G5                   C5         G5
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
             E5       D5
Lay down the song you strum
             G5                            C5
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
             G5    D5  G5
No voice can hope to hum

G5                      C5        G5
Struck by the sounds before the sun
           E5        D5
I knew the night had gone
            G5                   C5
The morning breeze like a bugle blew
            G5     D5  G5
Against the drums of dawn

G5                   C5         G5
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
             E5       D5
Lay down the song you strum
             G5                            C5
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
             G5    D5  G5
No voice can hope to hum

G5              C5             G5
The ocean wild like an organ played
            E5        D5
The seaweed wove it s strands
            G5                  C5
The crashin waves like cymbals clashed
            G5     D5   G5
Against the rocks and sands

G5                   C5         G5
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
             E5       D5
Lay down the song you strum
             G5                            C5
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
             G5    D5  G5
No voice can hope to hum

G5                  C5             G5
The last of leaves fell from the trees
               E5        D5
And clung to a new loves breast
             G5                 C5
The branches bare like a banjo played
                  G5      D5 G5
To the winds that listened best

G5                   C5         G5
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
             E5       D5
Lay down the song you strum
             G5                            C5
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
             G5    D5  G5
No voice can hope to hum

* Alternate:

Capo II

G5  = F5
C5  = Bb5
E5 = D5
D5  = C5

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