G C G Lay down your weary tune, lay down Em D Lay down the song you strum G C And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings G D G No voice can hope to hum G C G Struck by the sounds before the sun Em D I knew the night had gone G C The morning breeze like a bugle blew G D G Against the drums of dawn G C G Lay down your weary tune, lay down Em D Lay down the song you strum G C And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings G D G No voice can hope to hum G C G The ocean wild like an organ played Em D The seaweed wove it s strands G C The crashin waves like cymbals clashed G D G Against the rocks and sands G C G Lay down your weary tune, lay down Em D Lay down the song you strum G C And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings G D G No voice can hope to hum G C G The last of leaves fell from the trees Em D And clung to a new loves breast G C The branches bare like a banjo played G D G To the winds that listened best G C G Lay down your weary tune, lay down Em D Lay down the song you strum G C And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings G D G No voice can hope to hum * Alternate: Capo II G = F C = Bb Em = Dm D = C Set8
