Lay Your Head Down Chords & Lyrics - Sinéad O'connor

[F]Sing to me [F6]softly [F] your [Em7]tales of woe,
Iâ€?[Am7] ?ll cradle[F6/D] you clo[F/D]se ly, [G/B] I won’t l[G]et go.
I�[F] ?ll speak to you gen[F6]tly o[F]f what [Em7]I know
[F]Don�[D] ?t you [D9] [G] c[Gsus2]ry. [G]

[C]Lay your head [F]down da[F6]râ [F]€¦[Gsus2]…..li[G6]ng,
[Am7]The moon is sai[D]ling by. [G6] [Gsus2] [G]
[C] F6/maj7 [Fmaj7] [G/B] [G/C]
The stars are softly shin ing
[Am7]The tide is f[D]ull [Dadd9]and [G/B] high[G] .

[G/B]Weâ€[F]™ll fly to the[G6] edge, not as dist[Em]ant as it [Em7] [Am7]seems, [Am]
[F]And maybe we’ll find t[Em]here the key to you[Am7]r dreams. [D7]
So you ju[D6]st [C]lay your [F]head dow[F6]n darâ?[G6] ?¦li[G/B]ng, [G6/B]
[F] (Fb6) [G] [G7] [C]
Sleep now, la la la la la.

[F]Winds blow, [F6] [F]rain[Em7]s fall, [Em]
[Am7] [F] [F6] [Am] Am7sus4 [G] [Gsus2] [G]
But it’s warm by the fire’s light.
[F] [F6] F6/maj7 [Em7]
Hush, don’t you see? You’re here with me, and there’s
[F] Dm7* Dm9* [G] [Gsus2] [G] (G7)
dawn at the end of the night.

Repeat from “Lay” to “la la”

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My original chord placements are basically correct, I think, but U-G changes them when it reformats contributions, so they will need some tweaking by users.

A lot of the extended chords are passing notes that could be omitted for a simpler arrangement