Intro: G  

       D             G 
When I lay my burden down 
             C                   G 
I'll hear no mourners outside my window 
       D           G 
Put my body in the ground 
           C              G       D 
Because my spirit will be free at last 
N.C.        G             B7 
And I'll be flying in the darkness 
              C              G      D 
I'll ride the wind without a sound___ 
       G      D      G      C  G  D  G 
When I lay my burden down 


       D                    G 
When I see that great green valley 
             C                   G 
The haunting shadows will fade behind me 
         D                       G 
A golden highway stretched out before me 
           C             G  D 
And I will walk into the sunrise 
N.C.     G            B7 
With the lion and the lamb 
        C             G      D 
And the beasts of the field___ 
          G      D    G       C  G  D  G 
When your secret is revealed 


Instrumental: D  G  C  G  D  G  C  G  D  G  D  G 


       D             G 
When I lay my burden down 
           C                   G 
Could be tomorrow, god has not told me 
    D          G 
And now I will love 
             C                        G      D 
With all the heart, soul and strength within me 
N.C. G            B7 
As a mother and a lover 
      C            G       
And a sister and a daughter 
                       B7 
And then one day, over Jordan 
         C                     G      D 
I'll see angels, hear trumpets sound___ 
       G      D      G     C   
When I lay my burden down___ 
       G      D      G       D  G 
When I lay my burden down