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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Lay Down Your Weary Tune</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Recorded Oct 24, 1963 during the sessions for <a href="../03_times/index.htm" class="recordlink">The Times They Are
  18 a-Changin'</a>, and released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Biograph</a> (1985)<br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  23 <p>Capo 2nd fret (sounding key A major)</p>
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  25 <p>The strumming is very square, and only with downstrokes.</p>
  26 <pre class="tab">
  27   D   /c  /b-a  G                 C
  28   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  29 --2-----------|-3---3---3---3---|-0-----
  30 --3-----------|-0---0---0---0---|-1-----
  31 --2---2---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0----- etc
  32 --0---0---0-0-|-0---0---0---0---|-2-----
  33 ------3---2-0-|-2---2(0)2---2(0)|-3-----
  34 --------------|-3---3(0)3---3(0)|-3-----
  35  Lay down your  wea   -     ry    tune . . .
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  41 D   /c   /b-a G     C         G
  42 Lay down your weary tune, lay down,
  43              Em       D
  44 Lay down the song you strum,
  45     /c   /b-a G   D/a        G           C
  46 And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings
  47              G  D /c-b G  . D
  48 No voice can hope to   hum.
  49
  50        /c /b-a G       C        G
  51 Struck by the sounds before the sun,
  52 I knew the night had gone.
  53 The morning breeze like a bugle blew
  54 Against the drums of dawn.
  55 Lay down your weary tune, lay down,
  56 Lay down the song you strum,
  57 And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings
  58 No voice can hope to hum.
  59
  60 The ocean wild like an organ played,
  61 The seaweed's wove its strands.
  62 The crashin' waves like cymbals clashed
  63 Against the rocks and sands.
  64 Lay down your weary tune, lay down,
  65 Lay down the song you strum,
  66 And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings
  67 No voice can hope to hum.
  68
  69 I stood unwound beneath the skies
  70 And clouds unbound by laws.
  71 The cryin' rain like a trumpet sang
  72 And asked for no applause.
  73 Lay down your weary tune, lay down,
  74 Lay down the song you strum,
  75 And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings
  76 No voice can hope to hum.
  77
  78 The last of leaves fell from the trees
  79 And clung to a new love's breast.
  80 The branches bare like a banjo played
  81 To the winds that listened best.
  82
  83 I gazed down in the river's mirror
  84 And watched its winding strum.
  85 The water smooth ran like a hymn
  86 And like a harp did hum.
  87 Lay down your weary tune, lay down,
  88 Lay down the song you strum,
  89 And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings
  90 No voice can hope to hum.
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