Chords for Fortunate Ones "Lay Me Down" (official)

_ _ Don't you lay [Eb] me down
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_ _ _ _ _ Brother, oh brother, is there any news today?
[Ebm] My lover, he [Eb] is gone on a ship so far away
[Bb] He took with him my heart and he left here on that day
Oh brother, [Gb] is there any [Eb] news today?
_ _ _ Sister, oh sister, you know this to be true
Any word I heard, I will surely pass to you
[Ab] The easy way, my, [Eb] there ain't nothing I won't [Bb] do
Oh sister, don't you know this to [Eb] be true
_ _ Lay me down by the river to the sea
Lay me down by the river to the sea
[Ab] Lay me down by [Eb] the river to the sea
Oh brother, [Bb] won't you lay me _ down _ _ _
_ Mother, oh mother, is there any news today?
The love babe, I cried and pleaded but I could not make him stay
[Ab] The memory of his [Eb] touch still haunts me when in bed I lay
Oh mother, is [Gb] there any news [Eb] today? _ _
_ Daughter, oh daughter, I need you to be strong
The crimson sky says he is safe, they never [Ebm] will be wrong
[Ab] Soon this war will end and he'll [Eb] be back where he belonged
Oh [Bb] daughter, now I need you to [Eb] be strong _
_ Lay me down by the river to the sea
Lay me down by the river to the sea
[Ab] Lay me down by [Eb] the river to the sea
[Eb] Oh mother, won't you lay me _ down _ _ _ _ _ _
Mother, [Ebm] is there any news today?
My road is surely [Eb] gone, my heart is in the drain
[Ab] Raise a tear of my denial [Bb] and make them go away
Is there any news [Eb] today? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Daughter, oh daughter, I have heard some news today
The words of this letter I can't bring myself to say
Your lover he fought bravely for, he slipped beneath the waves
Oh daughter, I have heard some news today
They _ laid him down by the river to the sea
Lay me down by the river to the sea
Lay me down by the river to the sea
[Ab] Lay me down by [Eb] the river to the sea
Oh father, won't you lay me _ down
Father, won't [Gb] you lay [Eb] me down
Father, won't you lay me down _
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