Lay My Burden Down Chords
Lay My Burden Down by Caroline Herring is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G
D G
When I lay my burden down
C G
I'll hear no mourners outside my window
D G
Put my body in the ground
C G D
Because my spirit will be free at last
N.C. G B7
And I'll be flying in the darkness
C G D
I'll ride the wind without a sound___
G D G C G D G
When I lay my burden down
D G
When I see that great green valley
C G
The haunting shadows will fade behind me
D G
A golden highway stretched out before me
C G D
And I will walk into the sunrise
N.C. G B7
With the lion and the lamb
C G D
And the beasts of the field___
G D G C G D G
When your secret is revealed
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