Lay Down Your Weary Tune


Key: G (but sung in various keys depending the singer’s range.)

Form: Song (2/2)

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MP3: (Played and sung by George Belcher and Susan Reid)

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Lyrics in PDF (The chords shown don’t make sense to me.): Lay Down

YouTube: (Live at Carnegie Hall, NY Oct 1963 – Official Audio)

(Played & sung by Tim O’Brien):

(As recorded by The Byrds):

Source: Bob Dylan (Copyright, surely)

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Region: USA

Notes: As far as I know, this song has never (as of this writing. November 2023) been released on an album but many folks consider it Bob Dylan’s greatest song.