I Lay Me Down Chords

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I Lay Me Down by Michael W. Smith is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C#. It uses the chords C#, A#m, F#, G#, C#/A#, A#m/F, C#/F, G#/F and D#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C#
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: ||: C# A#m F# G# C# :|| 

C# 
I have found here 
         C#/A# 
Love and mercy 
        F#   G#      C# 
From an infinite supply 
C# 
I have found here 
        C#/A# 
Living water 
       F#         G#        C# 
From a well that won't run dry 

         F# 
At your feet 
  A#m    G# 
I bow in wonder 
A#m/F    F# 
At your feet 
   G#       A#m 
I place my crowns 
A#m/F  F#     G#     A#m 
Let surrender be the only sound 
         F# 
At your feet 
  G#      C# 
I lay me down 

          C# 
Fear and failure 
         C#/A# 
Pride and hatred 
        F#        G#      C# 
You see all I've tried to hide 
           C# 
But sweet mercy 
      C#/A# 
Has embraced me 
          F#        G#     C# 
Wrath has turned to life divine 


C#/F     F# 
At your feet 
  A#m    G# 
I bow in wonder 
G#/F     F# 
At your feet 
   G#       A#m 
I place my crowns 
A#m/F  F#     G#     A#m 
Let surrender be the only sound 
A#m/F    F# 
At your feet 
  G#      C# 
I lay me down 

C# F# D#m G# C# 

 
   C# 
||: Into my emptiness 
 
 F# 
 You speak life and give me breath 
D#m        G# 
  I lay me down 
C# 
  Undone by holiness 
 F# 
 Take my all and nothing less 
 D#m       G# 
 I lay me down            :|| 


C#/F     F# 
At your feet 
  A#m    G# 
I bow in wonder 
G#/F     F# 
At your feet 
   G#       A#m 
I place my crowns 
A#m/F  F#     G#     A#m 
Let surrender be the only sound 
A#m/F    F# 
At your feet 
  G#      A#m 
I lay me down 
A#m/F   F# 
At your feet 
   G#     C# 
I lay me down 
    	

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante