Intro:
G G C G
G G C G


Verse 1:
  G       G        C      G
I walked along the road today
    G     G          C       G
and saw myself in the tired face
      G        G         C       G
and a thousand more look back at me
        G      G       C   G
I could almost feel the unity

G G G G


        G        G     C        G
And the sun rose high above the trees
        G          G      C     G
and the birds were singing over me
    G          G      C        G
but beneath my feet I felt the sting
     G      G        C     G
that was the earth remembering

G G G


Chorus:
C   C         C         C        G
Lay down, lay down your weapons boy
      G          G       G         D/F#       C 
Right now, right now you should've changed the world
  C      C           C        G
Under it all, you're not so tough
     G         G        G        D/F#    C 
Everyone, everyone just wants to fall in love

C C C
G G G G
G


Verse 2:
      G       G           C        G
And I used to think we're just the same
       G         G            C          G
from a different town and with different names
   G     G      C       G
Do you remember what we said?
       G             G       C     G
"We'll never change," oh did we forget?

G G G


Chorus:
C   C         C         C        G
Lay down, lay down your weapons boy
      G          G       G         D/F#       C 
Right now, right now you should've changed the world
  C      C           C        G
Under it all, you're not so tough
     G         G        G        D/F#    (C) 
Everyone, everyone just wants to fall in love

|C C C C|
|G G G G| x4 (whole bracketed section, during song mid-play)

G G G G
G


Verse 3:
      G       G           C       G
And I walked along to the edge of town
    G       G        C       G
and there I threw my burdens down
G       G      C      G
Looking up, at last I found
       G          G          C        G
You're never loved if you protect yourself

G G G


Chorus:
C   C         C         C        G
Lay down, lay down your weapons boy
      G          G    G
Right now, right now
C C      C           C        G
Under it all, you're not so tough
     G            G        G    D/F# 
Everyone wants to fall, to fall in love


C   C         C         C        G
Lay down, lay down your weapons boy
      G          G       G         D/F#       C 
Right now, right now you should've changed the world
  C      C           C        G
Under it all, you're not so tough
     G              G           G    D/F#   
Everyone, every one of us, just wants to fall


C   C         C         C       G G  G  G  
Lay down, lay down your weapons, bo-oo-oy
C   C         C         C       G G  G  G  
Lay down, lay down your weapons, bo-oo-oy


|C C C C|
|G G G G| x4 (whole bracketed section, during outro)