coil in fear, oh, the de-e-mons sing-
  Am (x02210@1)                                 C (x32010@1)             Goh (320003@1)it's a hollow love for a heart with no blood in its veins.

G (320003@1)                     AmOh, (x02210@1)there is no endless devotion,
G (320003@1)                     Amthat (x02210@1)is free from the force of erosion.
               C (x32010@1)              GOh, (320003@1)and if you don't believe in God,
        C (x32010@1)            Ghow (320003@1)can you believe in love?
           C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)     GWhen (320003@1)we're all just matter that will one day scatter,
     Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)           Gwhen (320003@1)peaceful the world lays us down.

G (320003@1)                  AmOh (x02210@1)and finding love is a matter of luck,
             G (320003@1)                       Amand (x02210@1)unsettled lovers move from fuck to fuck.
        C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)        GOh, (320003@1)and compare their achievements like discussing bereavements
        C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)     GAnd (320003@1)compare their abbrations with romantic quotations,
        Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)           GOh, (320003@1)as peaceful, the world watches down.

G (320003@1)              AmBut (x02210@1)oh we were blown out of the water.
           G (320003@1)                      AmOh, (x02210@1)and we walk on the feet we have grown.
               C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)        GOh (320003@1)And we were given a heart, of which love is a part.
            C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)          GOh, (320003@1)and we cornered the thing from which all life will spring.
            Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)           GAnd (320003@1)it gave value to the world that surrounds us

G (320003@1)                        AmBut (x02210@1)we consider the world just for a moment
           G (320003@1)                  AmOh (x02210@1)and its gone before we even know
           C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)        GOh (320003@1)but ill follow it round yeah ill follow it round
           C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)        GOh (320003@1)ill follow it round yeah ill follow it round
           Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)      GTill (320003@1)peaceful, the world lays me down

End on: G
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