Laying Down to Perish Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Liv[Bm]ing i[G]sn[D]'t easy
[A]Dying isn't har[D]d
When the [G]hungriest days of [Bm]winter
Plays her wicked [G]cards
[D]I'll not be called a

[Verse 2]
quitter
'Cause I chose to [G]take a knee
For the ice [Bm]won't e'er be broken
Not by no [G]man, not by me
[D]Laying down to

[Verse 3]
perish
God knows where I'll [A]go[D]
[Bm]Laying down [G]to peris[D]h
I just [A]wanted [Bm]you [G]to k[D]now

[Verse 4]
I'll [D]make my wife a widow
But I won't have her trace the shore
With [G]a candle [Bm]in the window
And foolish [G]hope above the [A]door

[Verse 5]
I've [D]got no time for haunting
The ones I've held so [G]dear
So I'll [Bm]carve the crudest message now
Be[G]fore I disap[D]pear

[Verse 6]
Laying down to perish [D]God
knows where I'll [A]go
[Bm]Laying down [G]to peris[D]h
I just [A]wanted [Bm]you [G]to k[D]now[G][D][A][Bm]
[G][A]

[Interlude 1]
[G][D][A][Bm][G][A][D][G][D]
[A][Bm][G][D][A]

[Verse 7]
[D]I am not so sad to pass
To what [A]lies beyond [D]the snow
But [Bm]to have you think I left you
Would break my heart [A]and soul

[Verse 8]
Let [D]there be a warm hereafter
In the sweetest by and [G]by
Let my [Bm]house be filled with laughter
Should I [G]ever cross your [A]mind, now I'm

[Verse 9]
[D]Laying down to perish
God [G]knows where [A]I'll [G]go[A][G][D]
Lay[A]ing [Bm]down [G]to peris[D]h[A][D]
[G]I just wanted [A]you [Bm]to[G][D]

[Outro 1]
know
[D][A][Bm][G][D][A][D]
[D]