Melanie – Lay Down (Guitar)

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Album - Candles In The Rain - Edwin Hawkins Singers did back up and chorus. Single - #1 in Australia, #1 in Canada & #3 in USA in 1970. CHORUS:
G         D         F          G                          D
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile

       F                  G
at the ones who stand and frown.

G         D         F          G                          D
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile

       F                  Em
at the ones who stand and frown.
#1.
Em         D                   Em              D
We were so close, there was no room, we bled inside each 

        Em
other's wounds.

Em         D               Em                  D
We all had caught the same disease..and we all sang, the songs 

   Em
of peace.
CHORUS:
G         D         F          G                          D
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile

       F                  G
at the ones who stand and frown.

G         D         F          G                          D
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile

       F                  Em
at the ones who stand and frown.
#2.
    D     A           Em                 G  
So, raise the candles high, cause if you don't, we could stay 

D      A          Em
black against the night.

    D     A            Em               G
Oh, raise them higher again, and if you do we could stay 

D    A          Em
dry against the rain.
CHORUS:
G         D         F          G                          D
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up

       F                  G
at the ones who stand and frown.

G         D         F          G                          D
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up

       F                  Em
at the ones who stand and frown.
#3.
Em         D                   Em              D
We were so close, there was no room, we bled inside each 

        Em
other's wounds.

Em         D               Em                  D
We all had caught the same disease..and we all sang, the songs 

   Em
of peace.

             D                  Em                 D              Em
Some came to sing, some came to pray..some came to keep the dark away.
#4.
    D     A           Em                 G  
So, raise the candles high, cause if you don't, we could stay 

D      A          Em
black against the night.

    D     A            Em               G
Oh, raise them higher again, and if you do we could stay 

D    A          Em
dry against the rain.
CHORUS:
G         D         F          G                          D
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up

       F                  G
at the ones who stand and frown.

G         D         F          G                          D
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up

       F                  Em
at the ones who stand and frown.
CHORUS:
G         D         F          G                          D
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up

       F                  G
at the ones who stand and frown.

G         D         F          G                          D
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up

       F                  Em
at the ones who stand and frown.
OUTRO:
G         D         F          G                          D
Lay down, lay down, lay it all down..let your white birds smile up

       F                  Em
at the ones who stand and frown.
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.