[Chorus]
N.C.
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
N.C.
Lay down the song you strum
N.C.
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
N.C.
No voice can hope to hum
[Verse]
D G D
Struck by the sounds before the sun
Bm A
I knew the night had gone
D G
The morning breeze like a bugle blew
D A D
Against the drums of dawn
[Chorus]
G D
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Bm A
Lay down the song you strum
D G
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
D A D G D
No voice can hope to hum
[Verse]
G D
The ocean wild, like an organ played
Bm A
The seaweed wove it's strands
D G
The crashing waves like cymbals clashed
D A D
Against the rocks and sands
[Verse]
G D
I stood unwound beneath the skies
Bm A
And clouds unbound by laws
D G
The crying rain like a trumpet sang
D A D
And asked for no__ applause
[Chorus]
G D
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Bm A
Lay down the song you strum
D G
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
D A D
No voice can hope to hum
[Instrumental]
G D Bm A D G D A D
[Verse]
G D
The last of leaves fell from the trees
Bm A
And clung to a new love's breast
D G
The branches bare like a banjo played
D A D
To the winds that listened best
[Verse 5]
G D
I gazed down in the river's mirror
Bm A
And watched its winding stream
D G
The water smooth ran like a tune
D A D
And like a harp did hum
[Chorus]
N.C.
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
N.C.
Lay down the song you strum
N.C.
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
N.C.
No voice can hope to hum
[Chorus]
D G D
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Bm A
Lay down the song you strum
D G
And rest yourself beneath the strength of strings
D A D
No voice can hope to hum
N.C.
No voice can hope to hum