Chords for Lay Me Down Sweet Jesus (Justin Rutledge) cover

_ _ _ _ This song that I'm going to sing is named Lay Me Down, Sweet Jesus, and it's written
by Justin Rutledge, who's a young Canadian singer-songwriter from back East. _
He's a very, very talented man, and _ _ _ _ he's recorded this song, and he does a fine job.
But also, Jim Burns recorded it, and Jim Burns did it on a CD that _ won an award, a Juno Award
here in Canada, and _ the CD was called House of Refuge, and Jim does a fantastic job.
And so this is sort of fashioned after Jim Burns' way of doing it, but slightly different as well.
And I hope you like it.
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_ _ Lay me down, sweet _ _ Jesus, _ by the trembling _ _ skyline, _ by the [E] fox's den yard, _ by the _ [B] snowman's eye.
_ _ _ Lay me down [F#] by the black boys, lay me down [E] by the blue _ boys, lay me [B] down in the sweetness
[F#] of my _ [B] father's arms.
_ Lay me down, sweet Jesus, _ by the fever of your cold feet, _ where the soil [E] grows hungry,
_ where the pretty [B] worms hide.
_ _ _ Lay me [F#] down by the highways, _ by the [E] messianic road maps.
Lay me [B] down in the sweetness [F#] _ of my [B] _
father's arms.
_ Lay me down, sweet Jesus, _ _ by the muddy river Jordan, _ by the [E] teeth of _ _ pianos, by the punk [B] rock bands.
_ _ Lay me [F#] down by the _ coffins of the paper [E] boys' parents, _ lay me [B] down in the sweetness _ [F#] of my [B] father's _ arms.
Lay me down, sweet Jesus, _ in the holy war _ zone, by _ [E] Jerusalem's cancer, _ by my [B] baby's blood.
_ _ Lay me down [F#] in the back streets, where your cross [E] is gathered, _ _ lay me down [B] in the _ sweetness
[F#] of my [B] father's arms.
_ _ Lay me down in the sweetness _ [F#] _ of my _ [E] father's arms.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Thank you.