Lay It Down Chords by Waylon Jennings

[C] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ Traveling down [B] our [Em] different roads, _ [F] _
trying hard [Dm] to leave the load.
[G] _ _
[C] _ Take it there, [Em] but we can't let go.
_ [F] _ [G] It's so hard [C] to lay it down.
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[F] _ [G] _ [C] _ Back in [Bb] Eden we [F] were trying, [Eb] _
found ourselves [Bb] dissatisfied. _ _
[F] _ Seeking wisdom [C] that she _ denied, [F] _ [G] trying hard to [C] lay it down.
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[F] _ [G] _ [C] Lay it down, [Em] brother, lay it down.
[F] It's [G] so hard to [C] lay it down.
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[G] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ [C] Hide in me, _ [Em] confide in me. _
[F] Don't you think [Dm] it's time [G] to be
_ [C] _ _ everything [Em] we tried to be?
_ _ [F] You [G] and me should lay [C] it down.
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[G] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ [C] Speak to me, [Bb] be _ [F] unashamed.
[Eb] _ There's no [Bb] need in playing games.
_ [F] _ After all, [C] we're all the same.
[F] Just [G] trying hard [C] to lay it down.
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[G] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ [C] Lay it down, [Em] brother, lay it down.
[F] It's [G] so hard to [C] lay it down.
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ Wish my words [Gbm] couldn't make it well.
_ _ [G] _ Wish that I could [Em] break the shell.
[A] _ _ [D] Take us from our self-made hell. _
[G] _ [A] Find a way to [D] lay it down.
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _
[G] _ [D] Burdened by [C] the things [G] I've learned.
[F] _ Hurting cause [C] I'm too concerned.
_ [G] _
Nonetheless, [D] I confess I yearn. _
[G] Find [A] a way to lay [D] it down. _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [A] _
[D] Lay it down, [Gbm] lay it down.
[G] Wish [A] that I could [D] lay it down.
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