Alison Krauss & Union Station – Lay My Burden Down (Guitar Live)

Capo 2
Key
-
Versions (2)

Auto-scroll

Chords

[Verse 1]
      A      G      D
Gonna lay my burden down

       A    G      D
Lay my body in the ground

Bsus2  Bm     C
 Cold  clay against my skin

    G               D
But I don't care at all

              A       G        D
Can't seem to find my piece of mind

            A          G     D
So with the earth I'll lay entwined

Bsus2  Bm   C
Six    feet underground

   G                 D
My feet are warm and dry
[Chorus 1]
     Asus4        A
When I get to the other side

     Asus2            A
I'll put your picture way up high

    Asus4          A
But I'm not coming back to you

     Asus2    Am   A  D
It's just too far
[Verse 2]
         A        G      D
If I was cast off on the sea

          A        G       D
Would you come and look for me

   Bsus2  Bm       C
Or would  you just let me sink

   G                 D
Beneath the waves so blue

        A     G          D
What if I had learned to fly

        A          G        D
Fly all night till day drew nigh

Bsus2  Bm      C
Touch  down upon a branch and

G                  D
Scan the crowd for you
[Chorus 2]
       Asus4         A
When I touch my feet on the land

     Asus2              A
I'll kiss your lips and take your hand

    Asus4            A
But you know I'm not here to stay

     Asus2    Am
It's just too far
[Bridge]
A                 G
Darling can't you hear me cry

   F                   Am
My bones are broke, my tongue is tied

    C               G
The moon is swaying back and forth

 Bb               A         Em
Against the navy sky is all I can see

   F                 Am
My body is trembling on my knees

     C             G
Just have a little mercy on me

Bb          A     D
Run away and hide
[Verse 3]
       A         G      D
When I sleep the angels sing

       A     G      D
But I cannot hear a thing

Bsus2 Bm    C
Eyes  close dreaming of the

G                D
Better days gone by

       A        G        D
When I wake the trumpets play

        A        G      D
And I'm standing at the gates

Bsus2 Bm       C
Fall  down and joy

  G                          D
I know my race has just been won
[Chorus 3]
     Asus4          A
When I was young my momma would say

     Asus2             A
Well life is hard, but that's OK

   Asus4           A
If you can make it through the day

     Asus2    Am
It's not that far

                  D
No, it's not that far