Chords for Melanie - Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) Nashville Now

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_ We were [C] so close, there [Dm] was no room.
We [C] bled inside each [D] other's womb.
[Dm] _ We [C] all had caught the [Dm] same disease.
And [C] we all _ sang the [Dm] songs of peace.
Some [C] came to sing, some [E] came [Dm] to pray.
So _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
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[Am] _ _ lay [C] _ _ _ _
_ at the one's who stand, _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Eb] lay [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Eb] at the ones who stand.
[Dm] And _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] raise the [Dm] candles _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] tonight for [F] the pride _ [C] _ [Dm] of all _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[F] _ _ the brave birds.
[C] [Eb] And the ones who stand [F] and sigh, the ones [C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] who [Dm] stand and cry.
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Little sisters of the sun lit [C] candles in the [Dm] rain.
Fed the world on oats and raisins, [C] candles in the [Dm] rain.
And they lit a fire to the soul who [C] never knew he had a [Dm] friend.
Ah, men can live as brothers, I heard them [C] say, candles in the [Dm] rain.
To be there was to remember, so [C] I'm gonna lay it down [Dm] again.
I'm gonna lay it down one more time.
I'm gonna lay [C] it down, lay it [Dm] down again.
I think that men can live as brothers, _ [C] candles in the [Dm] rain. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] The candle's [Dm] high, the _ [F] _ [C] day black against [Dm] the night.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ And if you do it, [C] could they try it?
[Dm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb]
Lay it [F] up, let the white _ [C] _ [Eb] and the ones who stand it.
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] Lay it [F] up, let the white and the ones who stand it.
I think that men can live as [C] brothers, _ [Eb] _
candles in the rain.
[D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _