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Weapons - The Daylights
Capo 2
Intro:
G G C G
G G C G
Verse 1:
I Gwalked aGlong the Croad toGday
and Gsaw myGself in the Ctired fGace
and a Gthousand Gmore look Cback at Gme
I could Galmost Gfeel the CuniGty
G G G G
And the Gsun rose Ghigh aCbove the Gtrees
and the Gbirds were Gsinging Cover Gme
but Gbeneath my Gfeet I Cfelt the Gsting
that Gwas the Gearth reCmemberGing
G G G
Chorus:
CLay Cdown, lay Cdown your Cweapons bGoy
Right Gnow, right Gnow you Gshould've D/F#changed the Cworld
UnCder it Call, you're Cnot so toGugh
EveryGone, everyGone just Gwants to D/F#fall in Clove
C C C
G G G G
G
Verse 2:
And I Gused to Gthink we're Cjust the Gsame
from a Gdifferent Gtown and with Cdifferent Gnames
Do Gyou reGmember Cwhat we Gsaid?
"We'll Gnever change," Goh did Cwe forGget?
G G G
Chorus:
CLay Cdown, lay Cdown your Cweapons bGoy
Right Gnow, right Gnow you Gshould've D/F#changed the Cworld
UnCder it Call, you're Cnot so toGugh
              G          G          G      D/F#(C) 
Everyone, everyone just wants to fall in love
| C   C   C  C|
|G G G G| x4 (whole bracketed section, during song mid-play)
G G G G
G
Verse 3:
And I Gwalked aGlong to the Cedge of Gtown
and Gthere I Gthrew my Cburdens Gdown
GLooking Gup, at Clast I Gfound
You're Gnever loved Gif you proCtect yourGself
G G G
Chorus:
CLay Cdown, lay Cdown your Cweapons bGoy
Right Gnow, right GnowG  
CUnCder it Call, you're Cnot so toGugh
EveryGone wants to Gfall, to Gfall D/F#in love
CLay Cdown, lay Cdown your Cweapons bGoy
Right Gnow, right Gnow you Gshould've D/F#changed the Cworld
UnCder it Call, you're Cnot so toGugh
EveryGone, every one Gof us, just Gwants D/F#to fall
CLay Cdown, lay Cdown your Cweapons, GbGo-oGo-oGy
CLay Cdown, lay Cdown your Cweapons, GbGo-oGo-oGy
| C   C   C  C|
| G   G   G  G| x4 (whole bracketed section, during outro)
C

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Weapons

by The Daylights

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

D/F#

Weapons - The Daylights

Capo 2

Intro:

G G C G

Verse 1:

G G C G

I walked along the road today

G G C G

and saw myself in the tired face

G G C G

and a thousand more look back at me

G G C G

I could almost feel the unity

G G G G

G G C G

And the sun rose high above the trees

G G C G

and the birds were singing over me

G G C G

but beneath my feet I felt the sting

G G C G

that was the earth remembering

G G G

Chorus:

C C C C G

Lay down, lay down your weapons boy

G G G D/F# C

Right now, right now you should've changed the world

C C C G

Under it all, you're not so tough

G G G D/F# C

Everyone, everyone just wants to fall in love

C C C

G G G G

Verse 2:

G G C G

And I used to think we're just the same

G G C G

from a different town and with different names

G G C G

Do you remember what we said?

G G C G

"We'll never change," oh did we forget?

G G G

Chorus:

C C C C G

Lay down, lay down your weapons boy

G G G D/F# C

Right now, right now you should've changed the world

C C C G

Under it all, you're not so tough

G G G D/F# C

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Everyone, everyone just wants to fall in love

C C C C

| |

|G G G G| x4 (whole bracketed section, during song mid-play)

G G G G

Verse 3:

G G C G

And I walked along to the edge of town

G G C G

and there I threw my burdens down

G G C G

Looking up, at last I found

G G C G

You're never loved if you protect yourself

G G G

Chorus:

C C C C G

Lay down, lay down your weapons boy

G G G

Right now, right now

C C C C G

Under it all, you're not so tough

G G G D/F#

Everyone wants to fall, to fall in love

C C C C G

Lay down, lay down your weapons boy

G G G D/F# C

Right now, right now you should've changed the world

C C C G

Under it all, you're not so tough

G G G D/F#

Everyone, every one of us, just wants to fall

C C C C G G G G

Lay down, lay down your weapons, bo-oo-oy

C C C C G G G G

Lay down, lay down your weapons, bo-oo-oy

C C C C

| |

G G G G

| | x4 (whole bracketed section, during outro)

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