[Intro]
Am Am/G Am/F# Am/F
Am Am/G Am/F# Am/F
[Verse 1]
Am F C
I've been found in such a light to scare the folk away
C G
And most would say I conjure, hex, and trick them
Am F C
Truth shows itself not enough in the village that I pray
C G
For the wispy barley stalk blows off of it's stem
[Chorus]
F Am
Lay me down, lay me down
C G E
In the fields of barley, lay me down
F C Am
That sacred ground I've never found
C G
In the fields of barley, lay me
[Interlude]
Am Am/G Am/F# Am/F
Down...
[Verse 2]
Am F C
There he lay stricken with a fever, sick for days
C G
Knowing not of health he would grasp onto
Am F C
Those eyes I will remember not and I'll never break their gaze
C G
But freeing me, the stake would always haunt you
[Chorus]
F Am
Lay me down, lay me down
C G E
In the fields of barley, lay me down
F C Am
That sacred ground I've never found
C G
And I'll wake up in the fields
[Interlude]
Am Am/G Am/F# Am/F
Of barley...
Am Am/G Am/F# Am/F
[Bridge]
Dm C F
I'll lay here
C G E
My words they'll always fear
Dm C F
But they won't mean a thing
Em Fm E+
Until, those words, they sing
[Breakdown]
F Am
Lay me down...
C G E
In the fields of barley, lay me down
F C Am
That sacred ground I've never found
C G
And I'll wake up in the fields
[Chorus]
F Am
Lay me down...
C G E
In the fields of barley, lay me down
F C Am
That sacred ground I've never found
C G
In the fields of barley
[Outro]
Am Am/G Am/F# Am/F
Am Am/G Am/F# Am/F