Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)

(Melanie, album Candles In The Rain (1970), In Concert - Live At Montreux (1973), Beautiful People (1999)) in G

[s/t,a/b] Lay down, lay down, Lay it all down

Let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, Lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and fro-wn

[s1/b,a,t] We were so clo-se, there-was-no-room [s2,s3]ooh-ooh

We bled in-si-de each-o-ther's-wounds ooh-ooh
We all ha-d caught the-same-disease ooh-ooh
And we a-ll sang the-songs-of-peace ooh-ooh

[s/t,a/b] Lay down, lay down, Lay it all down

Let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, Lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and fro-wn

[s/t,a,b] So ra - ise the candles high

'Cause if you don't we could stay black against the night
Oh, rai - se them higher again
And if you do we could stay dry against the rai--n

[s/t,a/b] Lay down, lay down, Lay it all down

Let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, Lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and fro - wn
[s2,s3] oohoohoohoohooh
[s1/b,a,t] We were so clo-se, there-was-no-room ooh-ooh
We bled in-si-de each-o-ther's-wounds ooh-ooh
We all ha-d caught the-same-disease ooh-ooh
And we a-ll sang the-songs-of-peace ooh-ooh
Some ca-me to sing, some ca-me to pray aah-aah
Some ca-me to keep the da-rk away aah-aah

[s/t,a,b] So raise [s2,s3] raise [s/t,a,b] the candles high [s2,s3] up high
[s/t,a,b] 'Cause if you don't we could stay black against the sky
Oh, raise [s2,s3] raise [s/t,a,b] them higher again [s2,s3] them high
[s/t,a,b] And if you do we could stay dry against the rai--n

[off-beat klappen]
[s/t,a/b] Lay down, lay down, Lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and frown - [s,t] you gotta
[s/t,a/b] Lay down, lay down, Lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and frown - [s,t] you gotta
[s/t,a/b] Lay down, lay down, Lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, Lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, Lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up at the ones who stand and fro – wn
[doorklappen]