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Lay Your Head Down
FSing to me softF6ly     Fyour Em7tales of woe,
I’ll Am7cradle you F6/Dclose…F/Dly,     I G/Bwon’t   let  Ggo.
I’ll Fspeak to you F6gentFly   of Em7what    I know. 
FDon’t Dyou     D9  Gcry.Gsus2  G  
CLay your Fhead F6dowFn,   Gsus2dar……..G6ling,
Am7The moon is   Dsailing G6by.Gsus2  G  
             C    F6F6/maj7     G/B    G/C  
The stars are softly        shin…ing
Am7The tide is Dfull Dadd9and      G/Bhigh.G  
G/BWe’ll Ffly to the G6edge, not as Emdistant as Em7it       Am7seems,Am  
FAnd maybe we’ll Emfind there the Am7key to Am/Dyour  D7dreams.
So you D6just   Clay your Fhead F6down, G6dar…G/Bling,G6/B  
               F        G(Gsus4)    G  C  
Sleep now, la    la  la  la         la.
FWinds blow,      F6      F  Em7rains fall,Em  
           Am7    F    F6       AmAm7sus4        G     Gsus2    G  G6  
But it’s warm by the fire’s          light.
               F      F6F6/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)
CLay your Fhead F6dowFn,   Gsus2dar……..G6ling,
Am7The moon is   Dsailing G6by.Gsus2  G  
             C    F6F6/maj7     G/B    G/C  
The stars are softly        shin…ing
Am7The tide is Dfull Dadd9and      G/Bhigh.G  
G/BWe’ll Ffly to the G6edge, not as Emdistant as Em7it       Am7seems,Am  
FAnd maybe we’ll Emfind there the Am7key to Am/Dyour  D7dreams.
So you D6just   Clay your Fhead F6down, G6dar…G/Bling,G6/B  
                F        G(Gsus4)    G  C  
Sleep now, la    la  la  la         la.

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Lay Your Head Down

by Sinéad O'Connor

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Em7

Am7

F6/D

F/D

G/B

Gsus2

G/C

Dadd9

Am/D

G6/B

Lay Your Head Down

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 G/B G/C

F6/maj7

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 G C

(Gsus4)

Sleep now, la la la la la.

F F6 F Em7 Em

Winds blow, rains fall,

Am7 F F6 Am G Gsus2 G G6

Am7sus4

But it’s warm by the fire’s light.

F F6 Em7

F6/maj7

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 G/B G/C

F6/maj7

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 G C

(Gsus4)

Sleep now, la la la la la.

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