Awesome song by Great Big Sea's Alan Doyle. Here is another way to play it, I hope you 
enjoy. Would love to hear some comments on what you think it is about ... I can't quite 
place it, but I have a few ideas.

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Standard Tuning

Capo 5th Fret

The chords are played as follows (relative to Capo):
G: 320011
Csus2: x30033
Am: x02210
D: xx0323
Em7:022033

[Intro]
G, Csus2 (x2)

[Verse 1]
G                      Csus2
Let it be dark in this caravan
G                         Am           D
Rocket lightning striking metal in the sand
G                               Csus2
I'm miles from common sense, as welcome as the rain
G                          Am             D
So close to madness that I even know its name

[Chorus]
         Csus2         G
Lay your lover's hands upon me
       D              Em7
Let me understand you know
         Csus2         G
Lay your lover's hands upon me
       D
Let me go
Csus2     G
Lie to me sweetly
     D                   Em7
Then discreetly leave me alone
         Csus2         G
Lay your lover's hands upon me
       D
Let me go
Aw, let me go

[Instrumental]
G, Csus2

[Verse 2]
Let there be thunder, let me feel the trembling pain
Taste me now I'm desert clean, I might never be again
Long past the Thinker?s point, I'm open and I'm free
I gave up the anchor when I gave up the sea

[Chorus]
Lay your lover's hands upon me
Let me understand you know
Lay your lover's hands upon me
Let me go
Lie to me sweetly
Then discreetly leave me alone
Lay your lover's hands upon me
Let me go
Aw, let me go

[Instrumental]
G, Csus2 (x2)

[Bridge]
        Em7
And the storm hits
   D
My finger tips
        G                         Csus2
And I'm blown to bits through the pyramids
  G                   D              Em7
I buried that man the moment I could dig
        Csus2
And the flag snaps back
        D                Em7
And I'm scattered to the wind
        G
And the door pretends
  D             G   Csus2
I never let you in

[Instrumental]
G, Csus2

[Verse 3]
Let it be dark in this endless caravan
Rocked by lightning, striking metal in the sand
I'm miles from common sense, as welcome as the rain
So close to madness, that I even know her name

[Chorus]
Lay your lover's hands upon me
Let me understand you know
Lay your lover's hands upon me
Let me go
Lie to me sweetly
Then discreetly leave me alone
Lay your lover's hands upon me
Let me go
Aw, let me go

[Outro]
G, Csus2 (x2)