Intro: |---3-11-10-8-3-3-3-4-------------4-3---------------------| |---4-----------------------3-3-4-----6-3-6---------------| |---5-------------------5-5---------------------5-4-3-----| |---5-----------------5-----------------------5-------3h5-| |-3-----------------------------------------3-------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------3-4-| |-6-6h8-6-4-3-4---4-3---4---| |---------------------5-5---| |---------------5-------5---| |-----------------------3---| |---------------------------| (Play muffled and second strum is very subtle) |---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3----1-1----1-1----3-3----3-3-| |---4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4----1-1----1-1----3-3----3-3-| |---5------5------5------5------5------5------1------1------0------0---| |---5------5------5------5------5------5------3------3------0------0---| |-3------------3-------------3-------------3------3--------------------| |--------3-------------3-------------3--------------------3------3-----| Lay your...etc Verse:

Lay yo^Fmur head where my heart used to be ^GHold the ^Cmearth above me

^AbLay down in the green grass ^GRemember wh^Cmen yo^Cmu loved me

Come^Fm closer don't be shy ^GStand ben^Cmeath a rainy sky

^AbThe moon is over the rise ^GThink of m^Cme as a train goes by

Clea^Fmr the thistles and brambles ^GWhistle ^Cm'Didn't He Ramble'

^AbNow there's a bubble of me ^GAnd it^Cm's floating in thee

^FmStand i^Bbn the shade of me ^EbThings are now made of me

^AbThe weather vane will say... ^GIt smells like rain today

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God took t^Fmhe stars and he tossed 'em ^GCan't tell^Cm the birds from the blossoms

^AbYou'll never be free of me ^GHe'll ^Cmmake a tree from me

Don't^Fm say good bye to me ^GDescri^Cmbe the sky to me

^AbAnd if th^Ge sky falls, mark my words ^CmWe'll catch mocking birds

Interlude (With Whistling): G Cm Last Verse:

Lay you^Fmr head where my heart used to be ^GHold the^Cm earth above me

^AbLay down in the green grass ^GRemember w^Cmhen you^Cm loved me