INTRO: F G Am (3x) F
G Am F
Have another drink, yeah
G Am F
Maybe dull the pain
G Am
Take another hit
F
But that don't ever stop the rain
G Am F
Smile away the hours, you're
G Am Em F
Never really there, you're
G Am
Safe behind the knowledge
F
They don't know how much you care
CHORUS:
Am
Yeah, but don't that stuff get awful heavy
C F
You know it occurs to me__
D
You're gonna break your heart, yeah
F
If you don't leave it be__
C
Lay it down
F C F
Lay it all the way down___
G Am F G Am F G Am F
Ohhhhh yeah, ohhhhh yeah, ohhhhh yeah yeah, yeah yeah
G Am F
Leave the words unspoken
G Am
Bite your tongue instead
F G Am
Ah, but keep the fire smoking
F
Keep it humming in your head
G Am
Hold another grudge
F G Am
Oh oh, tight against your chest
F G Am
Yeah, note another slight
F
So you can add it to the rest
CHORUS:
Am
Yeah, but don't that stuff get awful heavy
C F
You know it occurs to me__
D
You're gonna break your heart, yeah
F
If you don't leave it be__
C F
Lay it down
BRIDGE:
G Am
The truth leaks out a little every time you
G F
Tell another desperate joke
INSTRUMENTAL: F G Am F G Am F G Am F
CHORUS:
Am
Yeah, but don't that stuff get awful heavy
C F
You know it occurs to me__
D
You're gonna break your heart, yeah
F
If you don't leave it be__
C
Lay it down
F C F
Lay it all the way down___
G Am F G Am F G Am F
Ohhhhh yeah, ohhhhh yeah, ohhhhh yeah yeah, yeah yeah
OUTRO: (## fade to end #)
G Am
Ooh, ooh, ooh
F G Am
Ooh, ooh, ooh
F G Am F
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
