Melanie – Lay Down Candles In The Rain (Guitar Acoustic)

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[Accapella Intro] 0:00-0:42 [Verse 1]
Dm         C                   Dm
We were so close, there was no room

          C                 Dm
We bled inside each other's wounds

          C           Dm
We all had caught the same disease

           C                 Dm
And we all sang the songs of peace

     C                  Dm
Some came to sing, some came to pray

     C                 Dm      Dm C*
Some came to keep the dark away
[Chorus]
F           N.C
Lay down, lay down
N.C Lay it all down N.C Let your white birds smile up N.C At the ones who stand and frown
           F         C
You got to lay down, lay down

Eb          F
Lay it all down

           F           C
Let your white birds smile up

        Eb                 Dm
At the ones who stand and frown
[Post-Chorus]
     C  G            Dm
So raise the candles high

              F                   C                 Dm
Cause if you don't we could stay black against the night

      F         C       Dm
Oh, raise them higher again

            F                C              Dm
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain
[Chorus]
F          C
Lay down, lay down

Eb          F
Lay it all down

           F           C
Let your white birds smile up

        Eb                 F
At the ones who stand and frown

F          C
Lay down, lay down

Eb         F
Lay it all down

          F           C
Let your white birds smile up

        Eb                 Dm
At the ones who stand and frown
[Spoken]
Dm
Little sisters of the sun lit

C                   Dm
Candles in the rain
Fed the world on oats and raisins
C                 Dm
 Candles in the rain
And then they lit the fire to the soul
          C              Dm
Who never knew he had a friend
"All men can live as brothers" I heard him say
C               Dm
Candles in the rain
To be there was to remember so
           C           Dm
I'm gonna lay it down again
I'm gonna lay it down one more time
                C                Dm
Gonna lay it down, lay it down again
I think that men can live as brothers
C               Dm
Candles in the rain
[Post-Chorus]
     C  G            Dm
So raise the candles high

              F                   C                 Dm
Cause if you don't we could stay black against the night

      F         C       Dm
Oh, raise them higher again

            F                C              Dm
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain
[Chorus]
F           N.C
Lay down, lay down
N.C Lay it all down N.C Let your white birds smile up N.C At the ones who stand and frown
F          C
Lay down, lay down

Eb          F
Lay it all down

           F           C
Let your white birds smile up

        Eb                 F
At the ones who stand and frown

            F          C
(You gotta) Lay down, lay down

Eb          F
Lay it all down

             F               C
I think that men can live as brothers

Eb                Dm
  Candles in the rain