verse 1 
  
  Em                         C            hammer on the D string, walk the A string down to the next G chord 
Someone had stolen me, And choked the life I crave 
     G                            D 
On a pale horse he did ride, And sing my songs 
   Em                                  C 
I touched you then and feared, That the dark would spread indeed 
      G                                D 
And leave hollow shells of friends and strangers all 
   F                  C             G 
But still I bore the gift of life, somehow 
       Em                                        C 
And you?d ask me, If my breast was filled with embers or with ash 
       G               D 
Was hope or but despair upon my crown 
   Em                           C 
Mother, sweet mother don't you worry on your son 
         G                       D 
For my heart contains a fire that shall burn long 




[Refrão]
             C      D 
And I shall lay my head 
         G      F#       Em 
In the valley with my friends 
      C                D             Em 
I?ll quit my scheming ways and rest again 
              C       D 
Cause I shall lay my head 
      G         F#        Em  
On the shoulders of great men 
      C              D       G 
And live my life until its honest end 


  G        D       G then go into the second verse, same as the first  


verse 2  

And so brick by brick I tell myself 
Oh, slowly build a home 
Anchor now before the storm rolls on 
Found a new Jerusalem and build your wailing wall 
But seek not the sea and life wandering alone 



[Refrão]

Oh yes lay your head 
In the valley with your friends 
Oh quit your scheming ways and rest again 
Oh yes lay your head 
On the shoulders of great men 
And live your life until its honest end 
Oh yes lay your head 
On the shoulders of great men 
And live your life until its honest end.