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To Lay Me Down
by Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia
[Intro]
G   D  C G Am G   C G Am G
[Verse 1]
GTo lay me Emdown,   Donce Cmore,  
To lay     G  Amme  Gdown.C  G  Am  G  
GWith my Bmhead -       Bm7     Ain sparkling Eclover
GLet the world go DbyD7  Bm7  Am  
AmAll lost in Cdreaming
[Chorus]
CTo lay Bm-   Amme  Gdown
FOne last Ctime
CTo lay -   Bm  Amme  Gdown
G C Bm Am G
[Verse 2]
GTo be with Emyou,    Donce Cmore,  To Bmbe  Amwith Gyou C  G  Am  G  
GWith our Bmbod - ies  Bm7-  Aclose  toEgether
GLet the world go DbyD7  Bm7  Am  
AmLike clouds  Bm7a   Cstreaming
[Chorus]
CTo lay Bm-   Amme  Gdown
FOne last Ctime
CTo lay -   Bm  Amme  Gdown
G C Bm Am G
[Verse 3]
GTo lie with Emyou,    Donce Cmore,  To lie    Bm  Amwith Gyou C  G  Am  G  
GWith our Bmdreams        Bm7    Aentwined  togEether
GTo wake be-side DyouD7  Bm7  Am  
AmMy love Bm7still Csleeping
[Chorus]
CTo tell -   Bm  Amsweet Glies
FOne last Ctime
CAnd say -   Bm  Amgood Gnight
G C Bm Am G
[Outro]
GTo lay me Bmdown, oh Amoh,  to lay me DdownDsus4  C  
Cto lay   Bm  Amme    Gdown, Fone  last Ctime 
C G Am G   G   F   C
Cto lay   Bm  Amme    Gdown, Fone  last Ctime
C G Am G   G   F   C
Cto lay   Bm  Amme    Gdown, Fone  last Ctime
Cto lay  G  Amme Gdown 
C G Am G

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To Lay Me Down

by Jerry Garcia

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bm7

Dsus4

To Lay Me Down

by Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia

[Intro]

G D C G Am G C G Am G

[Verse 1]

G Em D C

To lay me down, once more,

G Am G C G Am G

To lay me down.

G Bm Bm7 A E

With my head - in sparkling clover

G D D7 Bm7 Am

Let the world go by

Am C

All lost in dreaming

[Chorus]

C Bm Am G

To lay - me down

F C

One last time

C Bm Am G

To lay - me down

G C Bm Am G

[Verse 2]

G Em D C Bm Am G C G Am G

To be with you, once more, To be with you

G Bm Bm7 A E

With our bod - ies - close together

G D D7 Bm7 Am

Let the world go by

Am Bm7 C

Like clouds a streaming

[Chorus]

C Bm Am G

To lay - me down

F C

One last time

C Bm Am G

To lay - me down

G C Bm Am G

[Verse 3]

G Em D C Bm Am G C G Am G

To lie with you, once more, To lie with you

G Bm Bm7 A E

With our dreams entwined together

G D D7 Bm7 Am

To wake be-side you

Am Bm7 C

My love still sleeping

[Chorus]

C Bm Am G

To tell - sweet lies

F C

One last time

C Bm Am G

And say - good night

G C Bm Am G

[Outro]

G Bm Am D Dsus4 C

To lay me down, oh oh, to lay me down

C Bm Am G F C

to lay me down, one last time

C G Am G G F C

C Bm Am G F C

to lay me down, one last time

C G Am G G F C

C Bm Am G F C

to lay me down, one last time

C G Am G

to lay me down

C G Am G

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