When I Lay My Issac Down Chords
by Billy Fields
When I Lay My Issac Down by Billy Fields is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, D and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1
C
Abraham prayed for the day
F C
God would give him a son
Blessed Isaac was his name
D G
The greatest gift he’d ever known
C
Then came the day, who would have dreamed
F C
God would say “Give him to me
On this mountain you will prove,
G C
It’s you and Isaac, or it’s me and you”
Chorus
C F C
When I lay my Isaac down
F C
Broken heart but my Fathers proud
On this altar here he lays
G C
Just to find it wasn’t him he/(God) wanted me
verse 2
C F C
Most of us I’d dare to say
F C
Have an Isaac in God’s way
On the Altar God will prove
It’s not your Isaac that he wants
G C
He wants you
Chorus (x2)
C F C
When I lay my Isaac down
F C
Broken heart but my Fathers proud
On this altar here he lays
G C
Just to find it wasn’t him he/(God) wanted me
Outro
C
On this altar here he lays
G C
Just to find it wasn’t him he/(God) wanted me