Lay Me Down Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays473

Lay Me Down by Crosby, Stills and Nash is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, Bm, G, D, A and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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16
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verse 1: 

Em                        Bm        
   Driving on through the windmills 
       G       D         A 
   and some of them were still. 
Em                        Bm 
   Sometimes it's hard to catch the wind 
       G       D       A 
   and bend it to your will. 


Em                  Bm 
   Even though it's hard to know 
        G       D     A 
   just how the story ends. 
Em                         Bm 
   The road is long and it takes its time 
      G        D     A   
   on that you can depend. 




Bm        A           G         A         G          E 
   Lay me down in the river and wash this place some way. 
Bm          A         G           A            E       G      A        E 
   Break me down like sand from a stone, maybe I'll be whole again one day. 
E        A 
   Lay me down, 
G         Bm          A       G     A 
   Lay me down, maybe I'll be whole again. 
E        A 
   Lay me down, 
G         Bm          A       G     A         E          
   Lay me down, maybe I'll be whole again one day. 



verse 2: 

Em                   Bm 
   Somewhere between heaven and hell 
     G          D          A 
   a soul knows where it's been. 
Em                      Bm 
   I want to feel my spirits lifted up 
      G        D       A 
   to catch my breath again. 

Chorus 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante