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Crosby Stills Nash - Lay Me Down Chords

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Lay Me Down Chords

(ver. 2)
Crosby Stills Nash
  Em
|-0------0-----|-0------0-----|
|------0-------|------0-------|
|--------------|--------------| 2x
|---2------(2)-|---2------(2)-|
|--------------|--------------|
|-0------------|-0------------|
           


  Em7           A          Dm7         Em    D6     A           G6          Cadd9
|-7------7---|-5-----5---|-5-----5---|--3-----2---|-0-----0--|-------0--|--------3---|--------3---|
|------5-----|-----5-----|-----3-----|-----0------|-----2----|-3---3----|-3----3-----|-3----3-----|
|---7-----(7)|---6----(6)|---5----(5)|-----------2|---2------|---0------|----0----(0)|----0----(0)|
|------------|-----------|-----------|--2-----0---|----------|----------|------------|------------| 
|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|-0--------|----------|-3----------|-3----------|
|-0----------|-0---------|-0---------|------------|----------|-3--------|------------|------------|


  Em7         A          Dm7           Em      D6   A           G6          Cadd9        Em
|-7------7---|-5-----5---|-5-----5---|--3-----2---|-0-----0--|-------0--|--------3---|-0------0---|
|------5-----|-----5-----|-----3-----|-----0------|-----2----|-3---3----|-3----3-----|------0-----|
|---7-----(7)|---6----(6)|---5----(5)|-----------2|---2------|---0------|----0----(0)|------------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|--2-----0---|----------|----------|------------|----2----(2)| 
|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|-0--------|----------|-3----------|------------|
|-0----------|-0---------|-0---------|------------|----------|-3--------|------------|-0----------|


Verse follows a similar picking pattern if you use the chord fingering below.

Verse Chords:
Em 0x2x00
Bm x2x030
Em/G 3x2x00
Asus4 x0x230
A7 x0x220
Cadd9 * x3x030
Em * 0x2x03
G6 3xx030
Cadd9 x3x033

VERSE 1:
Em                         Bm       
   Driving out through the windmills
       Em/G              Asus4  A7
   and some of them were still.
Em                        Bm
   Sometimes it's hard to catch the wind
       Em/G            Asus4  A7   Em
   and bend it to your will.


Em                  Bm
   Even though it's hard to know
        Em/G          Asus4  A7
   just how the story ends.
Em                         Bm
   The road is long and it takes its time
      Em/G           Asus4  A7 
   on that you can depend.

REFRAIN (same as intro):

Em7       A          Dm7 Em D6  A         G6      Cadd9
   Lay me down in the river and wash this place away.
Em7          A        Dm7         Em     D6     A      G6    Cadd9     Em
   Break me down like sand from a stone, maybe I'll be whole again one day.

           Asus4  A
   Lay me down,
Cadd9 *   Em *        G6      A7    Cadd9    Em
   Lay me down, maybe I'll be whole again.

          Asus4  A
   Lay me down,
Cadd9 *   Em *        G6      A7    Cadd9      Em 
   Lay me down, maybe I'll be whole again.

VERSE 2:

Em                   Bm
   Somewhere between heaven and hell
     Em/G                  Asus4  A7
   a soul knows where it's been.
Em/G#                        Bm
   I want to feel my spirits lifted up
      Em/G            Asus4  A7
   to catch my breath again.


REFRAIN:
Em7       A          Dm7 Em D6  A         G6     Cadd9
   Lay me down in the river and wash this place away.
Em7         A         Dm7         Em     D6     A      G6    Cadd9     Em
   Break me down like sand from a stone, maybe I'll be whole again one day.

          Asus4  A
   Lay me down,
Cadd9 *   Em *        G6      A7    Cadd9    Em
   Lay me down, maybe I'll be whole again.

           Asus4  A
   Lay me down,
Cadd9 *   Em *        G6      A7    Cadd9     Em 
   Lay me down, maybe I'll be whole again.

          Asus4  A
   Lay me down,
Cadd9 *   Em *        G6      A7    Cadd9      Em    Em   Em   Em   Em
   Lay me down, maybe I'll be whole again one day.            
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