xTabbed by: Karl Baldonado
Tuning: Standard
Lay Down My Guns - Sanctus Real
Intro: Am7 G C2
Verse: 1
Am7 G C2
Well I just need a place to lay my head
Am7 G C2
Forget the chain that hangs around my neck
Am7 G D
These guns are not as heavy as the hearts they defend
Am7 G D
I can't wait to get back home where I can find some rest
Chorus: 1
Am7 G D
When I lay down my guns and lift my hands
Am7 G D
Surrender to Love and live again
Am7 G D
May this desert reach its end where my new life begins
F C G
When I lay down my guns and lift my hands
Am7 G C2
Verse: 2
Am7 G C2
And I have seen the devil in this place
Am7 G C2
And I lost myself when my friends found the grave
Am7 G
When you're this far from Heaven
D
It's hard to keep the faith
Am7 G
I'm barely holding on
D
I can't wait to
Chorus: 2
Am7 G D
Lay down my guns and lift my hands
Am7 G D
Surrender to Love and live again
Am7 G D
May this desert reach its end where my new life begins
F C G
When I lay down my guns and lift my hands
Bridge:
Am7 G
And I'm laying down these burdens
D
Taking off the weights
Am7 G D
And I can't count the miles that I've walked to find my way
Am7 G D
To lay down these guns
Am7 G D
How I need to lay down these guns
Chorus: 2
Am7 G D
Lay down my guns and lift my hands
Am7 G D
Surrender to Love and live again
Am7 G D
May this desert reach its end where my new life begins
F C G
When I lay down my guns and lift my hands
Outro:
Am7
Lay down
G
Lay down
C2
Lay down my guns
(repeat outro a few times)
