TRANSCRIBED BY DAMIAN ROSSI (rossi@corplink.com.au) 
 
LAY DOWN YOUR GUNS - JIMMY BARNES 
 
Main riff 
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Intro: 
play main riff 8 times 
 
Verse: 
E5                       G5 
You picked me up when I was down with nothing 
     A5 
and gave me something. 
C5             D5 
I can't face the world with that. 
E5                        G5 
You showed me just enough to fuel my fire,  
A5 
my desire. 
C5            D5 
Never want to live without it. 
 
Bridge: 
C5            D5                  C5 
Both of us need something like we had before. 
            D5                       C5 
We can't keep fighting like this anymore. 
          D5 (cut) 
This love affair is breaking my heart. 
 
Main Riff x 2 
 
Pre Chorus: (main riff x4) 
E5 
All the pushing and the shoving 
E5 
when you know we ought to be loving. 
E5 
And the lying and the cheating 
E5 
when we ought to be loving and sqeezing. 
 

           C5 
So baby come on (come on, come on) 
D5                    E5 (main riff)           E5 (main riff) 
Lay down your guns I surrender (come on lay down your guns) 
           C5 
So baby come on (come on, come on) 
D5                   E5 (main riff) 
Lay down your guns I surrender  
 
 
Verse 2: 
Remember days we thought would last forever, 
Nothing Better. 
But we let them slip away. 
And in the end we make the bed we lie in, 
lets start trying. 
What's the point of talking about it. 
 
Bridge 2: 
Never seems to make it better, 
if we can't get on together. 
Take a chance and try a brand new start. 
 
Main Riff x 2 
 
Pre Chorus: (main riff x4) 
All the pushing and the shoving 
when you know we ought to be loving. 
And the lying and the cheating 
when we ought to be loving and sqeezing. 
 
Chorus: 
So baby come on (come on, come on) 
Lay down your guns I surrender (come on lay down your guns) 
So baby come on (come on, come on) 
Lay down your guns I surrender 
 
Solo: 
** harmonics 
*  bend whole step 
                                    
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Bridge: 
Both of us need something like we had before. 
We can't keep fighting like this anymore. 
This love affair is breaking my heart. 
 
Main Riff x 4 
 
Pre Chorus: (main riff x4) 
All the pushing and the shoving 
when you know we ought to be loving. 
And the lying and the cheating 
when we ought to be loving and sqeezing. 
 
Chorus: 
So baby come on (come on, come on) 
Lay down your guns I surrender (come on lay down your guns) 
So baby come on (come on, come on) 
Lay down your guns I surrender 
 
fade out chorus.
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