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Lay It Down

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Chorus:
 DHey, shut the fuck up boyD/F#  
 AYou are starting to piss me offE  
 DTake your hands off that girlD/F#  
 AYou have already had enoughE  
D D D D D
You sure can get it Aup
At least that's Ewhat you Dsay
You don't know D/F#how to Astop
You just can't Ewalk aDway
And when we D/F#saw her Aface
You said she's Esomething Delse
I know you D/F#just can't Await
It's Emore than I can Dtake
Bridge:
You F#mjust can't Eplay it Ddown
You F#mjust can't Eplay it Ddown
You F#mjust gotta Elay it Ddown
Chorus x2
(Octave Higher)
e|---A9--12-----D/F#------D---E--------9-A----D/F#---12------D---E-|
B|-------------10-9-------------------------10-9-----|
D|-------------------11--------------------------11--|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
It's getting D/F#hard to sAee
Through all our EhistoDry
I guess it's D/F#in your bAlood
On that we Ecan agDree
And when we D/F#saw her Aface
I said she's Esomething Delse
She was your D/F#only  Ahope
And still you Elet her Ddown
Bridge
Chorus N.C.
Chorus x2

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Lay It Down

by Peter Bjorn and John

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D/F#

F#m

Chorus:

D D/F#

Hey, shut the fuck up boy

A E

You are starting to piss me off

D D/F#

Take your hands off that girl

A E

You have already had enough

D D D D D

You sure can get it up

E D

At least that's what you say

D/F# A

You don't know how to stop

E D

You just can't walk away

D/F# A

And when we saw her face

E D

You said she's something else

D/F# A

I know you just can't wait

E D

It's more than I can take

Bridge:

F#m E D

You just can't play it down

F#m E D

You just can't play it down

F#m E D

You just gotta lay it down

Chorus x2

(Octave Higher)

A D/F# D E A D/F# D E

e|---9--12----------------------9--------12----------|

B|-------------10-9-------------------------10-9-----|

D|-------------------11--------------------------11--|

G|---------------------------------------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------|

D/F# A

It's getting hard to see

E D

Through all our history

D/F# A

I guess it's in your blood

E D

On that we can agree

D/F# A

And when we saw her face

E D

I said she's something else

D/F# A

She was your only hope

E D

And still you let her down

Bridge

Chorus N.C.

Chorus x2

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