Sinéad O'Connor – Lay Your Head Down (Guitar)

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Chords

F              F6     F    Em7
Sing to me softly     your tales of woe,

     Am7        F6/D  F/D       G/B          G
I’ll cradle you close…ly,     I won’t   let  go.

     F            F6  F       Em7
I’ll speak to you gently   of what    I know. 

F     D   D9  G    Gsus2   G
Don’t you     cry.

C        F    F6 F    Gsus2  G6 
Lay your head down,   dar……..ling,

Am7         D         G6   Gsus2  G
The moon is   sailing by.

C             F6  F6/maj7   G/B  G/C  
The stars are softly        shin…ing

Am7         D    Dadd9    G/B    G  
The tide is full and      high.

G/B   F          G6           Em         Em7      Am7     Am
We’ll fly to the edge, not as distant as it       seems,

F               Em             Am7    Am/D  D7 
And maybe we’ll find there the key to your  dreams.

       D6     C        F    F6    G6  G/B   G6/B
So you just   lay your head down, dar…ling,

F               G      (Gsus4) G   C
Sleep now, la    la  la  la         la.

F           F6   F   Em7         Em
Winds blow,          rains fall,

         Am7  F  F6  Am     Am7sus4  G      Gsus2   G  G6
But it’s warm by the fire’s          light.

F               F6    F6/maj7   Em7                                   
Hush, don’t you see?            You’re here with me, and there’s

F    D      D9         G   Gsus2   G    (G7)
dawn at the end of the     night.
(The rest of the song repeats the section above from “lay” to “la la la la," but it is given here for convenience)
C        F    F6 F    Gsus2  G6 
Lay your head down,   dar……..ling,

Am7         D         G6   Gsus2  G
The moon is   sailing by.

C             F6  F6/maj7   G/B  G/C  
The stars are softly        shin…ing

Am7         D    Dadd9    G/B    G  
The tide is full and      high.

G/B   F          G6           Em         Em7      Am7     Am
We’ll fly to the edge, not as distant as it       seems,

F               Em             Am7    Am/D  D7 
And maybe we’ll find there the key to your  dreams.

       D6     C        F    F6    G6  G/B   G6/B
So you just   lay your head down, dar…ling,

F                G      (Gsus4) G   C
Sleep now, la    la  la  la         la.