Lay Back On Me Pal Chords by Hugh Cornwell

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[Em] _ I met [D#] a man without a [G] face, with knowledge [C#] of the human [C] race.
He smelt [G] and felt and dealt [C] with grace, stupid [B] enough to think that he'd seen it all.
_ _ [Em] _ I saw [B] his eyes as he saw [G] mine, an _
[A] optimism quite [C] sublime.
He [G] furnished words to touch [C] your heart, at least it [B] seemed at the very start. _ _ _
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[A] _ Lay back [B] on me pal, I'm [Em] here. _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ You won't [B] have nothing to [Em] fear. _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ Lay back [B] on me pal, _
[C] _ lay [G] back on me pal, I'm [C] here.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ I [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] thought _
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_ _ _ [B] I'd seen those locks [G] before, tap-tapping [C#] on a [C] creaking door.
I'd led [G] him in at times [C] of war, to take my [B] mind off senseless misery.
_ [Em] _ _ _ And as [B] the recognition [G] hit, mug shots [A] I'd seen began to [C] fit.
I said [G] to him, you worthless [C] shit.
He laughed and [B] cried in a _ soliloquy. _ _ _
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[A] _ Lay back [B] on me pal, I'm [Em] here. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ You [B] won't have nothing to [Em] fear. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ Lay back [B] on me pal, _
[C] _ lay [Gm] back [G] on me pal, I'm [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Em] here.
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[C#m] _ So, [A] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
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[Em] _ _ _ you see [G] him looking on, please don't [Em] upset the setting [C] sun.
You'll [G] only break a mood [C] begun, a mood that's [B] better left alone.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ If he [B] approaches just [G] again, his life [A] is better if [C] leaped in.
Like all [G] the others, full of [C] sin, not to be [B] judged but welcome to your home. _ _
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[A] _ Lay [B] back on me pal, [Em] I'm here. _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ You [B] won't have nothing [Em] to fear. _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ Lay back [B] on me pal, [Am] _ lay back [D] on me pal, [C] I'm here.
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