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Lay Your Weapons Down

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Ebminor

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[Intro]
D#m B F# A#
[Verse]
D#mThere's been a lot of miscommunication Blately
F#A lot of wait and see and too many C#maybes
And I D#mwanna believe that your faith in me is as Bstrong as it was when we thought we'd be F#unbreakableC#  
D#mAll the words we say end up Bdistorted
From F#skinbreak to heartache without C#warning
And D#myou don't mean it and I don't either, we Bget so close to being defeated by F#circumstance
Do we C#stand a chance to G#mrise above it Ball
But G#mI feel so Bsmall
[Chorus]
Lay your weapons D#mdown
And I'll take my armor Boff
Say what we need to F#say
And love before it's A#lost
'Cause what we have is D#mreal
And real can hurt someBtimes
But just because it F#hurts doesn't mean that we say goodA#bye
So lay your weapons D#mdown
OohB  
Lay your weapons F#down
OohA#  
[Verse]
D#mFeel so uncomfortable in this Bsilence
Behind these F#invisible walls we build inC#side us
So D#mwhat's gonna give and what will it take for Bus to admit that we're both gonna break if we F#stay right here
Don't wanna C#stay right here
[Chorus]
Lay your weapons D#mdown
And I'll take my armor Boff
Say what we need to F#say
And love before it's A#lost
'Cause what we have is D#mreal
And real can hurt someBtimes
But just because it F#hurts doesn't mean that we say A#goodbye
So lay your weapons D#mdown
OohB  
Lay your weapons F#down
OohA#  
D#m B F# A#
[Bridge]
        G#m*          B*
I wanna rise above it all
         D#m*          C#*
Will you hold me, just hold me
[Chorus]
And lay your weapons D#mdown
And I'll take my armor Boff
Say what we need to F#say
And love before it's A#lost
'Cause what we have is D#mreal
And real can hurt someBtimes
But just because it F#hurts doesn't mean that we say goodA#bye
So lay your weapons D#mdown
OohB  
Lay your weapons C#mdown
OohA#  
Lay your weapons D#mdown
OohB  
Lay your weapons F#down
OohA#  

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Lay Your Weapons Down

by Ilse DeLange

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D#m

G#m

C#m

[Intro]

D#m B F# A#

[Verse]

D#m B

There's been a lot of miscommunication lately

F# C#

A lot of wait and see and too many maybes

D#m B F# C#

And I wanna believe that your faith in me is as strong as it was when we thought we'd be unbreakable

D#m B

All the words we say end up distorted

F# C#

From skinbreak to heartache without warning

D#m B F#

And you don't mean it and I don't either, we get so close to being defeated by circumstance

C# G#m B

Do we stand a chance to rise above it all

G#m B

But I feel so small

[Chorus]

D#m

Lay your weapons down

And I'll take my armor off

Say what we need to say

And love before it's lost

D#m

'Cause what we have is real

And real can hurt sometimes

F# A#

But just because it hurts doesn't mean that we say goodbye

D#m

So lay your weapons down

Ooh

Lay your weapons down

Ooh

[Verse]

D#m B

Feel so uncomfortable in this silence

F# C#

Behind these invisible walls we build inside us

D#m B F#

So what's gonna give and what will it take for us to admit that we're both gonna break if we stay right here

Don't wanna stay right here

[Chorus]

D#m

Lay your weapons down

And I'll take my armor off

Say what we need to say

And love before it's lost

D#m

'Cause what we have is real

And real can hurt sometimes

F# A#

But just because it hurts doesn't mean that we say goodbye

D#m

So lay your weapons down

Ooh

Lay your weapons down

Ooh

D#m B F# A#

[Bridge]

G#m B

* *

I wanna rise above it all

D#m C#

* *

Will you hold me, just hold me

[Chorus]

D#m

And lay your weapons down

And I'll take my armor off

Say what we need to say

And love before it's lost

D#m

'Cause what we have is real

And real can hurt sometimes

F# A#

But just because it hurts doesn't mean that we say goodbye

D#m

So lay your weapons down

Ooh

C#m

Lay your weapons down

Ooh

D#m

Lay your weapons down

Ooh

Lay your weapons down

Ooh

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