Chords for Lay Down Burden - Brian Wilson

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Bb

Fm

G

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Lay Down Burden - Brian Wilson chords
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Yeah, I wrote it for Carl.
I [Bm] may not always love [Gbm] you
But [Abm] long as [B] there are
When I found out that Carl had cancer,
I [E] immediately went to the piano and started a song called [C] Lay Down Burdens.
Joe and I [E] finished it in Illinois.
I'll make you [Bb] so sure
It's about letting go [Dbm] of something that you can't have or [A] you lost.
I don't [E] need no
It was very emotional for me to write [Gbm] that song.
It took a lot out of me to get it.
[Ab] Alright, let's try it again a little smoother.
Okay.
Starting to sound pretty good though.
Here we go.
Whoa
[Fm] I think the [G] song that knocked me out the [Bb] most was Lay Down Burden.
[Eb] And I asked Brian what it meant and he said,
Well, you just lay [Bbm] down your burdens.
[Eb] He said something about the weight of the world
seems to be on your shoulders sometimes and you just want it [Fm] off.
[Ab] It was kind of a culmination of just a whole lifetime of feelings
that were kind of put to rest in one song.
[Fm] [Db]
[Ab]
Whoa
[Fm] [Db]
[Eb]
[Ab] So many years [Fm] spent running away
[Db] How many times I [Eb] wished I could [Ab] stay
Too much emotion [Fm] a hole in my heart
[Db] Feeling alone [Eb] since we've been apart
[Db] If I [Cm] had the chance [Fm] I'd [Eb] never let you [Db] go
Do you [Bbm] think you can shake me [Eb]
[F]
[Bb] down
[Gm]
[Dm] [Eb]
[F] [Bb] [Gm]
[Dm] [Eb] Lay [F] down
[Bb] [Gm]
[Eb] I've been [F] thinking this [Bb] through so many nights
[Gm] I've been wondering [Eb] if you [F] felt just as alone
[Eb] While [Dm] some things have all [Gm] [F] [Eb] stopped
[Cm] Tearing me [F] apart
[G]
[C] Lay [Am] me down
[Em] [F]
[G] [C] [A]
[Em] [F]
[G] Just [F] remember [Em] the way I held [Dm] you
You're always in my
[F]
[G] [C]
Lay [Am] me [Em]
down
[F] [G] Lay down
[C]
Lay [Am] me [Em]
down
[F] [G] Lay down
Reading [Bb]
[C]
the song Lay Down Burden helped me lay my own burden down.
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Yeah, I wrote it for Carl.
_ _ I [Bm] may not always love [Gbm] you
But [Abm] long as [B] there are_
When I found out that Carl had cancer,
I [E] immediately went to the piano and started a song called [C] Lay Down Burdens.
Joe and I [E] finished it in Illinois.
I'll make you [Bb] so sure
It's about letting go [Dbm] of something that you can't have or [A] you lost.
I don't [E] need no_
It was very emotional for me to write [Gbm] that song.
It took a lot out of me to get it.
_ [Ab] Alright, let's try it again a little smoother.
Okay.
Starting to sound pretty good though.
Here we go. _
Whoa
[Fm] _ _ _ _ I think the [G] song that knocked me out the [Bb] most was Lay Down Burden.
_ [Eb] And I asked Brian what it meant and he said,
Well, you just lay [Bbm] down your burdens.
[Eb] He said something about the weight of the world
seems to be on your shoulders sometimes and you just want it [Fm] off. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ It was kind of a culmination of just a whole lifetime of feelings
that were kind of put to rest in one song. _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
Whoa
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] So many years [Fm] spent running away
[Db] How many times I [Eb] wished I could [Ab] stay
Too much emotion [Fm] a hole in my heart
[Db] Feeling alone [Eb] since we've been apart
[Db] If I [Cm] had the chance [Fm] I'd [Eb] never let you [Db] go
Do you [Bbm] think you can shake me _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ down
_ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] Lay [F] down
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ I've been [F] thinking this [Bb] through so many nights
[Gm] I've been wondering _ [Eb] _ if you [F] felt just as alone
[Eb] _ _ While [Dm] some things have all [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] stopped
_ [Cm] _ Tearing me [F] apart _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ Lay [Am] me down
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[G] Just _ [F] _ _ remember [Em] the way I held [Dm] you
You're always in my
_ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
Lay [Am] me _ _ _ [Em] _
down
_ [F] _ [G] Lay down
_ [C] _ _
Lay [Am] me _ _ _ [Em] _
down
_ [F] _ [G] Lay down
Reading [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ the song Lay Down Burden helped me lay my own burden down.

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