The Oh Hellos – Lay Me Down (Guitar)

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[Verse]
G                   C            G   C G           G               C 
Fire and brimstone fell upon my ears     as their throats of open graves recited 

G   C G
fear

           Em         C                  G   C G         D               C
Like the bullets of a gun they drove my tears    and my feet to run the hell 

        G   C G
out of here

     G             C                G    C G           G      
See, I was born a restless wayward child,    I could hear the whole world 

 C          G    C G
calling me outside

        Em           C           G   C G      D             C               G  C G
Of the masses I routinely sat behind     and Lord, I had to see with my own eyes

 G   C  G       Em    G D            D               Em             C     G
Take me home, I want to go down the road that will take me to the living oak

     G    C G                 Em      G   D        D                G
And Lord, I know that I'm a weathered stone but I owe it to my brothers to 

C           G 
carry them home
[Instrumental] C G D C G (pick G chord) [Verse]
 G   C  G       Em    G D            D               Em             C     G
Take me home, I want to go down the road that will take me to the living oak

     G    C G                 Em      G   D        D                G
And Lord, I know that I'm a weathered stone but I owe it to my brothers to 

C           G 
carry them home

 G   C  G       Em    G D            D               Em             C     G
Take me home, I want to go down the road that will take me to the living oak

     G    C G           Em  G   D        D                G
And Lord, I know it's a heavy load but we'll carry my brothers, oh we'll 

C           G
carry them home
[Outro]
    G               C                   G              G               C
And oh, there is no power on Earth or below that could ever break our hearts 

              G
or shake our souls

             Em                 C          G   C        D                C
And when you lay me down you'll only bury bones 'cause oh, my heart and soul 

           G
are going home