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Let The Music Play

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[Intro]  
 D-  Dsus2-  D-  Dsus4-  D(played over  Dchord below)
[Verse 1]
DPut the horses in the stable
Load the mules on the trAainAsus4  
DSet your pistols on the table
ALeave the doGgs out in thDe rain
DTake the money that they gave you
Hide it in a mason jAarAsus4  
DNobody now can save you
AIt don't matGter where yoDu are
[Chorus]
GTurn your lamp down low
AHear the four winds blow
DBow your hAead to pBmrayA  Asus4  
GIt ain't what you planned
F#mYou got Bmone last stand
EmLet the mGusic plDay
[Verse 2]
DLeft for dead in southern Georgia
At the hands of hapless AJohAsus4n
DWith your baby waitin' for ya'
AYou were hGome before the dDawn
DYou know your shakin' hands with Satan
When your mouth is goin’ AdryAsus4  
DWhen that law man back in Dayton
AWouldn't loGok you in the eDye
[Chorus]
GTurn your lamp down low
AHear the four winds blow
DBow your hAead to pBmrayA  Asus4  
GIt ain't what you planned
F#mYou got Bmone last stand
EmLet the mGusic plDay
[Verse 3]
DHe was nothin' but a grifter
And he came to play the ApartAsus4  
DDisguised as Luke the drifter
ATalk abouGt a cheatin' heDart
DAnd he sold you down the river
when he rode into your tAownAsus4  
DThen that same old Indian giver
AStruck a mGatch and burned it dDown
[Chorus]
GTurn your lamp down low
AHear the four winds blow
DBow your hAead to pBmrayA  Asus4  
GIt ain't what you planned
F#mYou got Bmone last stand
EmLet the mGusic plDay
[Interlude]
G  F#m  Bm  Em  G  A
[Verse 4]
DNow you're alone and barely breathing
Looking down from up aboAveAsus4  
DNeeding something to believe in
AOne lonely tGruth and lovDe
DAnd the storm is slowly dying
At the breaking of the dAayAsus4  
DAll the steel guitars are crying
AI'm rollin' dGown that lost highwDay
[Chorus]
GTurn your lamp down low
AHear the four winds blow
DBow your hAead to pBmrayA  Asus4  
GIt ain't what you planned
F#mYou got Bmone last stand
EmLet the mGusic plDay
GIt ain't like you planned
F#mYou got Bmone last stand
EmLet the Gmusic Dplay
[Outro]
|   D    G    D|   D    G    A|   D    G    D|   A    G    D| x2

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Let The Music Play

by Robert Earl Keen

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dsus2

Dsus4

Asus4

F#m

[Intro]

D Dsus2 D Dsus4 D D

- - - - (played over chord below)

[Verse 1]

Put the horses in the stable

A Asus4

Load the mules on the train

Set your pistols on the table

A G D

Leave the dogs out in the rain

Take the money that they gave you

A Asus4

Hide it in a mason jar

Nobody now can save you

A G D

It don't matter where you are

[Chorus]

Turn your lamp down low

Hear the four winds blow

D A Bm A Asus4

Bow your head to pray

It ain't what you planned

F#m Bm

You got one last stand

Em G D

Let the music play

[Verse 2]

Left for dead in southern Georgia

A Asus4

At the hands of hapless John

With your baby waitin' for ya'

A G D

You were home before the dawn

You know your shakin' hands with Satan

A Asus4

When your mouth is goin’ dry

When that law man back in Dayton

A G D

Wouldn't look you in the eye

[Chorus]

Turn your lamp down low

Hear the four winds blow

D A Bm A Asus4

Bow your head to pray

It ain't what you planned

F#m Bm

You got one last stand

Em G D

Let the music play

[Verse 3]

He was nothin' but a grifter

A Asus4

And he came to play the part

Disguised as Luke the drifter

A G D

Talk about a cheatin' heart

And he sold you down the river

A Asus4

when he rode into your town

Then that same old Indian giver

A G D

Struck a match and burned it down

[Chorus]

Turn your lamp down low

Hear the four winds blow

D A Bm A Asus4

Bow your head to pray

It ain't what you planned

F#m Bm

You got one last stand

Em G D

Let the music play

[Interlude]

G F#m Bm Em G A

[Verse 4]

Now you're alone and barely breathing

A Asus4

Looking down from up above

Needing something to believe in

A G D

One lonely truth and love

And the storm is slowly dying

A Asus4

At the breaking of the day

All the steel guitars are crying

A G D

I'm rollin' down that lost highway

[Chorus]

Turn your lamp down low

Hear the four winds blow

D A Bm A Asus4

Bow your head to pray

It ain't what you planned

F#m Bm

You got one last stand

Em G D

Let the music play

It ain't like you planned

F#m Bm

You got one last stand

Em G D

Let the music play

[Outro]

D G D D G A D G D A G D

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What key is "Let The Music Play" in?

The chords for "Let The Music Play" show the original chord names (including D, Dsus2, Dsus4, A, Asus4, G). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.